British Beer and Pub Association | |
Abbreviation: | BBPA |
Formation: | 1904 |
Status: | Non-profit company |
Purpose: | Brewing and pubs in the UK |
Location: | 61 Queen Street, London, |
Region Served: | United Kingdom |
Membership: | 50+ brewing and pub company organisations and various associate organisations |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Kevin Georgel |
Leader Title2: | Chief Executive |
Leader Name2: | Emma McClarkin |
Main Organ: | BBPA Council and Board |
The British Beer and Pub Association is the drinks and hospitality industry's largest and most influential trade association representing some 90% of UK brewing (by volume) and the ownership of around 20,000 of the nation's pubs.
The Association was founded in 1904 as the Brewers' Society, was for a period in the 1990s known as the Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association before becoming the British Beer & Pub Association in 2000 to reflect its growing pub company membership.