Community Pubs Inquiry

Grogan and Mulholland back Healey as pubs minister

08-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney

Two pro-pub MPs have given their backing to the appointment of John Healey as the first ever pubs minister. Labour MP and chair of the All Party...

Kid gloves off, iron fist out

31-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team

The Government's damagingly absolutist guidance ironically undermines the Community Pubs Inquiry's sensible suggestions to help ailing pubs, says The PMA Team.

Fair Pint: pubcos to blame for plight of community pubs

23-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Fair Pint lobby group has slammed the Community Pubs Inquiry report for failing to blame the pubcos for the plight of community pubs. Fair Pint,...

'Gov as helpful to pubs as Thatcher to miners'

23-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

The current Government is as helpful to community pubs as Margaret Thatcher was to the mining industry, says Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland.

Community Pubs report a 'big step forward'

22-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has hailed the Community Pubs Inquiry report as a "big step forward".

Act now to save our locals

22-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team

The long-awaited report by Community Pubs Inquiry has called for urgent Government action to stem the rate of pub closures. The inquiry, which was...

Townsend: 'Tie is not the problem'

10-Jul-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Enterprise chief quizzed at inquiry The pubco model has nothing to do with the problems faced by some community pubs — that's the view of...

'Industry must fight with one voice'

09-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney

Licensing minister Gerry Sutcliffe tells Community Pubs Inquiry the industry must fight with a unified voice.

Host gives last minute pubs inquiry evidence

18-May-2006 By Lucy Britner

A Punch tenant stepped in at the last minute to give evidence at last week's Community Pubs Inquiry. Janet Dooner, of the Railway Tavern in...