Nick Clegg

CAMRA reports positive talks at Liberal Democrat conference

18-Sep-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) had more than 250 people visit its pop-up pub in the first two days of the Liberal Democrat conference.

Nick Clegg and the demonisation of pubs

12-Apr-2013 By Publican Sam

Speaking during his weekly Call Clegg programme on LBC Radio, Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, said he supported the idea of imposing levies on people who get “blind drunk” and end up in hospital or at a police station. Here are some highlights:

Employers to develop own apprenticeships, says Nick Clegg

18-Mar-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Licensees will be able to develop their own apprenticeship standards and qualifications to address skills shortages, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced.

FLVA president Nigel Williams meets Nick Clegg to discuss pubco-tenant issue

21-Dec-2012 By Adam Pescod

President of the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (FLVA) Nigel Williams met deputy minister Nick Clegg last week to discuss pubco-tenant self-regulation.

FLVA looking to broaden its horizons

16-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ

Growing membership and getting industry messages across to MPs are top of the priority list for the newly-elected president of the Federation of...

Friend or foe: the coalition

20-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Thirteen high-ranking members of the new Government signed up to a five-point plan to help pubs before the election.

James Wilmore: Can we trust Cameron and Clegg on pubs?

12-May-2010

David Cameron and Nick Clegg are both 43, are both privately educated and both have young children. Similar backgrounds then, but the question for...

What would a Tory/Lib Dem Government do for pubs?

07-May-2010 By John Harrington

John Harrington examines what the unlikely coalition would mean for the pub trade.

Clegg attacks lack of government action on beer tie

19-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has blamed the government's failure to act on the beer tie and continuous hikes in beer tax as the reason for...

Clegg hears about beer tie's advantages for small brewers

26-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has been given a first-hand account of industry issues - including the beer tie - during a visit to a brewery....

MPs due at Enterprise tenants' meeting

14-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore

A group of disgruntled Enterprise Inns licensees from Sheffield are meeting tonight as part of a bid for "fairer rent" and freedom from the beer tie....

'Pub selling "cheapest beer" faces probe'

31-Mar-2009

A pub in West Bromwich which claimed to sell the cheapest beer in the country faces having its opening hours slashed after complaints about...

Tuppen hits back at Clegg's pubco attack

30-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore

Enterprise Inns' chief Ted Tuppen has hit back at criticism of the pubco model by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, arguing it is at the "heart of...

Tuppen rejects Clegg's criticism of Enterprise business model

30-Mar-2009 By John Harrington

The Enterprise boss defends his team and says he is a "whole-hearted believer in the fairness of the leased and tenanted system".

Lib Dem leader slams "unfair" pubco model

26-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has attacked the pubco model, saying it's unfair and there's "clearly a problem" as some companies do not have...

Lib Dems: revoke shop alcohol licences for one underage sale

10-Nov-2008 By John Harrington

The party also backs minimum pricing in its new alcohol plan

Lib Dem leader wants minimum pricing

26-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has backed calls for a minimum price on alcohol to be introduced. Clegg, speaking at the Sheffield Conference on Alcohol,...

'Licence revocation for one U-18 sale'

03-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg unveils a tough stance on underage sales