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Friday 01st January 2010
CAMRA takes Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to Tribunal

CAMRA asked the OFT to act against large pub owning companies to restore proper competition in the UK Pub Market. The OFT rejected CAMRA's complaint that a lack of competition in the pub market is costing consumers £2.5 billion every year.

Your donation is urgently required so that CAMRA can succeed in getting the OFT's decision quashed and work towards getting the OFT to reconsider.

Make a donation now at camraappeal.org.uk

Amend planning law to save pubs
Tuesday 28th July 2009

From left to right: Mike Benner, CAMRA Chief Executive, Patrick Hall MP, Greg Mulholland MP, Jonathan Mail, CAMRA Head of Policy and Public Affairds and Ben Chapman MP - photo: M Dodds 

CAMRA has called for planning law changes to stop pubs being demolished or converted to other uses without planning permission. Speaking at a meeting of MPs and Peers organised by the Save the Pub Parliamentary Group, CAMRA called for:
- a change to planning rules to close the current loophole which allows pubs to be converted to shops, cafes, restaurants or financial services offices without the need for planning permission
- planning permission to be required before a pub is bulldozed
- a ban on the use of restrictive covenants which are imposed to prevent closed pubs from ever being reopened
- national policy guidance to require Councils to put policies in place to protect community pubs whether in a rural, suburban or urban location

For a more detailed report on yesterday's Parliamentary meeting click here to read an account from the licensed trade newspaper The Morning Advertiser.


A Beer A Day
Tuesday 26th August 2008

Release date: 7 August 2008

Available now to order from £14.99*

A Beer a Day is a beer book with a difference: 366 great beers from all over the world are featured - one for every day of the year. No ordinary collection of ‘must taste' beers, A Beer a Day looks to unearth the links between beer and the world we live in - our history, traditions, customs and culture.

Beer production has always been linked to the seasons, with harvest time and religious festivals often inspiring special ...read more

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