{"id":253910,"date":"2025-05-23T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/pubs-spring-into-gear-as-bank-holidays-and-ve-day-boost-sales-new-bbpa-figures-show\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:20:09","slug":"pubs-spring-into-gear-as-bank-holidays-and-ve-day-boost-sales-new-bbpa-figures-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910","title":{"rendered":"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>14 million additional pints to be consumed in May thanks to Bank Holidays and VE Day, boosting economy by an extra \u00a369million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>May bumper sales welcome for the sector following huge new costs that landed in April<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>BBPA calls on Government to review harsh EPR fees reform business rates so sector can boost growth, jobs, and investment<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bumper May with two bank holidays and VE Day will see an estimated 14 million extra pints sold in pubs compared to a month without, the BBPA estimates.<\/p>\n<p>VE Day itself is estimated to have brought in up to one million extra pints sold in pubs thanks in part to the licensing hours extension which allowed them to stay open until 1am.<\/p>\n<p>The additional pints mean the sector could deliver an extra \u00a369 million in sales for the economy and generate \u00a311.5 million in VAT and \u00a36.5 million in beer duty compared to a month with no bank holidays or VE Day.<\/p>\n<p>The boost comes as the sector wrestles with a barrage of extra tax and fees following the April cliff-edge which is costing the industry an extra \u00a3853 million, the BBPA said.<\/p>\n<p>The new statistics come after the BBPA revealed the average price of a pint has broken the \u00a35 barrier for the first time, partly due to rising costs placed upon the sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma McClarkin, Chief Executive of the British Beer and Pub Association said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of us chose to spend our local pub, a home away from home, as the perfect location to spend the sunny long weekends and to celebrate VE Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese figures demonstrate how vital such occasions are to our sector, which is battling new costs including higher business rates bills, unfair and chaotic packaging fees, and soaring new employment costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the avalanche of new fees in April which saw new costs hit the industry, the BBPA is calling on the Government to ease the burdens placed upon the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the Government to support our sector by reforming business rates, reviewing punishing EPR costs, and mitigating new employment fees so that it can continue to drive the UK economy\u2019s growth and supporting local jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBPA is urging the Government to do this by permanently rebalancing the business rate system, reviewing chaotic EPR costs, mitigating new employment fees, and ensuring the Employment Rights Bill doesn\u2019t remove flexibility for the sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES TO EDITORS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The uplift is estimated using CGA managed pub beer sales volume data from May 2024 applied to BBPA monthly beer sales volume data.<\/p>\n<p>The BBPA estimates that the additional sales are due to the Bank Holidays and VE Day and associated extended licensing hours, <u>compared to sales if there had not been these public holidays<\/u> and extension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are the UK\u2019s leading trade association representing pubs and breweries. Our members brew 90% of British beer and own nearly half of UK pubs.<\/p>\n<p>We are the voice\u202fof pubs and brewers, offering insight and policy thinking to government, political stakeholders and media alike to help ensure that there is an in-depth understanding of both the opportunities and challenges faced by the sector and the policy solutions to bring about the optimal fiscal and policy framework that will underpin a thriving pub and brewing sector in the UK.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>If you have any questions or would like to be in touch you can reach us on <b>020 7627 9173<\/b>\u00a0or via email on\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beerguild.co.uk\/news\/pubs-spring-into-gear-as-bank-holidays-and-ve-day-boost-sales-new-bbpa-figures-show\/mailto:press@beerandpub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press@beerandpub.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Third-party news items that are posted on the Guild website come from press releases and emails received by the Guild. These are posted as they have been received. Their publication on the Guild website is an informational service only and is neither an endorsement of the content, nor its sender, by the Guild. For enquiries, please use the contact details that can be found at the bottom of each post.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 million additional pints to be consumed in May thanks to Bank Holidays and VE Day, boosting economy by an extra \u00a369million May bumper sales welcome for the sector following huge new costs that landed in April BBPA calls on Government to review harsh EPR fees reform business rates so sector can boost growth, jobs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[2331,62065,9174,467,8132,2141,3922,16851,1329,2443,1448],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-253910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beer","tag-bank","tag-bbpa","tag-boost","tag-day","tag-figures","tag-gear","tag-holidays","tag-pubs","tag-sales","tag-show","tag-spring"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0 - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0 - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"14 million additional pints to be consumed in May thanks to Bank Holidays and VE Day, boosting economy by an extra \u00a369million May bumper sales welcome for the sector following huge new costs that landed in April BBPA calls on Government to review harsh EPR fees reform business rates so sector can boost growth, jobs, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-23T15:20:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"945\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"945\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-23T15:20:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910\"},\"wordCount\":661,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"BANK\",\"BBPA\",\"Boost\",\"Day\",\"Figures\",\"Gear\",\"holidays\",\"pubs\",\"Sales\",\"Show\",\"Spring\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Beer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910\",\"name\":\"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0 - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-23T15:20:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg\",\"width\":945,\"height\":945},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0 - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0 - Som2ny Network","og_description":"14 million additional pints to be consumed in May thanks to Bank Holidays and VE Day, boosting economy by an extra \u00a369million May bumper sales welcome for the sector following huge new costs that landed in April BBPA calls on Government to review harsh EPR fees reform business rates so sector can boost growth, jobs, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-05-23T15:20:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":945,"height":945,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0","datePublished":"2025-05-23T15:20:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910"},"wordCount":661,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg","keywords":["BANK","BBPA","Boost","Day","Figures","Gear","holidays","pubs","Sales","Show","Spring"],"articleSection":["Beer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910","name":"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0 - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-23T15:20:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BBPA-Logo.jpg","width":945,"height":945},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253910#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pubs Spring into gear as Bank Holidays and VE Day boost sales, new BBPA figures show\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253910"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=253910"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=253910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}