Archives for November 17, 2011

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Diageo repositions Bell's

By Jessica Harvey

Diageo is re-positioning its Bell’s blended Scotch whisky through a new £1.35m TV advertising campaign.

Hosts’ VAT rebate warning on AWP machines

By Gurjit Degun

Licensees have been told to hang fire on spending their VAT rebates on amusement with prizes (AWP) machines despite a court ruling in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last week.

Tuppen under fire over BISC remarks

By Adam Pescod

Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has come under fire over comments he made about the Business, Innovation & Skills Committee’s (BISC’s) recent report into the relationship between pubcos and tenants.

Back our pubs and reap the rewards

Against a background where the vast majority of pubs are seen as responsibly right, why have successive governments discriminated against them instead of supporting them?

I leave you with 10 industry plus points

By The PMA Team

This is my last leader after 10 years on the magazine and much has changed in the pub sector in my time here. I thought I’d offer up 10 positives about the industry.