THE VOICE OF BREWERS & PUBS
Influencing policy, informing debate, and shaping the future of the UK’s brewing and pub sector.
We represent brewers AND PUBS
Offering insight and policy expertise to government, political stakeholders, and the media to deepen understanding of the sector’s opportunities and challenges, and to shape the fiscal and policy framework needed for a thriving UK brewing and pub sector.
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Sober October to have its most successful year on record, with almost 22 million pints of No and Low predicted to be sold
Sober October may be a record year, with almost 22 million pints of No and Low beer predicted to be sold this month, according to the British Beer and Pub Association. This would represent a 25% increase from last October’s sales figures of 17.3 million and almost a 200% increase since October 2022. Last year,…
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Pubs as Social Infrastructure
Pubs are more than venues for alcohol. This report demonstrates how these embedded social institutions generate measurable wellbeing benefits for millions of people.
BBPA Disability Awareness Primer Course
In partnership with Tourism for All we have created an online disability awareness training. Tourism for All is a national charity and the voice of accessible tourism and travel in the UK.
Click here to register for the free course.
Once you’ve registered, click here to log in to the BBPA training area. Upon completing the course you will receive a certificate.
Pubs are places where everyone is welcome. It’s where family, friends and colleagues come together and where tourists to this country feel they will see the true, welcoming Britain. But sometimes, without realising it, we put up barriers to that welcome, especially for those who are disabled or less mobile. If a customer can’t access a pub, bar or restaurant then they will go elsewhere. That means that all their family, friends and colleagues will go elsewhere as well. Not only is the business lost but the customer’s experience is zero or even negative.
You will often be the first representative of your business that disabled customers will meet and that gives you a great opportunity, and a great responsibility, to make disabled customers, and all customers, feel comfortable and welcome.
We know that disabled customers tend to come back to establishments where they have had good experiences and to recommend them to others. So, by completing this course and following the tips we provide, you will not only be helping your disabled customers to have a great time, but helping to grow your whole business.
