This message is to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year, and we hope you had a Happy Christmas.

You don’t need us to tell you that 2020 has been a pretty awful year for most of us and has just become even worse in London, and we are all hoping that 2021 will be a lot better. But for many in the hospitality industry it will not be, and in particular many pubs are forecast to close their doors for good in 2021; the pandemic and its financial consequences will have been too much for them.

Never in our lifetimes has the phrase “use them or lose them” been more appropriate. So, please give business to those pubs offering takeaway services and when better times return at some point in 2021, do your best to support our reopened pubs that are so much a part of our traditional way of life.

CAMRA has been working hard to try to influence the Government to give as much support as possible to the pub and brewing industry and has partnered with other groups involved in this vital economic sector – the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB), the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), Hospitality UK, and the Guild of Beer Writers. You can now get involved at https://whypubsmatter.org.uk/get-involved/ and help make sure the government knows what your local means to you.

Stay safe! Our West London branch committee wishes you all the best.