Good Beer Guide shows industry in rude health
More than 80 new breweries and hundreds of pubs have been added to the new CAMRA Good Beer Guide, which is out today.The guide also names the best 16...
Archives for September 12, 2006
The facts about Bed Tax
If you carry out a search for the words "bed tax" on the internet you will get a stream of stories from hotel groups claiming it will force them out...
Former Inn-Direct director is struck off
Former director of Inn-Direct Edward McGhee has been struck off as a director by the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI). The government has...
It's not all hot air
While some "slaving over a hot stove" in the kitchen is inevitable, there are growing health and safety concerns about working in a hot, steamy,...
Caribbean lager joins GBL
Global Brands Ltd (GBL) is to import and distribute Carib, a 5.2 per cent lager from Trinidad & Tobago.The Publican has learnt that the beer,...
New demands for barstaff breaks
Barstaff will be banned from working more than six hours without a break after Europe's highest court said current guidelines did not comply with...
Buyouts and co-ops 'could save brewers'
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has called for management buyouts and the formation of co-operatives to stop more regional and family breweries from closing.
Legal advice: A job to be done
To escape the current frenzy and excitement over the soon to be introduced age discrimination laws, here is a little bit of light relief: a look at...