LATE NIGHT LEVY
Redbridge Council further extended their consultation on introducing a LNL to 11 August. A final decision is expected shortly but reader Colin Price has already seen notices that certain pubs are seeking to amend their permitted hours to close at midnight thus avoiding the levy. As reported last edition, Southwark Council have gone ahead with theirs but the level of objection has been such that they have agreed to review it in a year\u2019s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE PRICE OF A PINT
I do not normally cover rival publications but the review of the 2020 edition of the Good Pub Guide in the Morning Advertiser contains some interesting, if not entirely unexpected, information about beer prices. There are now four areas where you can expect to pay more than \u00a34.00 for a pint. These are Sussex (\u00a34.02), Scotland (\u00a34.03), Surrey (\u00a34.06) and, of course, London (\u00a34.57). The cheapest (or most reasonable, if you want to look at it that way) are Herefordshire (\u00a33.48), Northumbria (\u00a33.52), Yorkshire (\u00a33.53) and Staffordshire (\u00a33.54).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PUB PROTECTION STRATEGY A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST
CAMRA\u2019s Greater London Region has recently updated its Pub Protection Strategy document (version 4.1). If readers would like to see what it says, it is available on the regional website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are interested in the social history of brewing you will enjoy Brewing Stories, a project set up and run by the educational charity digital:works. It focuses on the three Thames side breweries in West London, the Stag Brewery (Watney\u2019s) in Mortlake, the Griffin Brewery (Fuller\u2019s) in Chiswick and the Ram Brewery (Young\u2019s) in Wandsworth, all of whom were major employers. The project is supported by Fuller\u2019s brewery, Chiswick Archives, Richmond Local Studies Centre and the Wandsworth Heritage Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n