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New Minister for Pubs John Healey has promised to table a package of measures to help pubs within weeks.

Two pro-pub MPs have given their backing to the appointment of John Healey as the first ever pubs minister.

CAMRA's beer tie stance "illogical", says City analyst
Removing central purchasing would hit product range and investment, argues Numis man

NOTW Blogs (blog)
BEER-loving politician John Healey has landed his dream job in government - Minister for PUBS. He has been given a vital new role of supporting at-risk ...

Rochdale Online
For every pint of JW Lees cask bitter that JW Lees sells at £2.10 there is 31p paid in VAT and 37p in beer duty, with tax representing 33 per cent of the ...

The tied pub model is “less risky” than the alternatives, according to multiple operator Matt Saunders of the 11-strong Derby-based Fat Cat group.

BBC News
"The British love their pints of beer," says David Kester, of the Design Council. "We wouldn't want to take someone's enjoyment and pleasure away. ...

This is London
Fuller's, which makes London Pride and Organic Honey Dew beers in its Chiswick brewery, said beer sales increased 2% over the 44 weeks. ...

But new BBPA survey shows 2,365 pubs closed in 2009

Morning Advertiser
By Ewan Turney Suffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams is to freeze the price of its beers to all its tenants and free-trade customers for a second year ...

BBC News
The Suffolk brewer Adnams has started working with British Gas on a project to turn brewing waste into green gas for the national grid. The brewer said it ...

The Publican
Around 45 people, representing more than a dozen breweries, attended the inaugural meeting ... Fyne Ales, Innis & Gunn, Orkney, Sinclair, Ayr and Black Sheep.

The Publican
Managing director of the Fuller's Beer Company, John Roberts, said: “The cask ale market is in great health, and is the only sector of the beer market in ...

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is getting behind this year’s National Cask Ale Week with a support package worth £40,000. This includes free promotional packs – worth £30 each – to 1,000 pubs on SIBA’s Direct Delivery Scheme (DDS), which will be offered on a ‘first come, first served’ basis next month.

Lincolnshire Echo
The list of pubs closing their doors due to slumping trade may seem endless – but one Lincolnshire brewery is enjoying record sales. Batemans brewery says ...