Abbreviation BBPA Legal status Non-profit company | Formation 1904 Region served UK | |
Purpose Brewing and pubs in the UK Location Brewers' Hall, Aldermanbury Square, London, EC2V 7HR | ||
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.
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History
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.
Structure
The British Beer & Pub Association, or BBPA, has its headquarters at Brewers' Hall in the City of London. Through its regional structure it has an autonomous Scottish division, the Scottish Beer & Pub Association, alongside regional teams which cover Wales, the Midlands, Yorkshire and the North West.
The current Chairman of the Association is Jonathan Neame, Chief Executive of Shepherd Neame and its Chief Executive is Brigid Simmonds OBE.