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Premier League to resume action over foreign satellite screenings

03-Feb-2012 - The Premier League has said it will resume action against pubs and bars that screen Premiership football via foreign satellite systems within the European Economic Area.

BIS: Norman Lamb appointed minister

03-Feb-2012 - Norman Lamb has been named the new business minister, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed.

PMA Powersaver: Switch and save on your utility bills

03-Feb-2012 - The Publican's Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Utilities Direct to relaunch the PMA PowerSaver to help licensees get the best deals on electricity and gas bills.

PRS competition-winning pub opens live music facilities

03-Feb-2012 - A Kent pub has officially opened its refurbished live music facilities after winning a nationwide competition organised by PRS for Music.

Drinkaware: 'Drinking less resolution most likely to fail'

03-Feb-2012 - New research from alcohol education charity Drinkaware has revealed that despite resolutions to be healthier and drink less in 2012, today (3 February) is the day most people expect to fail to cut back their drinking.

Licensee in warning to trade over water charges

03-Feb-2012 - A Stoke-on-Trent licensee has warned fellow publicans to check their water bills after finding he had been overcharged £522 per year since August 2005.

BIS 'taking the biscuit' with new PICAS chairman

02-Feb-2012 - Pro-pubs MP Greg Mulholland has slammed the appointment of Rodger Vickers as chairman of the newly-formed Pub Independent Conciliation Advisory Service (PICAS).

Government to revise hospital admission stats

02-Feb-2012 - Extreme figures on alcohol-related hospital admissions could be a thing of the past as the Government is to revise how it classifies such cases.

Red-tape curbs likely by year end, claims DCMS

02-Feb-2012 - The Government could act to cut further red tape on the industry by the end of the year, the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed.

IPPR: 'policymakers must recognise pubs’ social value'

02-Feb-2012 - The social value of pubs is often overlooked by policymakers because official statistics only capture their financial benefits, according to the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR).

NatWest deal for Greene King licensees

02-Feb-2012 - NatWest is offering preferential borrowing rates to Greene King’s (GK’s) Meet & Eat pub franchisees under a deal to make the bank its official funding partner for the franchise brand.

CAMRA launches new national pub campaign

01-Feb-2012 - The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is to launch a new national pubs campaign, Community Pubs Month, to champion local pubs which are at the heart of communities across Britain.

Pubs get a chance to call for energy reform

01-Feb-2012 - Pubs are being urged to write to Ofgem, the electricity and gas regulator, calling for reform of the energy market.

Red tape fear for gaming machine duty

31-Jan-2012 - Pubs will face a raft of red tape under plans to change Machine Games Duty (MGD) unveiled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Tuesday.

PICAS panel chairman appointed

31-Jan-2012 - The newly-formed Pub Independent Conciliation Advisory Service (PICAS) has elected Rodger Vickers as chairman of the panel that will review disputes between pubcos and tenants.

Operators continue January sales into February

31-Jan-2012 - Pub operators Barracuda and JD Wetherspoon are extending their January discounts throughout February as the battle to get customers back into the pub continues.

Pub is the Hub launches free computer classes in Lancashire

31-Jan-2012 - Pub is the Hub has joined forces with Lancashire County Council as part of the Local Community Services Champions initiative to provide free computer classes for absolute beginners.

Truman's asks Londoners to find new brewery site

31-Jan-2012 - East London beer brand Truman’s is asking the capital’s ale drinkers to help find a site for its new brewery.

Meal-for-£1 host vows to quit trade

31-Jan-2012 - A Staffordshire licensee who had been attempting to keep his pub afloat by selling meals for one pound has had to call time on the business amid falling profits and upwardly spiralling costs.

Pub third on list as most missed by expats

31-Jan-2012 - The pub has been named as the thing expats miss most about Britain, after the British countryside and our sense of humour.

SBPA calls for Scotland Jubilee extension

31-Jan-2012 - The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) has called for pubs and bars in Scotland to be granted extra trading hours over the Diamond Jubilee.

Licensee leaves trade to set up recruitment agency

31-Jan-2012 - An operator has given up running pubs to set up a training and recruitment firm after being frustrated with a lack of quality employees provided by agencies.