Posts by: Timothy Hampson
Backing for brew café bid
A Sussex brewery’s crowdfund appeal to open a community café reached its initial £7,500 target in record time. The response has prompted Three Acre br...
Pubco’s £2.5bn debt could put locals at risk
Hundreds of Stonegate pubs could be at risk as private equity parent company TDR Capital seeks to refinance debt totalling £2.5bn. TDR Capital boss Ga...
Celebrate with Hook Norton
To celebrate its 175th Anniversary, Hook Norton brewery is inviting people to go on a virtual ale trail of its pubs and brewery, enjoy all that they h...
UK’s best pub revealed
The Tamworth Tap in the eponymous town has completed a remarkable double by winning CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year 2023 for the second year on the t...
Government cash goes to community pubs
The UK government is to give several million pounds to help eight communities buy their pub. Successful bidders will be given a share of the Community...
Sales of low alcohol beer continue to froth
Are low alcohol beers changing the character of pubs as we know them, and what does it mean for the future of cask ale? A YouGov survey shows a rise i...
’Spoons founder knighted
The founder of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain and its chairman Tim Martin has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. Now with more than 800 pubs, ’...
Want to be on the NE?
Nominations for CAMRA’s National Executive (NE) elections in 2024 are now open.There are four places up for election. The documents below are now avai...
Purity follows Black Sheep into Breal group
The assets of the Alcester, Warwickshire-based Purity Brewing Co have been acquired by the Breal Group for an undisclosed sum. The surprise deal was c...
Pub Saving Award success after decade-long fight
A community, which raised more than £350,000 to save the Rising Sun in Woodcroft, Chepstow, has won CAMRA’s 2023 Pub Saving Award. The award recognis...
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