Posts by: Timothy Hampson
National Executive Election Process â Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2019
The National Executive Election is now part of the AGM, and will take place on Saturday 6 April 2019 during the Membersâ Weekend in Dundee. Â During t...
Staff and senior volunteer changes
Following the National National (NE) agreement to replace the position of chief executive, the recruitment process will commence shortly. CAMRA will b...
40 YEARS, TWO FESTIVALS, ONE LOVE OF BEER
A tale of two festivals: Lotte Peplow (pictured centre above) shares her experience of the worldâs two greatest beer festivals.
Reading branch honours Sam Smithâs owner of townâs longest mothballed pub
Reading & Mid Berks branch has given a special award to the pub company having the âlongest closed pub in the area for no apparent reasonâ.
Chill wind for cask ale sales
Cask ales might be revered but sales are declining says Matt Eley âCoolâ, whichever meaning you apply to it, is not a word that tends to be associated...
CAMRAâs Cider Pub of the Year announced
A former Blockbuster video shop turned independent micropub has been named the CAMRAâs National Cider Pub of Year 2018.
When is the best time to drink a beer?
The perfect pint has a head of precisely nine millimetres, is served in a proper pint glass â at 5.30pm on a Saturday evening, in a beer garden with y...
Shepherd Neame reports increased profits as it moves away from contract brewing
Shepherd Neame, Britainâs oldest brewer and owner and operator of more than 320 pubs in London and the South East reports increased profits and turnov...
Celebrity broadcaster launches own brew with JW Lees
Physicist Brian Cox is trying to reach parts of the world other beers cannot reach. The broadcaster and professor is hoping his latest project is goin...
Inflation rises threatens beer tax hike
The recent rises in inflation figures are bad news for beer drinkers and pubs.
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