2024 COA Programme for web
Welcome to interactive presentation, created with Publuu. Enjoy the reading!
WELCOME
CAMRA welcome
Across the country, the big brewers and pubcos
are doing their best to transform pubs into soulless
drinking establishments, selling identikit products at
prices inflated by massive marketing campaigns – the
amount of money spent on campaigns to persuade
you to buy this ‘Spanish’ lager made in Tadcaster or
this one made by a Dutch company in Manchester is
eye-watering!
Fortunately, Norwich is blessed with dozens of small
and independent pubs selling ales brewed locally
using Norfolk’s excellent malt – did you know Nor-
folk-grown barley, converted to malt for brewing, is
some of the best in the world!
Smaller breweries have done their best to keep beer
prices down, but cannot absorb the higher costs
of energy, malt and hops resulting from the war in
Ukraine forever. The recent change to beer duty, in-
troducing a ‘lower’ rate of duty for beer sold through
pubs than through supermarkets, was welcome, but
far too small, and won’t be seen in pubs, as breweries
need to rebuild their margins.
Pubs’ overheads have also increased, especially
with uncontrolled increases in energy prices, and
footfall has decreased as those same increases aff ect
customers’ ability to spend.
CAMRA will continue to press the government for
assistance for the hospitality trade, increasing the
gap between the draught and supermarket duty
rates, reducing VAT on small independent pubs, and
reforming business rates. We also support pubs and
breweries directly, organising socials to visit pubs and
drink the breweries’ beers, and by protecting pubs
from conversion and demolition.
Non-members are welcome on all our socials – check
out the details at norwich.camra.org.uk – and join us
to support Norwich’s excellent independent pubs!
IAN STAMP
Norwich and District CAMRA
On behalf of Norwich & District CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) I’d like to
welcome you to the 12th edition of the first ever city beer week, City of Ale,
celebrating Norwich and Norfolk beer, breweries, and pubs.
East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) is a charity providing advanced critical care 24 hours a day, 365
days a year to the most seriously ill and injured people in the region by air and road.
From road traf ic collisions to cardiac arrests to medical emergencies, the charity’s specialist doctors,
critical care paramedics and pilots bring the advanced skills, equipment and medicine directly – normally
only found in a specialist emergency department – to the patient’s side in the fastest time possible.
The funds raised will give people in the region the best possible chance of surviving and recovering from a
life-threatening emergency. A heartfelt thank you for your kindness and support.
For more information about EAAA, please visit our website https://www.eaaa.org.uk and follow us
on Instagram @eastangliairamb
Helpline: 01603 300178
CHARITY
We are delighted to have
been chosen as the Norwich
City of Ale Charity for 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44