News and views – September 2020

LONDON IS OPEN A large number of chief executives of hospitality industry companies have written to…

Small Brewers’ Duty Relief

You can tell when a story is important; it appears in the back pages (the serious…

Planning law update

Under planning legislation, most buildings are allocated to what is called a Use Class. Different rules…

Trade news – September 2020

FULLER’S (PUBS) NEWS Fuller’s took a cautious approach to reopening their pubs in central London. A…

National Brewery Centre Archives

The archives at the National Brewery Centre in Burton-on-Trent hold some half a million items illustrating…

Cask Ale Week

Time’s a bit tight but you might just be able to participate in this year’s Cask…

Tribute – Bob Steel

BOB STEEL AS I KNEW HIM I met Bob for the first time in 1979 at…

Tribute – John Porteous

John, who many readers will remember as joint tenant of the Royal Oak at the Borough…

News extra – July 2020

There comes a point when I have to stop updating the articles that I am working…

COVID-19 update – July 2020

REOPENING OUR PUBS Finally, on Tuesday 23 June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that pubs, bars…