All news articles for December 02, 2016

Property

November's done deals

02-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

A Southampton pub that has been closed for seven years is reopening plus more in our monthly roundup of the biggest and best pub deals.

Beer

‘A British brewer prepared for a challenge’: SA Brain to export more than a million pints to India

02-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

SA Brain & Co is set to export more than one million pints to India before the end of 2016. 

Community pubs

CAMRA: pubs play 'huge role' in preventing social isolation

02-Dec-2016 By James Evison

Pubs are crucial in the battle against loneliness in the UK, CAMRA has said, following the publication of the results of a survey by the Campaign to End Loneliness today (Friday 2 December).

Fruit machines

BBPA calls for increased stakes and prizes for pub fruit machines

02-Dec-2016 By Michelle Perrett

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is calling for a rise in fruit machine stakes and prizes, and for contactless payments to be allowed to help pubs meet consumer demands.  

Sport

Full-time Fletch reflects on 2016

02-Dec-2016 By Darren Fletcher, BT Sport commentator

Darren Fletcher reflects on why from Leicester to Northern Ireland, 2016 will be looked back on as the year of the underdog.

Licensing statistics

Only 11% of pubs, bars and restaurants have 24-hour licences

02-Dec-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Only 11% of pubs, bars and restaurants in England and Wales have 24-hour licences, latest Home Office statistics have revealed.

TV Sport

The Weekend Sport: England seek to round off a perfect 2016

02-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

England will be hoping to round off a perfect 2016 by overcoming Australia. That plus more in our round-up of the best sport to show in the pub this weekend.

Pubs code

Mulholland calls for urgent parliamentary debate on Newby appointment

02-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

Chair of the Parliamentary Save the Pub group, Greg Mulholland MP, has called for an 'urgent debate in Government time' to discuss Paul Newby's position as the pubs code adjudicator.

Beer

Hat-trick of awards for MA columnist

02-Dec-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

The Morning Advertiser (MA) beer columnist Pete Brown scored a hat-trick at last night’s British Guild of Beer Writers annual awards.

Living Wage

Trade bodies welcome plans to abandon £9 living wage

02-Dec-2016 By James Wallin

Trade bodies for the hospitality sector have welcomed recommendations from the Low Pay Commission, which confirmed the abandonment of the £9 political figure for the national living wage (NLW) by 2020.