Binge Drinking

What the Sunday papers said

07-Aug-2005

Thousands of members of the public worried about the prospect of binge drinking in their neighbourhoods are trying to shutter problem pubs and bars....

Smoking, binge drinking and new hours - what consumers reall

07-Jul-2005

Will your pub really close if ministers go ahead with plans to ban smoking? Are licensees to blame for binge drinking? And will extended opening make...

Binge drinking's newly defined

07-Jul-2005

The Home Office has been slated for its new definition of a binge drinker as someone who gets drunk once a month. The definition is used to claim...

... as Grogan keeps his seat

12-May-2005

Industry champion and Morning Advertiser columnist John Grogan has been re-elected by the narrowest of margins in his Selby constituency. Grogan,...

Your help builds secure future

05-May-2005

It is easy to forget at times when the licensed trade is under attack from so many sides, what a valuable contribution it makes to the economy at...

BII membership numbers hit record high

05-May-2005

Membership of the BII (the British Institute of Innkeeping), has hit 17,200 ­ its highest ever figure ­ and the trade is still flocking to join....

Lib Dems and the trade

14-Apr-2005

Over the coming weeks the Morning Advertiser will be scrutinising the pub policies of the main parties. This week John Harrington grills Don Foster,...

Alcohol disorder zones won't halt bingeing'

17-Feb-2005

Government to be told that ADZs are unfair and miss the target by Tony Halstead Trade groups are to tell the Government that proposed new alcohol...

It's the right time to say no to drunks at the bar'

17-Feb-2005

Pubs and bars seem under attack from all quarters: the chief police officers, the Daily Mail and the Conservative Party have all mounted an...

Hay nonny no: it's a licensing book

10-Feb-2005

Barrister Philip Kolvin launched his licensing book in style last week, with morris men and an amorous unicorn prancing merrily in the Old Bank of...

Camra targets binge ghettos'

03-Feb-2005

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has attacked huge vertical drinking warehouses for turning town centres into "late-night ghettos of binge...

Sainsbury's backs Beer Academy

03-Feb-2005

Sainsbury's has become a silver patron of the Beer Academy. As the new sponsor of the International Beer Competition 2005, it will use Academy...

Westminster world's no joke

27-Jan-2005

Fuzzy thinking. Rambling incoherent statements. Total amnesia. Blurred vision. Have our friends at the Home Office and DCMS been binge drinking? It...

Media frenzy's distorting reform truth

27-Jan-2005

One evening last week I went out for a few drinks with reporters on the Daily Mail. We toured a dozen pubs in London near the Mail offices and when...

Mirror image

16-Dec-2004

Binge drinking has been a major topic this year, but a look at the Daily Mirror reveals that we've been here before.PHIL DIXON explains I have...

Binge-drinkers choose beer but wine plays role'

02-Dec-2004

by John Harrington Beer is the most popular choice for binge drinking ­ an activity undertaken by half of all 18 to 34 year-olds ­ according to...

Portman reveals Ms Jekyll and Ms Hyde

02-Dec-2004

A new cinema ad highlighting the "Jekyll and Hyde" effect that binge drinking has on women was launched yesterday by the Portman Group. The ad shows...

Beware trap of beer label warnings

28-Oct-2004

A cynic might say that the best advice Coors and Scottish & Newcastle could put on such bottle labels as Carling, Foster's and Newcastle Brown...

Blair pledges support for 24-hour licensing

28-Oct-2004

by Ewan Turney Prime Minister Tony Blair has confirmed his support for 24-hour licensing despite police chiefs warning Britain faces an epidemic of...

TV documentary looks at binge-drinking concern

21-Oct-2004

by Rosie Davenport The concern surrounding binge drinking and the mounting pressures on pub operators and drinks suppliers will be the subject of a...

Yates in hot seat for student loyalty card

21-Oct-2004

High-street operator Yates Group has come under fire for "encouraging binge drinking" despite announcing the launch of its BarSafe social...

This price obsession has gone too far

21-Oct-2004

I would not wish, for a moment, to trespass into the areas of comment reserved for the illustrious editor of this newspaper, but I am concerned that...

Many councils are going beyond their legal rights'

07-Oct-2004

I refer to Tony Halstead's story on page two of last week's issue of the Morning Advertiser ("Local authorities fail to follow official guidance") in...

Vodka sachet launch fuels Irish protest

09-Sep-2004

The launch of a vodka-in-a-sachet product in the Republic of Ireland has brought a storm of protest with claims that it will encourage binge drinking...

Time to clean up your act

18-Mar-2004

by Claire Hu The trade has been warned it has two to three years to put its house in order and reduce binge drinking and disorder, or face Draconian...

Politics & the pint: the pressure rises

12-Feb-2004

Rows in the corridors of power over council control and irresponsible pubs by Claire Hu Rows within Government about how much power councils should...

I could have told Diageo: it won't win

14-Aug-2003

The 10 July edition of the Morning Advertiser carried the headline "Diageo tackles binge drinking". Tony Mair was hoping that Diageo's advertisements...

MPs fly flag for new café society

07-Aug-2003

by John Harrington Britain needs to adopt a continental-style café culture in the evening ­ with fewer pubs ­ to make town centres more...

Scot-Co bottle & shot stirs storm

05-Jun-2003

by Claire Hu Scottish Courage is claiming a major innovation in the beer market with the launch of a new product that combines Kronenbourg 1664 with...

Home Office highlights binge-drinking violence

03-Apr-2003

By Richard Matthews Weekend binge drinking has been blamed for most alcohol-related violence in a Home Office report. Almost four out of 10 18 to...

Pubs' social role emphasised

23-Jan-2003

The social benefits of drinkingin pubs are being promoted inthe trade's submission on the Government's alcohol misuse strategy consultation. The...

Government must do more to tackle binge drinking, says Portman Group

14-Jan-2003

The government is doing too little to tackle binge drinking among the young, according to the Portman Group.It claims ministers need to invest in...

Deaths spark binge concern

31-Oct-2001

Police in County Durham are blaming a culture of binge drinking on a series of deaths in the North East.One man is awaiting a sentence for the...

Scottish prime-time attack on binge drinking

30-Oct-2001

The Scottish Executive has launched an attack on binge drinking in Scotland with a prime-time TV ad campaign.Under the slogan "If you're not thinking...