Licensees face criminal prosecution if they fail to meet alcohol duty stamp laws
Licensees risk criminal prosecution and a loss of their alcohol licence if they sell packaged beers that don’t meet new regulations aimed at combating duty fraud.
Archives for April 4, 2012
M&B's Sizzling Pubs scoop MIDAS award for top offers and pub meal discounts
Mitchells & Butlers’ Sizzling Pubs chain has scooped the best Value Pub Restaurant title in the MIDAS awards (Menu Innovation and Development Awards).
Calorie labelling takes a backseat to gluten-free demands and rise in other allergies
Menu adaptability to allergies and vegetarians is more important to consumers than calorie labelling.
More MPs get behind the bar as part of 'MPs in pubs' campaign
More MPs are getting behind the bar of their local pub as part of the ‘MPs in Pubs’ campaign, launched by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) last year, and supported by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.
Panic-buying: 'Won’t get fuelled again'
As the country is, perhaps temporarily, released from the grip of panic over the vague threat of fuel tanker driver strikes, one cannot help but imagine whether and how the same level of hysteria could ever be whipped up about beer.
Sales at UK wholesaler Booker increase 7.3%
Sales at UK wholesaler Booker rose by 7.3% to £3.9bn in the year to 23 March like-for-like.
Geronimo plans to add five pubs per year
Young’s-owned pub operator Geronimo Inns plans to add five outlets per year, its co-founder revealed, as the company took back control of its first-ever site.
Alcohol Strategy: More intervention is nigh
If you thought the Police Reform & Social Responsibility Act (PRSR) was the be-all and end-all of Government intervention in licensing this year, think again. A close reading of the recently published Alcohol Strategy (with a foreword by the PM, no...
First round of bids for Alchemy-Partners backed TCG due
The first round bids are due by end of play today for TCG, the 96-strong pub and bar operator, which was placed on the market by its private-equity backer Alchemy Partners at the start of the year.
Lancashire Seafood Pub Company opens second destination pub
Lancashire based Seafood Pub Company has taken on its second destination pub.
Tennent Caledonian offers loans to licensees
Scottish brewer Tennent Caledonian is to provide further loans for licensees stocking its beer to help with cash flow, re-financing and growth investment.
Worcestershire licensee in John Smith’s boycott vow over 'misleading' horse-racing promotion
A Worcestershire licensee has said he will never stock John Smith’s in his pub again after claiming he was “misled” and “deceived” over a horse-racing promotion.