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The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is facing fresh calls for a split between its brewing and retailing arms in the wake of damning criticism from the Business, Innovation & Skills Committee (BISC) report into the pubco-tenant relationship.
The Potting Shed at Crudwell, Wiltshire, has been named as Pub of the Year in The Good Pub Guide 2012.
The leader of a gang involved in evading £1.8m in excise duty has been jailed after an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigation into the sale of illicit alcohol.
It was one of those really meaty discussions at the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers’ autumn debate last week. Should pubs brand themselves or not? It can be argued either way, of course, depending on what your definitions are.
The Stagg Inn at Titley in Herefordshire is the Good Pub Guide’s Dining Pub of the Year 2012 in its 30th edition out this week.
The first British pub — the Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire — has been awarded two Michelin stars in the latest Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2012.
Good news, sad news. First, the good news: the Ridley family is back in brewing. It’s a family with history behind it, descended from Bishop Nicholas Ridley who was burned at the stake in 1555 for championing the Protestant cause against Mary Tudor.