'Diageo slams government's alcohol proposals'
31-Aug-2008
Diageo will this week launch a scathing attack on the Scottish Government's clampdown on binge drinking, accusing it of failing to target those who...
Charity blasts ruling on super-strength lagers
08-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
Homeless charity Thames Reach has claimed the Portman Group's Independent Complaints Panel has been "completely discredited" after its decision to...
'175 million fewer pints sold, thanks to smoking ban'
06-Jul-2008
Pubs have sold 175 million fewer pints of beer in the past year as a direct result of the smoking ban, according to market analysts AC Nielsen. Jake...
Your say
19-Jun-2008
Young licensees simply don't fear debt With reference to the leader comment last week (MA 12 June), I thought deeply about it and my first reaction...
Ad campaign launched to tackle binge-drinking
17-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
A £4m ad campaign warning 18 to 24 year-olds about the dangers of binge-drinking has been launched by the government today. The hard-hitting...
12-Jun-2008 By Jon Collins
Hot on the heels of the smoke ban looms the fresh hell of legislation banning provocative music
19-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Unit awareness at top of agenda in Government fight against binge drinking
'New Scottish powers to tackle binge drinking'
14-May-2008
Sweeping powers to tackle binge drinking and alcohol abuse in Scotland will be tabled next year in a new legislative package that could set the tone...
09-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Almost 60% of men think that health warnings on alcoholic drinks are a waste of time. Research from Mintel shows that only two in five men (40%)...
Men likely to ingore new drinks labelling
09-May-2008
Men will pay little attention to proposed new labelling on alcoholic drinks, research has found. A survey of just under 1,000 internet users found...
'UK hit by booze girls crimewave'
02-May-2008
Arrests of drunken women have soared 1,100 per cent in parts of the UK over five years, it was revealed yesterday. The shock statistics, obtained...
17-Apr-2008 By John Harrington
National Pubwatch writes to every MP stressing how pubwatches help reduce crime
Charity calls for end to bargain basement supermarket prices
16-Apr-2008
A health charity has called for an end to cheap supermarket booze after a 14-year-old girl suffered liver failure.The British Liver Trust said...
LETTERs
20-Mar-2008
Time to stand up and fight for pubs I write with regard to last week's leader: "Pubs - going, going, gone". I have, for some time, considered that we...
'Asda boss slams alcohol duty rise'
16-Mar-2008
Andy Bond, the chief executive of Asda, the UK's second biggest supermarket, has hit out at Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, over increases in...
'Gordon Brown: Any shop twice selling alcohol to U18s should lose its licence'
03-Mar-2008
Off-licences which sell booze to under-18s will be shut down to tackle the binge drinking plague. Gordon Brown promised to strip shopkeepers of their...
03-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Health secretary urged to back calls to force pubs to sell wine in 125ml glasses
Pubs face more sting ops
21-Feb-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Around 100 pubs, clubs and shops face legal action for serving drunks and for other offences in the Christmas sting campaign. Further Government...
20-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has met with the Treasury to discuss its budget submission
NewsDigest
14-Feb-2008
The Scottish Government is tackling supermarkets and off-licences over alcohol abuse by forcing them to contribute to the social cost of "bevvy...
Smith criticised for focus on drinks deals in bars
14-Feb-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been criticised for wrongly targeting drinks deals in bars as she announced a crackdown on "dodgy premises". Smith...
13-Feb-2008 By John Harrington
A follow-up campaign is also promised
12-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Drinks watchdog attacks Welsh plan to increase tax on alcohol
06-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Government has made it "a priority to deliver real and tangible results" on alcohol abuse
The shape of things to come
10-Jan-2008
Fears of recession or a chance for profit and growth? Industry bosses tell the MA what the future holdsJonathan Neame Chief executive, Shepherd Neame...
'Brown to outline new measures to combat drink abuse'
02-Jan-2008
A radical package of measures to create a "cultural shift" away from the epidemic of binge drinking is being drawn up by Prime Minister Gordon Brown....
19-Dec-2007
Health lobbyists have called for the introduction of minimum pricing on booze
Gov't set to target below-cost booze
13-Dec-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Health minister Ben Brad-shaw says the Government is "prepared to change the law" regarding below-cost selling of alcohol. It is the clearest sign...
Tesco boss accused in the Commons
05-Dec-2007
Tesco chief Terry Leahy will be described as "the godfather of British binge-drinking" in the House of Commons on Thursday. Speaking at Wednesday's...
Refused: one million youngsters a month
29-Nov-2007 By John Harrington reports on last week's Responsible
The trade must shout louder about its achievements in responsible retailing - and not be blamed for factors beyond its control. That was the message...
28-Nov-2007
West Yorkshire chief constable has claimed the Licensing Act has made Britain's binge drinking problem worse
22-Nov-2007 By Roger Protz
Award winning beer writer considers the media onslaught against alcohol
16-Nov-2007
Undercover police will attempt to catch bar staff serving drunks in Manchester and Carlisle. The MA exclusively revealed that the Home Office was...
13-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney
Lobby group pushing for a tax increase on alcohol launched this morning
13-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney
The BII believes better education is the best way to prevent binge drinking - not an increase in tax. In response to calls from the Alcohol Health...
Trade groups warn against excise hike
08-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Trade groups have pleaded with the Government not to increase excise duty as a means of controlling binge drinking and alcohol abuse. Four...
16-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
The Government has launched a pilot project that will force individuals to pay for counselling if they drink too much. The news will come as a...
Roy Beers: Late night disorder - why not arrest a few more drunks?
09-Oct-2007
In Scotland at weekends you'll see people who are "blootered", "skelped", "mawkit" or "birling" - it is the country of Robert Burns, after all, and...
05-Sep-2007
Scotland is to take action to end cut price and 'extra free' alcohol deals in the shops and supermarkets. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced...
Time to challenge grog shops
23-Aug-2007
On warm evenings in Brighton several hundred youngsters gather on the beach to socialise. Anyone who cares to walk past them will see that they,...
THE GUV'NOR
09-Aug-2007
Graham Rowson Drinks producers must take their share of the blame for binge drinking, says the licensee of the Plungington Tavern in Preston,...
What the papers say - July 24, 2007
24-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The floods which have devastated central and western England in the past four days are the worst in modern times, the Environment Agency has...
Chris Maclean: the moral maze
10-Jul-2007 By Chris Maclean
I have just spent a fascinating morning in a local school talking to the sixth form about "morality in the workplace". As I licensee I retail alcohol...
What the Sunday papers said
08-Jul-2007
David Cameron will slap at least an extra 15p on wine and 3p on beer if he becomes prime minister to fund a crackdown on drunks and druggies. The...
THE GUV'NOR
05-Jul-2007
Graham Rowson Customers will soon have a personal licence for drinking, predicts the licensee of the Plungington Tavern, Preston, Lancashire The...
21-Jun-2007 By Ewan Turney
Ewan Turney met up with Home Offcie minister Vernon Coaker last week - 13 June 2007 - to discuss the National Alcohol Strategy ET: Is it fair to say...
What the papers say - June 6, 2007
06-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Visa, the credit card brand and Olympic sponsor, has given a ringing endorsement to the London 2012 logo, which made its first commercial appearance...
What the papers say - June 5, 2007
05-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Middle-class wine drinkers will be the focus of government plans to make drunkenness as socially unacceptable as smoking, The Times has learnt. Under...
Chris Maclean: the price of being drunk
12-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
One of my daughter's friends sent her a birthday card headed "get trolleyed".My daughter is just sixteen and her friend's advice is to get so drunk...
Chase thugs not staff, says pub boss
12-Apr-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
McMullen boss Peter Furness-Smith has been left fuming with the response he received from a strongly worded letter to the Home Office about...
