Previously the report has concentrated on consumer insight but this year the report's authors, including Inapub's very own Matthew Eley, wanted to find out what licensees think of the category.

Is cask being sold too cheaply?

New rules on importing real Christmas trees could cause a shortage this December, says specialist retailer Christmas Tree World.

If all 190,000 members of CAMRA took a friend for a beer during the week and bought a pint for them both, that would be £1m in cash for pubs.

When £400m of available funding for apprentices was left unspent (and sucked into government coffers, never to be seen again) why aren't more licensees getting involved in apprenticeships?

In a nod to the company's beers, Black Sheep Yorkshire Dry Gin is made with malted barley and lemondrop hops.

A new survey from Greene King IPA (the Official Community Club Partner of England rugby) also found that 43 per cent of Brits think England will reach the semi-final in Japan and 25 per cent think Wales will.

The new organisation, which aims to represent the interests of independent licensees, wants the pub trade to take a lead on abandoning the Retail Price Index (RPI).

As undergratuates all over the country pack up their toasters and laptops to start another year at university next week, we look at what they really want from a pub these days

The Licensees Association has been set up by former Pleisure Pubs boss Nick Griffin and aims to represent the interests of licensees nationally.