Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols joined the North Cheshire Campaign for Real Ale at the Albion on Battersby Lane for their regional meeting to discuss the current crisis facing pubs.
Charlotte Nichols MP who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pubs was invited to join North Cheshire CAMRA for their regional meeting following the branches successful 50th Anniversary celebrations in September.
During the meeting members had the opportunity to have full and frank conversations about the current crisis facing pubs and the work being undertaken to get the sector on to a stable footing.
At the meeting North Cheshire CAMRA members also elected Gillian Yates as their new Regional Director. Gillian is a former landlady of The Albion herself with years of experience in the Pub trade.
Charlotte Nichols MP said: “I know the changes announced at the Budget to business rates have caused considerable concern in the industry, and this is something I have raised with the Government in a series of ongoing meetings in my capacity as Chair of the Pubs APPG, alongside supportive campaigning from colleagues in the Beer APPG and representations from the sector”.
“We are hopeful of movement from the Treasury on this matter, as these conversations have been positive and constructive, and media reporting suggests that an announcement is expected imminently. Beyond the immediate issue this has created, I am hopeful we can move past years of chopping and changing of different, complicated reliefs that make it impossible for publicans and landlords to plan for the future”.
