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…
Pub Design Awards
Having given you the winners of last year’s competition, I’m pleased to be able to tell…
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…
The Good Beer Guide 2021
Although, as readers can imagine, a lot of late editing has been required, the 48th edition…
Pub news – September 2020
Academy, Notting Hill: this case illustrates how useful the planning rules can be (see page 19).…
Cheers to our Pubs of the Year!
In the last issue I reported how well refreshed I had been on cycling outings to…