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New pub closure figures show need for government action
The urgent need for government support for pubs was highlighted with the releases of new figures showing the rocketing number of locals going bust. Pu...
Scottish drinkers urged to fight alcohol ad ban
CAMRA believes Scottish government plans for an alcohol advertising ban could be the biggest threat to good beer in its 50 years of campaigning in Sco...
Festival returns at new venue
CAMRA’s Ipswich Beer and Cider Festival is set to make a post-pandemic comeback this summer at a new venue near the town’s waterfront. The 33rd festiv...
Support package plea as 21 pubs close every week
Shocking new statistics from CAMRA reveal 554 pubs have closed or stood empty without tenants in the last six months of 2022. CAMRA is now calling on...
Drinkers urge chancellor to save the UK’s pubs
Drinkers and pub-goers are being mobilised in their thousands to urge the chancellor to take action in his March Budget to save the UK’s pubs and brew...
A brief history of cask beer
Though many people assume cask beer ‘has existed from the time brewing was first instituted in this country,’ as a 1923 manual for licensees puts it,...
Barley wine takes top bottled beer award
Norfolk's real ale lovers are raising a glass to Lacons Audit Ale, an eight per cent barley wine, recently judged by local CAMRA branches as Norfolk’s...
Plan your February festival trips now!
There’s plenty of choice as the festival season gets back underway this month. To see all upcoming CAMRA events, visit https://events.camra.org.uk/
PUBlic Affairs round up – January 2023
In a regular series for What’s Brewing, and the first Round Up of 2023, the CAMRA Campaigns Team share the work that has been going on across Westmins...
Kent club scoops top CAMRA crown
A recently refurbished club in the centre of Marden has been named the best in the country in CAMRA’s National Club of the Year competition. Marden Vi...
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