Great British Beer Festival

Great British Beer Festival 2013: 'An extra pint a month could save UK pubs'

13-Aug-2013 By Luke Nicholls

More than 800 real ales, ciders and perries will be on offer to 55,000 people this week with the start of the Great British Beer Festival, but the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) says beer sales are suffering with statistics showing that 38 per cent of...

Assets of Community Value: 100 pubs given greater protection

12-Aug-2013 By Luke Nicholls

With the Great British Beer Festival kicking off tomorrow (13 August), Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis is set to announce that 100 pubs in England have now been listed as Assets of Community Value (ACV), giving them greater protection against being...

Beer tax e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures, forcing Parliamentary debate

20-Sep-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The British beer and pub industry is today celebrating as the Government e-petition calling on the abandonment of the controversial beer duty escalator has finally exceeded the 100,000 signatures needed to trigger a Parliamentary debate.

Camra’s Great British Beer Festival aims to reacquaint young people with pubs

07-Aug-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The Great British Beer Festival, organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), opens its doors today at London’s Olympia with the aim of reacquainting young people with their local community pub in the wake of damning new research.

Great British Beer Festival kicks off in London

02-Aug-2011 By Lorraine Heller

The number of ale drinkers and real ale breweries in the UK have risen significantly over the past five years, creating a new market for more growth, says CAMRA as the Great British Beer Festival opens its doors today in London.

CAMRA publishes London’s Best Beer, Pubs & Bars guide

05-Jul-2011 By Lorraine Heller

CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) has published a new guide on the London pub scene, with the aim of encouraging consumers to visit more pubs and bars.