Beer Sales

Tier restrictions set to push beer sales down by 90%

14-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) says it expects pub beer sales this December to be as much as 90% lower than normal, with 270 million fewer pints ordered.

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).

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.

Heavy rain and tax hike blamed for 4.6% drop in pub beer sales

24-Jul-2012 By Emma Eversham

The heavy rain over the last three months coupled with the Chancellor's March tax hike are being blamed for a 4.6 per cent drop in beer sales in pubs during the second quarter of 2012.

Continuing divergence between managed and leased/tenanted pub performance

04-May-2012 By Peter Ruddick

A new report from global ratings agency Fitch Ratings has concluded there is a growing divergence in performance of pubs in the UK between managed sites and those that are tenanted or leased.

Pub beer sales decline at slowest rate since 2004

23-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Beer sales continued to fall in 2011 with pub sales down by 3.4 per cent in the last year but the rate of decline has shrunk to the slowest since 2004, according to the latest Beer Barometer from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).