The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) was formed in the 1993 by an informal group of family-owned/controlled brewery CEOs known as the Pimlico Group - all of whom were part of the UK's Brewers Society, now the British Beer and Pub Association.
Current chairman is James Staughton, Managing Director of St Austell Brewery.
[1] The organisation also focuses on recruitment of licensees, beer quality training and attracting new cask ale drinkers.
Two codes of conduct, one for lessees and one for tenants, has been co-produced with British Beer and Pub Association.
Compulsory for members of IFBB it aims to simplify self-regulation and maintain low cost arbitration of disputes.