CAMRA - Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs and Drinkers rights since 1971

CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE

Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs and Drinkers' rights since 1971


Press Releases

* Beer Drinkers Slam Mini Budget That Threatens 7,500 pubs. 24/11/08   
CAMRA has condemned the decision by the Chancellor to hit pubs with an increase in Beer Tax.
* One in Eight Pubs Set to Close By 2012. 20/11/08   
CAMRA has today claimed that a tidal wave of beer tax hikes, unfair supermarket competition and the economic downturn threatens to close up to 7,500 pubs by the end of 2012.
* BBC Good Food Show, Birmingham - ‘CAMRA to offer experience like no other'. 13/11/08   
CAMRA is delighted to offer visitors to this year's BBC Good Food Show the unique chance to get involved in the Great British Beer Experience, paying tribute to Britain's national drink, real ale, with a series of enlightening tastings.
* CAMRA attacks decision to close Tetley Brewery. 5/11/08   
CAMRA has attacked the decision by Carlsberg UK to close the iconic Tetley Brewery in Leeds by 2011.
* CAMRA announces early success for ‘LocAle'. 28/10/08   
CAMRA is delighted to announce today that 22 CAMRA branches have signed up to the CAMRA ‘LocAle' scheme since the national launch in July 2008.
* CAMRA Welcomes Parliamentary Beer Group Recommendations. 22/10/08   
CAMRA has warmly welcomed the publication this morning of the Community Pub Inquiry, following over two years of investigation by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group.
* Somerset Cider Legend Goes Down in CAMRA Folklore. 18/10/08   
Roger Wilkins, of Wilkins Cider has added an extra chapter to his already successful resume by winning the CAMRA Pomona Award for 2008.
* CAMRA Club of the Year 2008- ‘Leyton Orient the Premiership Champion of Real Ale'. 17/10/08   
A thriving football supporters club, renowned for its commitment to serving a diverse range of cask-conditioned ale, has been named the joint CAMRA Club of the Year 2008.
* Prime Minister Asked to Act on Short Beer Measures. 16/10/08   
CAMRA has today visited 10 Downing Street to hand in a 23,361 name petition calling for an end to short beer measures in pubs and other licensed premises.
* CAMRA Creates Unprecedented Alliance to Use New Law to Defend Your Local. 13/10/08   
Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, will today (October 14th) invite councils to ‘opt in' to a radical new law - the Sustainable Communities Act.
* CAMRA Real Ale in a Bottle Retailer Awards 2008. 10/10/08   
CAMRA has commended retailers great and small in their unfailing support for stocking real ale in a bottle, and is to award three bottled beer retailers on Saturday October 11th at its annual awards lunch at Lord's Cricket Ground.
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