'Czech brewer promises teens free beer for voting in general election'

A Czech brewer has promised school pupils free beer if they vote in the country's forthcoming general elections, prompting fears that the stunt will encourage underage drinking. Worried by political apathy in the young, Stanislaw Bernard, who once stood as a Right-wing candidate for the Czech parliament's upper house, said that he would give a keg of beer to the first 250 school classes able to prove that at least 85 per cent of those eligible to vote had cast their ballots in next week's election - Daily Telegraph​

The chief executive of Tesco, the country's largest retailer, has called on the government to consider setting a minimum price for alcohol in shops in a bid to end "binge drinking" - Daily Telegraph ​

It's the most expensive pub pint in Britain - at an eyewatering £5.80. And with mass pub closures across the country, the Coach & Horses in London's West End is not doing the industry any favours. Its pint of Leffe Blonde lager is nearly three times the price it goes for in many supermarkets - Mirror ​

Ralph Findlay welcomed a government crackdown on supermarket beer deals while hailing a positive start to the second half. The chief executive of Marston's, one of Britain's biggest pub operators, raised a pint to the Government yesterday after it vowed to ban the supermarket practice of selling alcohol at below cost price - The Times ​

Mitchells & Butlers is to pump more cash into its restaurants after pub grub helped boost profits by 50% - Mirror ​