17-May-2007 By John Harrington
An independent review into the link between alcohol tax, pricing policies and excessive drinking will be proposed in the forthcoming alcohol...
11-May-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Teenagers who drink alcohol with their parents are less likely to binge drink, says study
Trade blasts calls to raise drinking age
19-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Calls for the legal drinking age to be raised from 18 to 21 years have been blasted as "ridiculous" and "stupid" by industry leaders. They said any...
Trade leader blasts calls for drinking age rise
16-Apr-2007
Calls for the drinking age to be raised to 21 have been blasted by a trade leader. Tony Payne, chief executive of the Federation of Licensed...
Trade urges government caution on Scotland alcohol pledges
13-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
New government initiatives aimed at tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland should not be fully installed until the 2009 Licensing Act has come in, says...
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...
On and off seek responsible solution
29-Mar-2007
Last week, the Morning Advertiser and its sister publication, Off Licence News, held their second all-day conference on the subject of Responsible...
LETTERs
21-Feb-2007
Taking advantage of our pub loos I read with interest how some local authorities are asking pubs to allow the general public to use their toilets...
Manchester A&E staff to quiz drunks
15-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Doctors and nurses in Manchester are to ask drunken patients where they had their last drink so that police can locate irresponsible pubs and clubs....
Legal advice: Testing times for licensees selling to under-18s
06-Feb-2007
Out of every £7 spent on shopping, £1 goes into the tills at Tesco. Unfortunately for the supermarket giant it seems some of this income has come...
Pubs main target in underage sales fight
11-Jan-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Fifty times as many instant fines were issued to bar and shop staff for serving under-18s than to children for drinking underage in 2005, new...
LETTERs
05-Jan-2007
Black hole of Smartbox fees Unfortunately we, Big Spark Limited, are one of the major creditors for Smartbox, and published the successful Box...
11-Dec-2006
The Drinkaware Trust today announced that Debra Shipley will be new chair.
MyShout
07-Dec-2006
It's about time we fought our corner before alcohol becomes a dirty word says Peter Linacre I have a proposal. Let's go out and hire the best...
Minister admits mistakes on licensing reform
04-Dec-2006
The government has admitted making mistakes during the implementation of the Licensing Act, but reassured licensees it is learning from them.Speaking...
LETTERs
30-Nov-2006
LESG has finished u s We took on a pub three years ago called the Queen's Head in Horton, Telford, Shropshire. When we bought it we were under the...
Act is changing pub habits says survey
30-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Drinking habits are evolving due to licensing reform, with people more likely to stay longer in community pubs. This is according to a survey of...
LETTERs
23-Nov-2006
Targeting of trade is unfair I write in response to the MA's front page article of 16 November, Revenue slammed over swoop tactics. Now let's apply...
Trade slams Hewitt on alcohol tax plan
02-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has angered the trade by calling for tax on alcohol to be increased to reduce binge drinking among teenagers. In an...
Drinking kids let off
02-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Just 41 children across England and Wales were given instant fines for underage drinking on licensed premises in 2005, according to Government...
27-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has called for tax on alcohol to be increased to reduce binge drinking among teenagers. In an interview with...
Home Office minister praises pub trade
13-Oct-2006
The industry has been making good progress tackling under-age sales despite the latest test purchasing stall, according to Home Office minister...
University study prompts new strategies on underage drinking
12-Sep-2006
A series of strategies to control "binge-drinking" have been suggested in a study of drinking habits among 15 and 16 year-olds.The report from the...
08-Sep-2006 By John Harrington
Undercover police are checking if bar staff are serving under-18s and drunks in Newton Abbot, Devon. Plain-clothed and uniformed officers patrol the...
Trade blasts "binge" website
07-Sep-2006 By James Wilmore
Licensees have blasted a controversial website which they claim promotes binge-drinking and lists their premises without their consent. Pissed.co.uk...
04-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The trade has attacked a report by the Centre for Public Health which says England is a nation of binge-drinkers. The figures, released today and...
03-Aug-2006 By Andrew Pring
It was brave of Scottish & Newcastle to break ranks with rival brewers and publicly criticise the low-pricing policies of its biggest customers,...
27-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The Scottish Parliament is considering targeting cheap supermarket booze promotions in a bid to beat binge-drinking. Liberal Democrat MSP Donald...
One in three pubs fail underage sting
15-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
Nearly one third of pubs and clubs - 31% - served minors in the latest Home Office-backed national test purchase operation, the MA has learnt. NEW COMMENT
15-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson
Relief manager licence QI operate for a pub company as an assistant manager, and have always done the relief when the manager goes on holiday. As I...
16-May-2006 By John Harrington
Trade leaders have vowed to go "further, faster" to stop underage sales during a top-level meeting with Government. NEW COMMENT
30-Mar-2006 By Peter Coulson
Morning Advertiser legal expert Peter Coulson answers your queries.
Lower legal age to help stop this binge-drinking menace
23-Mar-2006 By James Crawfurd-Porter
Hands up if you were 18 when you bought your first alcoholic drink. I bet there can't be many of you who don't have fond memories of sitting -...
23-Feb-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Reports suggest the EU is to consider imposing a 10 per cent beer tax in all member states
Underage clampdown seems to be paying off
26-Jan-2006
Underage sting operations have resulted in managed operators tightening procedures and have had a positive impact on combating underage drinking,...
Planning for the challenges ahead
05-Jan-2006
With the media continuing to focus on binge drinking and anti-social behaviour, and with tough new powers for the reviewing of licences, hosts have...
Let 16-year-olds drink in pubs, says Welsh cop
05-Jan-2006 By Ewan Turney
A top North Wales Police officer has called for 16-year-olds to be allowed to drink in pubs in a bid to reduce under-age binge drinking and its...
LETTERS
15-Dec-2005
Battling against media misrepresentation The national media has misrepresented many matters on the subjects of binge drinking and '24-hour drinking',...
BBC unfair to target Best's doctor
01-Dec-2005
It was inevitable, given the media frenzy over '24-hour drinking', that George Best's doctor, Professor Roger Williams, should be asked for his views...
Winners who did it their way
01-Dec-2005
Eight awards were presented at the second annual Morning Advertiser Responsible Drinks Retailing event last week, honouring those who had made the...
What the Sunday papers said
27-Nov-2005
The vice-chairman of the Local Government Association will be calling on Chancellor Gordon Brown to plug a £71m deficit that has been created by...
Drink Talking: David Stocken
24-Nov-2005
David Stocken of The Dolphin, Worthing, on binge drinking and why it's time for the scaremongering to stop.How can we get some publicity to explain...
My Shout
17-Nov-2005
Tim Martin fears the politicians' approach to binge drinking is actually making matters worse It's difficult to fathom the underlying trends...
Letters
10-Nov-2005
Licensing shake-up will not curb binge drinkers There is no doubt that Britain has a serious drink problem. There is also no doubt the existing...
Late night drinking: Outlook unsettled
28-Oct-2005
Research shows the pub trade has plenty to think about if it is to make the new licensing laws work.Like most in-depth research projects, Mintel's...
MPs fail in last-ditch bid to derail Licensing Act
27-Oct-2005
by John Harrington A bid to delay implementation of the Licensing Act has been defeated despite coming under fierce attack from opposition MPs this...
What the Sunday papers said
23-Oct-2005
The drinks industry is planning a ruthless campaign of economic incentives and psychological tricks to get customers to drink as much as possible...
JDW moral lone ranger
08-Sep-2005
the abandonment of discounted doubles will have cost jdw spirit volume and sales The PMA Team, Deputy Editor One remarkable fact emerged from the...
What the Sunday papers said
27-Aug-2005
Children will be legally allowed into pubs, lncluding late night venues under what the Mail calls a 'loophole' in the Licensing Act. Urbium, owner of...
The late-licence sector
18-Aug-2005
The PMA Team takes a peek into his crystal ball How will late-licence operators fare under the new licensing regime? Some well-seasoned observers...
