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Coca-Cola Designated Driver

Designated Driver

Go soft or go home

By Nicholas Robinson

Designated drivers amongst a group of Christmas revellers can boost the dwell time of the whole party as well as their spend, here we explore how to give the drivers just as good a time as the drinkers.

For better or for worse: how Scotland's new drink-drive limit has changed the pub trade

Designated Driver

How Scotland’s drink-drive law has changed pubs

By Phil Mellows

Scotland’s lower drink drive limits have had a profound effect on the pub trade, leaving a significant amount of sites with a decline in trade. Has this led to a crisis or opened up opportunities for change? Phil Mellows reports

Inside the New Queen Inn

Designated Driver

Inside the New Queen Inn

By Liam Coleman

Since taking on Dorset pub the New Queen Inn in early 2016, licensee Will Everingham and his wife, Lorraine, have put their own stamp on the site by developing both its interior and its soft-drink offer

Typical Glasgow pub Rab Ha's

Designated Driver

Inside Rab Ha’s

By Liam Coleman

Rab Ha’s is named after a 19th-century lover of great food and drink. Manager Karen Pringle talks about how the site now aims to deliver great food and drink for the 21st century

New Inn, Sandwich, Kent, is one of 20 Thorley Taverns sites

Designated Driver

Inside Thorley Taverns

By Liam Coleman

Christmas may be a time for groups of revellers to let their hair down and party like there’s no tomorrow, but it also a time for licensees and pub operators to face up to their responsibilities and reward the designated drivers in those parties with...

Best of the booze-free beers

Designated Driver

The rise of alcohol-free beer

By Nikkie Sutton and Jane Peyton

They may have endured snide remarks and sidelong glances in the past, but low and no-ABV beers are enjoying a renaissance on the back of the current trend towards healthier living Nikkie Sutton and Jane Peyton report

Swap shop: how to swap alcohol for softs

Designated Driver

Soft swaps for alcoholic drinks

By Sara Hussein and Jane Peyton

This month, the on-trade will witness the highest sales of alcohol compared with the rest of the year. Can soft drinks equal the likes of beer, spirits and Champagne, or are they likely to wane during the festive cheer? Sara Hussein and Jane Peyton report

European Adventurer: Rob Harris moved to GB from the Netherlands

Designated Driver

Coke boss talks sugar levy and new products

By Nicholas Robinson

From the long-running Designated Driver campaign to the sugar levy proposal, Rob Harris has plenty on his plate as the ‘new boy’ at Coca-Cola European Partners

'It's much like marathon training'

Designated Driver

Embrace the soft drink opportunities afforded by Christmas

By Guest Editor, CCEP's Paul Grace

Well it’s been quite a year, with Leicester City winning the Premier League, Trump’s election, the Referendum and the biggest upset of all, Danny Baker being the first out of the jungle.

Getting better: Alcohol-free beer is progressing

Designated driver

Revisiting ‘near beer’ category

By Pete Brown

Are brewers finally managing to create no and low-alcohol beers that are genuinely palatable, rather than the curate’s egg we have endured for so many years before?

Good or bad? Drink-drive related crimes are reducing

Designated Driver

Death by drink driving: changing a nation

By Nicholas Robinson

The festivities around Christmas are always tempered by warnings about the dangers of drinking and driving, and the mayhem it can cause to the lives of victims and perpetrators alike. But there is an underlying message of hope behind the grim stats –...

Threat of terrorism to pubs - legal advice

Terrorism

Legal advice on the threat of terrorism

By Poppleston Allen

As we approach the busiest time of the year for the licensed trade, attention turns to planning festive events for your premises, organising staffing rotas and finalising the details of those Christmas party bookings.

Fabric “could re-open” after drug-deaths closure

FABRIC CLOSURE

Fabric “could re-open” after drug-deaths closure

By Daniel Woolfson

Talks are underway to re-open iconic London nightclub Fabric, which closed earlier this year following the drug-fuelled deaths of two teenagers, The Morning Advertiser (MA) understands. 

Gas leak death: Carlsberg's Northampton brewery (Google Street View)

Health and safety

Carlsberg investigates death after factory gas leak

By Nicholas Robinson

Carlsberg is investigating the death of a factory worker and the injury of 22 other people following a gas leak at its Northampton brewery yesterday (9 November)

BBPA backs Home Office ‘Fire Kills’ campaign

Fire safety

Trade gets behind ‘Fire Kills’ campaign

By Nikkie Sutton

Trade body, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is urging licensees to remind customers to check their smoke alarms as a new fire safety campaign launches.

Lincolnshire pub shook after ram raid at Co-op next door

Crime

Pub 'shook' after tractor ram raid

By Nikkie Sutton

A licensee has told of his dismay after the shop next door to his pub was ram raided with a tractor in the small hours of this morning (29 September).

Elaine Hindal, Drinkaware: sexual harassment is a 'societal problem'

Drinkaware

Sexual harassment is a 'societal problem' says Drinkaware chief

By Nikkie Sutton

Elaine Hindal, chief executive of charity Drinkaware, has said that sexual harassment at licensed venues, especially in the night-time economy is a “societal problem” and has given advice to licensees on how they can help customers who are a bit worse...

The BBPA has launched a campaign to highlight the laws around serving drunks

BBPA campaign

Do you know the laws on serving drunks?

By Oli Gross

The laws around serving drunks have been highlighted in a poster campaign launched by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Good Pub Guide says music top complaint for pub goers

Good Pub Guide

Music top complaint for pub goers

By Nikkie Sutton

Music is the top complaint from pub customers, according to this year’s The Good Pub Guide.

Sneyd Arms apologises to breastfeeding mother

Breastfeeding

Pub apologises to breastfeeding mother

By Nikkie Sutton

A Greene King pub has issued an apology to a breastfeeding mother after a member of staff asked her to breastfeed her baby in the toilet

Bath and Bristol pubs being targeted by scam artist

Crime

Pubs targeted by advertising scam

By Nikkie Sutton

Licensees are urging other pubs to remain vigilant following reports that a scam artist is targeting pubs in the Bristol and Bath area.

Sugar tax 'won’t solve UK obesity crisis', new campaign urges

Sugar tax 'won’t solve UK obesity crisis'

By Daniel Woolfson

A coalition representing thousands of small businesses has called on the Government with a new campaign to ditch former Chancellor George Osborne’s tax on soft drinks.  

Charity box stolen from London pub

Crime

Children's charity box stolen from pub

By Nikkie Sutton

A charity box has been stolen from a pub in Bexley village, Greater London and police are appealing for information after a man was captured on CCTV taking the box.

Top 10 hangover cures ranked by drinkers

Survey

Top 10 hangover cures ranked by drinkers

By Oli Gross

Top hangover cures have been ranked following research into the preferences of drinkers, but sadly for licensees ‘hair of the dog’ came only seventh on the list.

Licensee tied up in Lancashire pub robbery

crime

Licensee tied up in Lancashire pub robbery

By Nikkie Sutton

Police were called to the Black Bull in Great Eccleston, near Preston, in the early hours of yesterday (31 May) morning following a report that the licensee had been robbed.

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