Pubs Code update – November 2020

STAR PUBS AND BARS Having completed her investigation, the Pubs Code Adjudicator, Fiona Dickie, found that…

Book reviews – Nov 2020

BEER BY DESIGN Subtitled The Art of Good Beer Branding, Pete Brown’s latest book takes a…

COVID-19 update – September 2020

SIX AND OUT (OR IN…) To quote Yogi Berra, the famous baseball coach, ‘It ain’t over…

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…