All news articles for August 2024

What's in the news 2 August?

Review of the Week

'People are there to help'

By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with Licensed Trade Charity boss Chris Welham for his take on the week's news and how there's support out there for operators to access.

Licensing hub: Poppleston Allen shares tips for avoiding issues while maximising your beer garden’s potential (Credit:Getty/SolStock)

LICENSING HUB - LEGAL WITH POPPLESTON ALLEN

Tips for avoiding issues while maximising your beer garden

By David Inzani, partner, Poppleston Allen

Every year the brief British summer brings out the fair-weather drinkers to quaff cider and Aperol spritz in beer gardens and at bistro tables across the country.

Brewing opinion: 'We must allow independent beer the opportunity to thrive' says Lincoln Green Brewing Company's Anthony Hughes

OPINION

A new dawn for independent beer?

By Anthony Hughes, director, Lincoln Green Brewing Company

Two articles in The Morning Advertiser recently caught my eye – Pete Brown’s piece on Marston’s sale of its stake in British brewing and Andy Slee’s (CEO for The Society of Independent Brewers, SIBA) article comparing cask ale as ‘Britain’s Champagne’....