Pubs face "naming and shaming" in yellow card/red card scheme
24-Oct-2008
Pubs falling foul of the licensing laws could be forced to display a yellow card in their window and be subject to a range of harsh measures...
17-Oct-2008 By Peter Coulson
Prohibition has often been found to be counterproductive — not only in alcohol, says MA legal guru Peter Coulson.
15-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Government should enforce existing laws rather than introduce a raft of new legislation and codes of conduct, according to the WSTA.
National Alcohol Awareness Week gets underway in Scotland
06-Oct-2008
National Alcohol Awareness Week has been launched in Scotland with the focus this year on encouraging everyone to take responsibility for their own...
Chris Maclean: The drink is no demon
02-Oct-2008 By Chris Maclean
I've just been mugged by my local secondary school. I'd been invited, at the last minute, to help on a panel discussing the issue of alcohol for...
'Drinkers fall into nine groups'
17-Sep-2008
The government believes it has identified nine types of heavy drinker as it launches a new alcohol campaign. These ranged from de-stress and...
Home Office minister: 'We're not anti-alcohol'
10-Sep-2008
Home Office minister Vernon Coaker has denied the government is waging a war on alcohol in an exclusive interview with The Publican.Coaker, who has...
'Pubs close at rate of 36 a week'
07-Sep-2008
One in six pubs will close by 2012 - hit by the credit crunch, the smoking ban and drinkers turning to cheap supermarket booze. Thirty-six are...
'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...
27-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
The London Assembly has launched a major new investigation into the extent of underage drinking and alcohol misuse in the Capital. The Assembly is...
26-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
The majority of responsible drinkers are not willing to pay more tax to help deal with the irresponsible behaviour of the minority. That is what the...
Support for MPs call to re-define binge-drinking
18-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A leading trade group has backed calls for the term binge-drinking to be redefined. Lib Dem MP and Publican columnist Greg Mulholland has criticised...
01-Aug-2008 By John Harrington
The Licensing Act has failed in its aim of cutting costs and red tape for licensees — that's the initial view of the MP heading a new probe into...
'Pub chains flouting their own rules on responsible drinking'
27-Jul-2008
Pub chains are flouting their own rules on responsible drinking by selling double measures of spirits cheaper than singles, offering two-for-one...
25-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
A ban on the off-trade selling alcohol to under-21s on Friday and Saturday evenings in Fife has led to a 60% drop in calls to police and a 45% drop...
24-Jul-2008 By Paul Collins
A new survey has revealed that consumers think the on and off-trade are both to blame for the ongoing problem of binge drinking in the UK. In a...
24-Jul-2008 By Andrew Pring
One of the biggest contributors to declining standards of Government has been a pathetic over-reliance on management consultants, says MA editor Andrew Pring.
23-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Opposition parties have attacked Labour for failing to tackle problem drinking and the industry for ignoring voluntary codes. Pubs face tougher...
Diageo welcomes alcohol consultation
22-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
Diageo, the world's largest drinks firm, says using current laws around alcohol and wider information campaigns are the way forward for tackling...
Off-licences asked not to sell to under 21s
17-Jul-2008
Under 21-year-olds are to be banned from buying alcohol in the off-trade in a new scheme that echoes controversial proposals in Scotland. The scheme...
Gerry: oppose duty with united voice
17-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pub closures caused by change in habits Licensing minister Gerry Sutcliffe has repeated his view that the trade can overturn planned alcohol duty...
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...
01-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Local authorities have claimed relaxed licensing hours have failed to reduce drink-fuelled violence. The Local Government Association (LGA) said that...
'Too many retailers getting away with selling booze to under-age customers'
08-Jun-2008
Promises to crack down on teenage drinkers were exposed as a sham at the weekend with figures showing they go unpunished. In the past three years,...
02-Jun-2008
New plans will force parents to take greater responsibility
Roy Beers: Legislation looms for Scotland the Blitzed
28-May-2008
My only real quarrel with the notion that Scotland is drinking itself to death is the implicit idea that this is somehow a completely new phenomenon....
23-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
The rise in hospital admissions due to alcohol is partly down to improved reporting on alcohol-related illnesses, says ALMR
Mark Daniels: Fighting a losing battle
20-May-2008
You know the type I mean: you wake up to bright sunshine streaming through the window, the children have risen and quietly made themselves...
19-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
BBN chairman Lord Redesdale believes BBN can help improve city centre environment
19-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Unit awareness at top of agenda in Government fight against binge drinking
'Tesco refuses to sell alcohol to adults with children'
15-May-2008
Tesco is refusing to sell alcohol to parents shopping with their children under rules designed to tackle underage drinking. The supermarket has told...
Calls for 'alcohol tills' in shops
15-May-2008
A trade body has launched a campaign to change the way alcohol is sold in shops.The Stewards and Licensed Trades Association (SALTA) said off-trade...
'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...
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...
'Late-night alcohol disorder zones "will fail"'
06-May-2008
Labour's plans to curb binge drinking with "alcohol disorder zones" are unduly bureaucratic and likely to be ineffective, according to a...
25-Apr-2008 By John Harrington
Plans for a new marketing drive follow a meeting with Government ministers
Johnson: London needs alcohol czar
24-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
ALMR chief slams the Tory's 'bizarre' idea Tory mayoral candidate Boris Johnson has come under fire for suggesting a London alcohol czar be...
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...
Squeezing the bingeing
10-Apr-2008
Underage drinking in public spaces has fallen in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, thanks to a pilot project that looks set to be repeated nationwide. MA...
Seminar to promote sensible drinking
10-Apr-2008
Ways in which the industry can encourage sensible drinking will be discussed at a joint seminar hosted by Government and the Portman Group. Health...
Drunks sting reveals small number of incidents
09-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
A month-long police clampdown on more than 1,700 problem pubs resulted in just three warnings to licensees, one review of a licence and one premises...
Carling logos to be removed from kids' Celtic and Rangers shirts
09-Apr-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Coors Brewers and Celtic and Rangers football clubs have announced that Carling branding will be removed from children's replica shirts from next...
04-Apr-2008 By Peter Coulson
Coulson returns to investigate the Government's review of licensing
04-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Opposition MPs claim Government in disarray after MA's exclusive interview with Gerry Sutcliffe
Lack of evidence hasn't stopped the sabre-rattling
03-Apr-2008
You will, I know, forgive me for returning to the subject of the Government's review of the first two years of licensing, published at the beginning...
Tell me lies, tell me binge-drinking lies
03-Apr-2008
You can't argue with facts - unless you have the moral high ground of health lobbies and Government interests behind you. Then you can peddle big fat...
03-Apr-2008 By John Harrington
Ways that the industry can encourage sensible drinking will be discussed at a seminar hosted by Government and the Portman Group
03-Apr-2008
MA's exclusive interview with licensing minister sparks a media frenzy
Vikings are to blame for binge-drinking
02-Apr-2008
Brits are genetically disposed to binge drinking, according to beer and wine expert Jane Peyton.Speaking at Publican Live, the Beer Academy tutor and...
NewsDigest
27-Mar-2008
The wife of smoke-ban rebel Hamish Howitt is being prosecuted for not being a member of the local pubwatch. Blackpool Council brought the prosecution...
