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Business rates contribute to one in five pub closures, claims exclusive BBC research

16-Feb-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

High business rates have contributed to one in five pub closures in England and Wales over the past six years, an exclusive BBC Radio 4 investigation has claimed.

Finalists announced for BBC Food & Farming Awards 2015

30-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Finalists have been announced for the BBC’s Food & Farming Awards 2015.

The Good Pub Guide does pubs a great disservice

06-Sep-2013 By Pete Brown

Pete Brown takes the Good Pub Guide editors to task over their controversial claims on pub closures

Be in it to win it in 2012 by working smarter

27-Jan-2012 By Gerry Price

Tim Martin has been on BBC Radio Four, with his droll manner and demands for VAT and duty reductions. Ralph Findlay’s Personal View was published in The Telegraph’s business pages, saying that the pubcos have done ever such a lot and can now make codes...

Boris Johnson dismisses minimum pricing

23-Mar-2009

The Mayor of London has rejected calls for a minimum price per unit to tackle alcohol problems.Boris Johnson said improved education, as well as...

PM 'may reverse licensing laws'

24-Sep-2007

Gordon Brown says he could overturn licensing laws that allow pubs to open 24 hours a day if it was "in the interest of the country

What I Love about Pubs: Wesley Yin-Poole

12-Apr-2006

Wesley Yin-Poole, South London, on what he loves about pubs.Streatham High Road has a bum rap. A 2002 BBC Radio 4 poll bestowed on it the dubious...