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Tap’s remarkable double
Congratulations to George, Louise and all the staff at the Tamworth Tap for their back-to-back National Pub of the Year title. The Tamworth Tap shoul...
Licensees call for government to help struggling pubs
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), which represents more than 13,000 independent licensees, has written to the chancellor calling for more fin...
MBE for micropub pioneer
Martyn Hillier, founder of the Micropub Association, was made an MBE for services to business and hospitality in the New Year honours. Hillier opened...
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 ÂŁ2.5bn. 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...
Why campaigners still need to keep on protecting pubs
The story of the Crooked House rightly dominated the headlines last year. The pub, in Himley, near Dudley in the West Midlands, was sold to a develope...
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...
’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, ’...
Jersey’s beer scene
Before I started this post, I worked out how many places on the island you could buy a decent pint of beer. For a relatively small landmass, just nine...
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