The CENTRAL BAR in StAndrews has been awarded the Kingdom of Fife Pub Of The Year 2013

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Approximately 8,000 pubs are expected to participate in the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Community Pubs Month campaign in April 2013.

With 18 pubs closing every week, this national event encourages all British pubs to sign-up to the campaign and organise a number of events throughout the month to try and entice more trade.

Each pub will receive a free promotional pack and can use the Community Pubs Month website to market their events for free –http://www.communitypubsmonth.org.uk

CAMRA will also launch a number of national press stories in the w/c 25th March that will include new consumer pub research to help raise the profile of pub-going in Britain and the essential role pubs play in community life.

April’s campaign will be followed by three further campaigning months – Pubs & Charity (July 2013), Pubs Are For Life (October 2013) and Pubs: Support the Economy (January 2014).

3 million fewer UK adults visit the pub on a regular basis as beer duty escalator takes its toll
CAMRA organises its biggest ever campaigning event as over 1,200 members descend upon Parliament

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today (December 12th) organised the biggest campaigning event in its 40 year history as over 1,200 of its members – as well as other members of the beer and pub industry - descend upon Parliament for a Mass Lobby, calling for an end to the damaging beer duty escalator.

Members of the organisation have travelled from across the UK to speak to their MP as new figures show that since the beer duty escalator – a policy causing duty on beer to automatically increase by 2% above inflation every year - was introduced in 2008, the number of regular pub goers* in the UK has declined by a staggering 3 million people. During this period, over 5,800 pubs have been forced to close their doors.



Since 2008, tax on beer has increased by more than 40%, with over a third of every pint pulled in a pub now paid in duty and VAT. The nation’s beer drinkers have to endure one of the highest rates of tax on their pint in Europe, and a 106,000 signature Government e-petition has already forced a Parliamentary debate on the issue, calling on the escalator to be scrapped.




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The UK's best-selling beer and pub guide reaches the momentous 40th edition. Packed with a listing of 4,500 of the best real ale pubs in the UK, as selected and reviewed by CAMRA members, and a unique 'Breweries Section' that details every real ale brewery operating in the UK.

The Good Beer Guide is completely independent. There are no entry fees for listings, and every pub is checked many times a year by discerning local CAMRA members.

Available for pre-order.
CAMRA Member Price £10.00 or £12.99 (RRP £15.99)
(The Good Beer Guide 2013 will be published on 13 September 2012 and all pre-orders will be dispatched on publication. Payment for orders will be taken when you confirm your order.)

You can order the guide by following this link to the main CAMRA web page.