Camra , the Campaign for Real Ale, has started a month-long celebration of British community pubs following the scrapping of the beer duty escalator and the first cut in beer duty in a generation announced in last month’s Budget.

The consumer group is hailing the tax cut as a new beginning for British pubs and brewing and wants to encourage Bradford pubs to join the national initiative to organise and promote a variety of events throughout the month that will appeal to the public.

Camra has produced and distributed more than 6,000 promotional pub packs across Britain to help pubs market what activities they have planned.

The campaign follows independent research from Camra that shows that 42 per cent of people are using pubs less than they did a year ago.