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Living Wage
Trade bodies for the hospitality sector have welcomed recommendations from the Low Pay Commission, which confirmed the abandonment of the £9 political figure for the national living wage (NLW) by 2020.
Beer
The Morning Advertiser (MA) beer columnist Pete Brown scored a hat-trick at last night’s British Guild of Beer Writers annual awards.
Beer
SA Brain & Co is set to export more than one million pints to India before the end of 2016.
TV Sport
England will be hoping to round off a perfect 2016 by overcoming Australia. That plus more in our round-up of the best sport to show in the pub this weekend.
Pubs code
Chair of the Parliamentary Save the Pub group, Greg Mulholland MP, has called for an 'urgent debate in Government time' to discuss Paul Newby's position as the pubs code adjudicator.
Fruit machines
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is calling for a rise in fruit machine stakes and prizes, and for contactless payments to be allowed to help pubs meet consumer demands.
Sport
Darren Fletcher reflects on why from Leicester to Northern Ireland, 2016 will be looked back on as the year of the underdog.
Licensing statistics
Only 11% of pubs, bars and restaurants in England and Wales have 24-hour licences, latest Home Office statistics have revealed.
Community pubs
Pubs are crucial in the battle against loneliness in the UK, CAMRA has said, following the publication of the results of a survey by the Campaign to End Loneliness today (Friday 2 December).