Introduction to the October / November 2025 edition

The autumn budget has been announced for 26 November.  This will be an important moment for…

Introduction to August/September 2025 edition

First the good news.  Despite a number of scare stories in the press, the government is…

Introduction to the June/July 2025 edition

The Chancellor of the Exchequer made her Spring Statement on the day that our previous edition…

Introduction to the April/May 2025 edition

I’m pleased to say that there is some positive news in our Pub News column but,…

Introduction to the Feb/March 2025 edition

If it isn’t too late, may I wish you a Happy New Year. That said, I’m…

Craft or Indie Beer?

Although adopted with the best of intentions, since it came into general use in Britain the…

Introduction to the October / November 2024 edition

It was reported at the end of August that the Government are reviving their predecessor’s Tobacco…

Introduction to August / September 2024 edition

CAMRA is a non-party political organisation and so it was not a problem that the recent…

Introduction to the June / July 2024 edition

have to ask: will the sequence of events which are damaging the pub trade and the…

Introduction to the March / April 2024 edition

I heard on the radio that trade in the hospitality sector in December was up by…