Bbpa - Hospitality

Hospitality sector calls for clarity on six-month support plan

08-Sep-2022 By Restaurant

Hospitality businesses need clarity on the Government’s six-month energy support plan for businesses or face an uncertain future, trade bodies have warned.

Hospitality faces 'critical situation' as only one in three businesses reported as profitable

28-Jun-2022 By James McAllister

Hospitality businesses across the UK are facing a 'critical situation' with only 37% currently turning a profit, a new study has warned.

Trade bodies welcome Government’s Living with Covid plan

22-Feb-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Trade bodies have welcomed most elements of the Government’s Living with Covid plan, which will see an end to the self-isolation requirement for people who test positive from later this week.

Hospitality job vacancies rise by almost 700% year on year

15-Feb-2022 By Restaurant

Job vacancies in the hospitality sector have risen by almost 700% from November 2021 to January 2022 versus the same period a year ago.

On-trade lost £5.7bn in beer sales last year

11-Feb-2022 By James McAllister

New data from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) reveals that the on-trade lost £5.7bn of revenue from beer sales alone in 2021 – equivalent to 1.4 billion pints.

Pubs to lose out on £9m during Euro final

09-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

The boost to pubs fuelled by England reaching the UEFA Euro 2020 final will be 'greatly hindered' by trading restrictions, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned.

Pubs to miss out on £5m of beer sales during England and Ukraine clash because of restrictions

02-Jul-2021 By Restaurant

Pubs will lose more than £5m in sales during England’s quarter-final knockout clash with Ukraine because of Coronavirus restrictions, The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) claims.

Hospitality pleads for further financial support following 'Freedom Day' delay

15-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing urgent calls from the hospitality sector to extend 'crucial' financial support measures following confirmation of a four week delay to England's final lockdown easing.

Politicians and trade bodies work to tackle sector staff shortages across hospitality

03-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

Politicians and hospitality trade bodies are working together to try and tackle the ‘serious’ staff shortages being faced by businesses across the sector.

BBPA urges Government to stick to roadmap as it launches 'Countdown to Freedom' campaign

02-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has launched a campaign urging the Government to remove all remaining Covid restrictions on pubs and the wider hospitality sector on 21 June.

Pubs to serve '21 million fewer pints' this bank holiday

28-May-2021 By James McAllister

Pubs will miss out on £80m worth of pint sales over the bank holiday weekend due to ongoing Coronavirus restrictions, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned.

Businesses face ‘rocky road to recovery’

19-Apr-2021 By Finn Scott-Delany

Hospitality trade bodies UKH, BBPA and BII have called for Government to extend the business rates holiday for at least a further three months to allow businesses to get back on their feet.

Energy providers come under fire 'for refusing to supply pubs'

24-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

Energy providers have been criticised for refusing to supply energy to families living in pubs that are closed due to lockdown restrictions.

£8.2bn wiped from the pub sector in beer sales alone in "year to forget for pubs"

15-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

Around 2,000 pubs are estimated to have closed permanently and £8.2bn in value wiped from the sector in beer sales alone in the past 12 months, figures from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) show.

Pub beer sales down nearly £8b in 2020

10-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Beer and pub sector leaders are pressing the Government for a reopening date as data reveals that trading restrictions and lockdowns caused sales of beer to plummet by 56% in 2020.

UKHospitality demands immediate support for ailing sector

24-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Trade body UKHospitality has called on the Government to immediately announce relief measures to ‘save hospitality’ as the sector faces its toughest ever winter.

British beer sales are rising overall despite on-trade drop, says BBPA

28-Jul-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Overall British beer sales rose by 1.5 per cent in the last quarter, reversing a long period of decline in the sector, according to figures released today.

Off-trade beer sales overtake on-trade for first time

30-Jan-2015 By Carina Perkins

Sales of beer in supermarkets and off-licences overtook pub sales for the first time on record last year, according to the latest data from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).

MPs' pubco vote divides industry

19-Nov-2014 By Melodie Michel

MPs’ vote to allow ‘tied’ pub landlords to order beer from providers outside their brand is dividing the industry.

Industry pledges to stock lower ABV house wines

10-Jul-2014 By Melodie Michel

Pubs and bars have agreed to stock house wines below 12.5 per cent ABV and promote lower-alcohol products to customers as part of the government’s campaign to tackle the £21bn a year cost of drink-related harm.

Pub investment ‘at risk’ from political uncertainty and threat of statutory regulation

28-May-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Pub industry confidence, boosted after the scrapping of the beer duty escalator, is being put at risk by the uncertainty surrounding statutory regulation, according to Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame.

The Beer Story: BBPA premieres film celebrating brewing and pub industry

01-Feb-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has premiered a new film which showcases the UK brewing and pub industry in a bid to promote calls for a freeze in the controversial beer duty escalator.

BBPA demands action on tax hikes as beer sales continue to drop

25-Jan-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the Government to act on debilitating beer tax hikes after new figures revealed beer sales fell by 6.2 per cent in the last three months of 2012.

Pub industry responds to Government's alcohol strategy consultation

28-Nov-2012 By Emma Eversham

Trade bodies representing the pub sector have given their views on the Government's alcohol strategy consultation, putting forward a positive response to plans to cut red tape for the licensed sector and a ban on multi-buy promotions while questioning...

How to make your pub more accessible: BBPA publishes free guide for licensees

26-Jul-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has today published an essential guide for licensees on how to make their pubs as accessible as possible.

BBPA: Beer bottle tax stamps will damage pubs and may be illegal

16-Jul-2012 By Peter Ruddick

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the Government to abandon plans announced in the Budget for the introduction of tax stamps on every bottle and can of beer saying it will damage pubs and may be illegal.

Shepherd Neame's Jonathan Neame named BBPA chair

11-May-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Jonathan Neame, the chief executive of Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame, has been named as the new chair of the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).

Pubs must not be penalised under new gaming machine duty system, says BBPA

08-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Pub operators are awaiting a ‘crucial’ decision from HM Revenue & Customs over the rate of tax applied on gaming machines, following the announcement that they will be split into two bands.

No statutory code for pubs as BBPA agrees legally binding reforms

24-Nov-2011 By Rachel Parkes

The British pub industry is to adopt legally-binding reforms to how they manage the relationship between pub companies and tenants, avoiding the government’s threat of statutory regulation.

'We need a rates freeze' hospitality leaders tell ministers

14-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Chief executives of the UK’s pub, hotel, restaurant and leisure industry trade bodies have today hit back at huge hikes in business rates planned for next year in a letter to cabinet ministers Eric Pickles and Vince Cable.

VisitEngland & BBPA launch online access statement tool for pubs

24-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

VisitEngland and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) have partnered to create a new Access Statement online tool, aimed at helping UK pubs cater for visitors with access needs.

Lower-strength beer the way forward with 35p tax drop

30-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Britain’s 5,000 beer brands bare to be boosted by new entrants into the lower-tax category as the fifty per cent tax break on lower strength beers goes live tomorrow.

BBPA ‘deeply disappointed’ with statutory code

21-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed it is ‘deeply disappointed’ with a recent report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee.

New music fee proposals 'totally unacceptable' says BBPA

21-Jul-2011 By Emma Eversham

Proposals to increase the rates that pubs, clubs, hotels and restaurants pay to host DJ nights or other special music-focused events are 'totally unacceptable' according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).

Pub closure rate slows, but beer tax hike imminent

15-Mar-2011 By Becky Paskin

The rate of pub closures has slowed to 25 per week, although government plans for a 7 per cent rise in beer tax in next week’s budget could prolong damage to the sector.

Fairer tax on beer would create 30,000 jobs, says pub industry

01-Sep-2010 By Rachel Johnson

Around 30,000 new jobs would be created if the government gave beer a fair deal in the alcohol duty system the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said today

Government to ‘overhaul’ licensing laws

20-May-2010 By Becky Paskin

The government has revealed plans to review alcohol taxation as part of a new coalition policy to overhaul the Licensing Act

BBPA and D&D London’s The Avenue appointments

07-Jan-2010 By Becky Paskin

The BBPA appoints a new director of brewing, while D&D London’s newly refurbished the Avenue appoints a new head chef

Poker leaflet helps pubs play their cards right

14-Oct-2009 By Jennie Pick

The Gambling Commission and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) are backing a new leaflet designed to help landlords keep poker legal in their pubs.

Customer alcohol spend at 37-year low

02-Sep-2009 By Emma Eversham

The amount of money customers spend on alcohol when out drinking is at its lowest level since 1972 according to latest statistics from the British Beer & Pub Association