The smoking ban: rising to the challenge
A year on and the smoking ban in England, like Scotland and Wales, is still testing the country's pubs to the limit. Some licensees have strongly...
Archives for June 29, 2008
'Cigarette vending machines should be banned'
Council leaders are calling for a total ban on coin-operated cigarette vending machines, after new figures showed that sales of cigarettes to...
Chris Maclean: The price of being a good employer
My bookkeeper has told me my staff bill has gone up. There can be no surprises there I guess. This operation, with a hotel, restaurant and bar,...
Post-ban alcohol sales down eight per cent
Beer and spirit sales have been hit hard by the smoking ban, according to market analysts Nielsen. Around 175 million fewer pints have been drunk in...
Council leaders call for cigarette vending machine ban
Call comes after a 50% rise in test purchase failure rates
Maxxium relaunches Sourz
Maxxium UK has re-launched Sourz with a new bottle design and a new variant, Sourz Blackcurrant.The moves are part of a £4m budget set aside for the...
Hamish Champ: Is this a pub or a creche?
I was in my local boozer in South East London on Saturday evening enjoying a few pints. Well, I think it was my local boozer, only the number of...
Pub closures set to accelerate, says accountancy firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the firm of accountants, expects pub closures to accelerate beyond its own predictions as the smoking ban and consumer...
Tory MP: Drinks industry must get a grip on teen boozing
Welsh MP Stephen Crabb says Britain in midst of teenage binge epidemic
Tchenguiz: A reit still right for M&B
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) biggest shareholder Robert Tchenguiz has reiterated his view that the company should pursue the route of converting...
History repeating?
Being a young 'un - OK, relatively speaking - I only know of Harold MacMillan's famous quote about British people never having had it so good via...