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Underage alcohol sales in pubs

Testing times for underage sales in pubs

By Mike Berry

With new figures showing pubs have fallen well behind the off-trade when it comes to carrying out age verification checks, Mike Berry went out with test purchasing company Serve Legal to find out more.

Griffiths:

Lobbying for a VAT cut? Time for a reality check

By Andrew Griffiths

Say it ‘ain’t so Andrew?” wrote the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s esteemed editor when I expressed doubts about the prospects of the campaign to cut VAT to 5% for the hospitality sector. “Oh, why have you forsaken us Andrew? What do you know that I...

City diary

City diary

By The PMA Team

Blowing in the wind I can't be the only one curious to see what the wind turbine on top of JD Wetherspoon's new green pub, the Kettleby Cross, in...

Consumers have put meat back on the shopping menu.

Food file - What's up…

Yates Group has launched the first highstreet pub Atkins-style menu. The chain will trial a menu based on the high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet in...