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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 5h

Nothing interesting to do today?- take a couple of moments to support pubs and e-mail your MP using the @camraofficial.bsky.social tool!

Ask your MP to support beer and pubs in the Budget camra.org.uk/campaigns/7

Ask your MP to support beer and pubs in the Budget

Use CAMRA's quick email tool to ask your MP to demand that the Chancellor announces support for pubs, breweries and pubgoers in the upcoming Budget.

camra.org.uk

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 1d

I did not!

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 2d

An interesting article about the impact of consumers drinking less in restaurants - first time I have heard the phrases "damp drinking" for drinking less volume overall or "99% sober" for a mostly dry lifestyle with the occasional exception! www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

‘It’s really good for the staff’: how restaurants adapt to customers drinking less

Alcohol is an important source of revenue for many restaurants. With consumption on the decline, venues could be left in a precarious position

www.theguardian.com

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 2d

Everywhere was pretty quiet in York this afternoon!

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 2d

Final stop in York at Pivni! #bar Where Brin decided to relax!

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 2d

Rook & Gaskill, York! Uncommonly Good Beer! #pub

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 2d

Blue Bell, York, pints! I might take up basket weaving! #pub

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 3d

Sunny pint of Wold Top in the Phoenix, York! #pub

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 3d

After a lovely autumnal walk along the river we headed to @theswanyork for pints - it was great to see our nolo project beer mats out in the open! #pub

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 4d

Beer choice wasn’t as bad as I expected @universityofleeds.bsky.social Students Union last Night! Few too many bat queues at the start of the evening but then people remembered sensible bar etiquette as the evening went on! @wyattflores1.bsky.social was excellent!

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 5d

I was gifted some fabulous pub books by my now ex PhD student @molly-rc-brown.bsky.social (now Dr Brown 👏) yesterday! Haven’t had time to dive it yet but already some insights into my local town Malton and its pubs! @HullCAMRA

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 6d

Given that research shows people are going out earlier and going home earlier I don't really see how this is going to help pubs or boost UK growth? Pubs need a reduction in business rates and a lowering of VAT, which in turn will boost the economy!: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting article about drinking/generational cohorts in Australia - "Boomers, Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X had increased odds of abstention.....Gen X and Millennials exhibited a significantly higher volume of alcohol consumption per drinking occasion." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

OK Boomer: A longitudinal analysis unravelling generational cohort differences in alcohol consumption among Australians

Background and aims Alcohol consumption is a key preventable cause of disease and injury worldwide. Recent evidence suggests that younger generations may be consuming less alcohol. However, it is st...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 7d

It hasn’t risen as fast as the price has, and the taxes, energy, ingredients etc have all gone up!

Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 8d

They raise the prices any further and no one will be able to afford them apart from as a luxury! Average price is over £5 now with profit tiny and in London you can be looking at a £10 pint!

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 8d

www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news...

True cost of a 'free pint' revealed as pubs make record low profits on beer

How much profit do pubs make from a pint? Why do pubs make such little profit from pints in the UK?

www.ladbible.com

Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 8d

www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/03/aver...

Average price of a pint to soar above £5 for the first time

The average price of a pint of beer will cost more than £5 from next month, according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).

www.thedrinksbusiness.com

Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 8d

? The pubs are pretty full but can’t make a living due to government legislation and taxes!

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 8d

Pubs are having a hard time (an understatement), @teamlabouruk.bsky.social can and should do more to help them, a why/how from @rogerprotz.bsky.social ..."An Open Letter to the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer" wb.camra.org.uk/2025/10/02/a...

An Open Letter to the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Dear Chancellor, I am writing to you with a plea to take wide-ranging measures in your Budget to help our struggling pubs. The latest dire prediction...

wb.camra.org.uk

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 9d

"...most UK adults now prefer to drink at home, and 63% regard alcohol as a luxury. Pubs must embed themselves as hubs of everyday community life to overcome this trend." @StroudBrewery
OPINION: Pints and purpose: how pubs can secure their future www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

www.morningadvertiser.co.uk

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 9d

After yesterday’s drinking and pub visiting exploits a pub Sunday roast, ice cream sundae and pints of lager shandy were very welcome today - at The Grapes in Great Habton! #pub #sundayroast