Posts by: Roger Protz
âDialling upâ pressure on pubs
A memo to Ken Murphy, the boss of Tesco: âHow many more pubs would you like to see close?â Itâs a chilling statistic: 50 pubs a month are shutting. No...
Rising costs put pubs at risk
Twin crises are endangering pubs and breweries. Pubs face escalating costs that send the price of beer rocketing and lead to a loss of customers. The...
National brewing museum to close
Britainâs brewing heritage has been dealt a savage blow by the decision of global giant Molson Coors to close the National Brewery Centre (NBC) in Bur...
Urgent action need to fight energy crisis
We breathed a collective sigh of relief when the pandemic came to an end and pubs were able to trade again. Little did we know what was hurtling down...
Fight on to save pub which inspired George Orwell
A North London pub that helped inspire George Orwellâs Perfect Pub essay is threatened with losing its licence following complaints about noise. The C...
The good, the bad and the ugly of our pubs
The pub trade is reminiscent of one of those old Spaghetti Westerns â the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. We saw the ugly side last month when spokesmen f...
Success in fight for historic CAMRA pubâs future
CAMRA members in St Albans are cheering the news that the future of the pub where the Campaignâs first branch was founded is more hopeful thanks to it...
Wet-led pubâs dilemma
The Covid pandemic continues to throw a long shadow over the embattled British pub. And itâs âwet-ledâ pubs that are feeling most of the pain â thatâs...
Black cloud refuses to shift
Iâm grateful to Rupert Thompson, boss of Hogs Back brewery in Surrey, for lifting the large black cloud hovering over my head. Hard on the heels of th...
Heineken axes historic Callie
Edinburghâs Caledonian brewery is to be axed by Heineken, ending more than 150 years of brewing that included winning Champion Beer of Britain with De...
view archive
view events