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Machine tax rate – Budget announcements must be fair, says BBPA
31.01.2012
The draft regulations that will determine the arrangements for the new Machine Games Duty (MGD) tax ...

Tourism Regulation Taskforce report published by DCMS – proposals would help pubs and brewers, says BBPA
25.01.2012
BBPA Chief Executive Brigid Simmonds, who served on the Tourism Regulation Taskforce, comments:

Comment from Brigid Simmonds on IPPR pub report
24.01.2012
We will be looking at these proposals in detail, but we can certainly agree with some of the key poi...

Beer sales decline continues in 2011, but rate slows further – BBPA ‘Beer Barometer’
23.01.2012
New figures released today show UK beer sales continued to fall in 2011, although at a slower rate t...

Pubs must not run dry during Olympics – key players gather in Brewers’ Hall this morning
23.01.2012
“It is hugely important that pubs do not run dry and beer is kept flowing, despite road closures, fo...

Pub celebrations over Live Music Bill passage through Commons
20.01.2012
The British Beer & Pub Association has described as a ‘terrific result’ the passage of the Live ...

Let’s make it ‘Pro-Pub Friday’ in Parliament, says BBPA’s Brigid Simmonds
19.01.2012
Friday the 20th of January brings the prospect of a ‘Pro-Pub Friday’ in Parliament, says the British...

2.8 per cent beers – British brewers showcase innovation to MPs
18.01.2012
A new range of lower-strength beers were celebrated in Parliament at an event organised by the by th...

BBPA comments on Home Office consultation
17.01.2012
Commenting on the release today of the Home Office consultation on ‘Late Night Drinking’, Brigid Sim...

BBPA responds to MPs debate on pub industry
12.01.2012
BBPA Chief Executive Brigid Simmonds comments

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