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Post-Budget blues for independent pubs
One in four independent pubs are set to fail as they face a wall of taxes from the chancellor’s Budget. A new survey from the British Institute of Inn...
Strong trading for pubco
Pub company Fuller’s has reported strong current trading with like-for-like sales rising 5.4 per cent this year and Christmas bookings up 15 per cent....
Rocking Rudolph returns
Greene King is hoping to spread more cheer this Christmas as it launches its seasonal cask beers for November and December, including the return of th...
Brewer’s Westminster showcase
An East Sussex brewery took its beers to parliament as part of an event showcasing the best food and drink produced in the area. East Grinstead and Uc...
Independence versus authenticity
Who makes your beer, and does that matter to you? That’s the question SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers and Associates) is asking with its latest i...
Three Acres grows brewing team
A Sussex brewery is taking on new staff in an effort to keep up with rising demand for its ales. Ed Stubbs (pictured) has joined Three Acre brewery, n...
Keep your eyes on the Prize
The launch of a new edition of Dark Star’s Prize Old Ale (9 per cent) cements a potent link with a family of English beers known as stock ales that da...
New research aims to protect British hop farming
Asahi UK and the Worshipful Company of Brewers have teamed up with the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and the University of Warwick to fund two P...
New release for Old Ale
Asahi-owned Dark Star Brewing has announced the return of Prize Old Ale – a rare gem and one of the last remaining examples of its style. The strong,...
Stout links northern favourites
Two of the North’s most celebrated breweries have collaborated for the first time to launch a 4.4 per cent stout Northern Rising. The culmination of m...
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