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Undercover policemen pretending to be lager louts will be attempting to catch out licensees who sell to drunks. Anyone who ignores their 'condition'...

Undercover policemen pretending to be lager louts will be attempting to catch out licensees who sell to drunks. Anyone who ignores their 'condition' and continues to serve them will first be given an official warning, with persistent offenders facing prosecution, in the bid to stamp out drink-fuelled violent crime and disorder. If it proves successful, the pilot scheme being conducted in Leicestershire this month will be rolled out nationwide. - Sunday Express

SABMiller's results, to be announced this Thursday, are expected to reveal the extent to which the brewing giant's financial performance has been hit by last summer's vicious price war with its US archrivals Anheuser-Busch. SABMiller is believed to have suffered less damage to its books than A-B; the US brewer is understood to have been hit to the tune of $600m as it sought to defend its market position in the States in the face of competition from SABMiller. - Sunday Telegraph

When SABMiller announces its numbers this week all eyes will be on Bavaria, the Colombian brewer SABMiller bought last year. Concerns have been raised over its accounting practices and how its numbers will come out once translated to comply with international standards. Investors will also been concerned about falling sales of Castle, SABMiller's iconic South African beer. - Independent On Sunday

Setanta Sports, the Irish broadcaster that bought two of the six packages of rights to live Premiership football, has appointed advisers to oversee a fundraising exercise and a possible eventual stock market flotation. Setanta will pay £392m to the Premier League to screen 46 live games over three seasons starting in August next year. It has recouped some of this figure by striking a deal with BSkyB, which plans to broadcast all six packages on its own platform. - Sunday Times

Glaring cracks are starting to appear in the security of chip and Pin cards. Experts believe that the new technology is making it easier, not tougher, for criminals to carry out credit card fraud. According to Frank Abagnale, the American crook whose exploits were immortalised in the film Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio, chip and Pin is "far from foolproof". Mr Abagnale was in London last week to promote PrivacyGuard, a system that combats identity theft by monitoring customers' credit records around the clock. - Mail On Sunday

South east England is a hive of domestic winemaking and the up-coming English Wine Week will only serve to highlight the treats homegrown vines can offer. Vineyards such as Chapel Down, the country's largest wine making facility situated near the market town of Tenterden on the Kent/Sussex border, or the nearby RidgeView Estate are garnering wards for their products on the other side of the channel. English Wine Week runs from May 27 to June 4. - Sunday Express

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