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