News & views – September 2023

CHANGE OF MIND – ALMOST Readers may remember that, during the pandemic, one of the Government’s…

Long standing landlord retires

Shepherd Neame have announced that Gerry Dolan, the landlord of the Westminster Arms retired on 4…

CAMRA Pub Design Awards 2023

CAMRA’s Pub Design Awards, organised in conjunction with Historic England, are intended to recognise the most…

Brewery news – September 2023

Brew By Numbers: further to the report in the last edition, Brew By Numbers have, after…

Pub heritage – September 2023

FIRE WATCHING Paul Ainsworth, the chair of CAMRA’s Planning Advisory Group, would be interested to learn…

Trade News – September 2023

STONEGATE ‘DYNAMIC PRICING’ The Stonegate Group, owned by the private equity firm TDR Capital, has introduced…

Introduction to the August/September 2023 edition

Once again, I bring you mixed messages. Sadly, more London independent breweries have closed (see the…

Sun Inn refurbished

This edition’s cover photo is of the Sun Inn which stands by the pond in Barnes.…

GBBF 2O23 Update

Don’t forget that CAMRA’s flagship event, the Great British Beer Festival, is being held at Olympia…

Pub news – July 2023

Most of our pub news is contained in the WhatPub Update column but here are a…