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Home Offices rules out World Cup licensing hours extension

03-Feb-2014 By Mike Berry

The Home Office has ruled out extending pub licensing hours for England's opening football World Cup match in Brazil this summer.

BBPA: tied tenants no worse off

05-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna

British Beer & Pub Association boss Brigid Simmonds denied that tied pub tenants are financially worse off than free of tie tenants in a live radio debate. In a heated discussion, Simmonds clashed with Paul Maloney of the GMB.

Tied pub model is 'less risky'

05-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna

The tied pub model is "less risky" than the alternatives, according to multiple operator Matt Saunders of the 11-strong Derby-based Fat Cat group....

Economic doom and gloom - is the media partly to blame?

20-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ

Credit crunch. Corporate failures. Thousands dumped onto the dole queue. Everywhere you look at the moment it's economic Armageddon. But to what...

Nightclub boss plans discount to compete with pubs

18-Jul-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

A nightclub owner has threatened to slash the price of drinks at his venues in a bid to compete with pubs and supermarkets. Steve Thomas, chief...

Tesco: we WANT a ban on cut-price booze

21-Feb-2008

Tesco has laid down the gauntlet to the other supermarkets with an announcement that it is actively calling for a law banning the sale of cut-price...

Why sloth-like Steve had to make a move

15-Jan-2004

Time has been called on Britain's laziest man, Steve Mould. For, after almost five years of bedding down in the bar of his favourite pub, Steve had...