Archives for March 4, 2015

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FUTURE PUB CONFERENCE

Pub industry 'could be nationalised by 2020'

By Ellie Bothwell

The pub industry could be “on its way to nationalisation by 2020” if anti-pubco campaigners continue to lobby for more statutory regulation, a research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs predicted.

GENERAL ELECTION

Pub hosting election debates sees trade hike

By Ellie Bothwell

A publican committed to bringing politicians to the people said trade increased by 3,000% after he hosted the first in a series of hustings-style debates ahead of the general election.