Drinks industry calls for guidance on safe drinking labels
31-May-2007
The drinks industry is looking to the government for more direction over new alcohol labels.Following last week's announcement by the Department of...
28 Jon Collins chief executive, CGA Strategy (21) Paul Smith chief executive, Bar Entertainment & Dance Association (new entry)
31-May-2007
Why they're on the list: Ex-BEDA boss Collins has now expanded his activities to take on a new role with CGA Strategy, a body advising a range of...
28-May-2007 By John Harrington
Drinks producers are to list three pieces of sensible drinking advice on labels by the end of 2008 under a new voluntary agreement with Government....
Pubs to house 500 post offices by 2009
24-May-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pubs are set to house up to 500 post offices after the Government confirmed it would axe 2,500 by 2009. The Government has earmarked pubs as an ideal...
24-May-2007 By Andrew Pring
In a week when the Government announces its new alcohol strategy, it seems strangely perverse to write about public access to pub toilets. But for...
24-May-2007 By Peter Coulson
I have often remarked that the licensed trade has a roller-coaster affair with Government and politicians. For some periods, everything is grand,...
LETTERs
03-May-2007
High cost of freedom As the smoking ban draws nearer, the discussions around my bar go on. I don't think the Government has thought about the...
Bed tax on pubs ruled out by Government minister
22-Mar-2007
The Government has ruled out the possibility of implementing a bed tax, after the Lyons Inquiry this week recommended a consultation on the proposed...
Kick out the kids - right now
22-Mar-2007
There's a real chance that hundreds of pubs could be closed this summer, and facing big fines. The smoking ban? No, this is nothing to do with...
LETTERs
28-Feb-2007
Where there's a will there's a way Re: Roger Protz's article "Breaking the silence" (MA, 21 February 2008). On the assumption that Government will...
Consumers 'ignorant' over smoking ban
15-Feb-2007
The size of the task facing pubs, barstaff - and the government - ahead of the smoking ban has been laid bare by exclusive Publican research.But so...
No time to gamble with machine laws
04-Jan-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Licensees are urged not to leave it too late to apply for the right to operate gaming machines when the laws change this year. Government has...
07-Dec-2006 By Ewan Turney
Release the smoking ban regulations now - that's the plea from the trade. Following the news that pubs now have just seven months to prepare for the...
30-Nov-2006
Trade body Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL) has hit out at the Government for not getting its smoke ban guidance out yet.
The GUV'NOR
02-Nov-2006
Yvonne Cleminson Pubcos must do more to help licensees with growing red tape and spiralling costs says the licensee of the Cherry Tree in Farnham,...
BBPA demands government action over smoking ban
09-Oct-2006
Pubs need effective information and a start date for the smoking ban, says the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).In its submission to the...
09-Oct-2006
The British Beer and Pub Association has raised concerns about the implementation of the smoking ban. In its submission to the Government's public...
06-Oct-2006
The Government has given the go-ahead to raise the maximum stake and prize money for AWP machines in pubs. The Department for Media Culture and Sport...
Energy rip-offs must stop - Andrew Pring
24-Aug-2006 By Andrew Pring
The scandal of licensees being ripped off by unscrupulous energy companies grows greater by the day. Big, national, supposedly trustworthy power...
16-Aug-2006 By John Harrington
The Government has launched a survey into how the Licensing Act has affected live music at pubs and other small venues. Pollsters Mori will be...
21-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Health minister Caroline Flint has told the House of Commons the Government will not issue a start date for the English smoke ban until the Autumn at...
06-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
Frustrated licensees face a "postcode lottery" over when they have to pay their annual premises licence fees. NEW COMMENT
29-Jun-2006 By Andrew Pring
It's hard to know what to make of last week's bombshell "hint" that Government might also be banning smoking outside very shortly. But the safest...
22-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Rob Hayward, the chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association has written to the Government seeking clarification over the latest smoke...
20-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Last-ditch attempts to exempt private members' clubs from the smoking ban - and have separate smoking areas in pubs that serve food - have both...
24-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
British Beer and Pub Association chief executive Rob Hayward met with officials from the Department of Health yesterday to state the need for smoke...
Health warning claims refuted by DoH
20-Apr-2006
The Department of Health (DoH) has denied claims that licensees will be forced to display cigarette-style notices warning about the health dangers of...
10-Apr-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Watchdog says fees for licensees 'unnecessarily high'.
01-Apr-2006 By Ewan Turney
We just couldn't resist an April Fool - the worrying thing is you just wouldn't put it past the Government to re-name the British pub. Thank you very...
Robert Feal-Martinez
30-Mar-2006
The Wiltshire licensee is an outspoken critic of the pub smoking ban. He believes that the legislation fails to take account of public opinion, making it undemocratic
Countdown to the smoke ban
23-Mar-2006
No date's been fixed, but England is expected to start a ban in 2007. Rosie Davenport outlines the current timetable
Residents call for more power over licensing
23-Mar-2006
Resident groups are calling for the government to make major changes to the new licensing regime to give them more power.Among the demands from Open...
21-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Support for the petition to overturn the Government's smoking ban is gaining serious momentum according to organisers. With over 30,000 signatures...
No apartheid in smoking
26-Jan-2006
The crucial vote on whether to ban smoking in all public places looks set for 14 February. And, if the direst warnings from some pub leaders are to...
Licence application should be simplified, says review panel
06-Dec-2005
The application process for the Licensing Act should be simplified, says the interim report by the government's independent review panel on...
Get creative with ways to trash the ash
01-Dec-2005
A smoking ban is on the way. Two options now remain - the Government will either outlaw smoking in pubs that prepare and serve food or impose a...
Trade slams 'madness' of smoking proposals
03-Nov-2005
Government contempt prompts dismay by Ewan Turney The Government has shown 'complete contempt' for the public in pushing ahead with its plan to ban...
Opinion - Jo Bruce, Editor
01-Nov-2005 By Jo Bruce
Smoking policy's a disaster for pubs What a howling shame that pub food is set to become the main victim of the Government's smoking-ban policy. In...
Key figures respond to the smoking decision
27-Oct-2005
Ted Tuppen, chief executive, Enterprise Inns "The government proposals reflect a total shambles in the Cabinet and do good for no-one. Our position...
Lay off my Local takes off
22-Sep-2005
by getting customers to sign our petition, we can confront the peddlers of lies about the trade Andrew Pring, Editor Morning Advertiser readers have...
Trade petitions Govt to phase in smoking ban
08-Sep-2005
by Ewan Turney The trade has warned the Government that its plan to ban smoking by 2008 in all pubs that serve food will not achieve either of its...
What the Sunday papers said
04-Sep-2005
High Street sales fell for a sixth consecutive month in August, according to the British Retail Consortium-KPMG sales monitor. Like-for-like sales...
Licensees make their voice heard on smoking ban
02-Sep-2005
A last-minute flood of submissions from licensees will be heading to the Department of Health (DoH) on Monday as its smoking consultation draws to a...
Tory front runner calls for suspension of Licensing Act
26-Aug-2005
The bookies' favourite as the next Tory leader has urged the government to suspend implementation of the Licensing Act.Shadow Home Secretary David...
New mindset on alcohol
18-Aug-2005
Andrew Pring, Editor At last, some sanity in Government thinking on binge drinking and on three counts. Firstly, judges are being told to pass far...
Just two weeks remain to air
18-Aug-2005
your views on smoking bans by Andrew Pring Licensees have just over two weeks left to influence the Government's smoking-in-pubs plans. Hundreds of...
Government unveils 'action plan' to tackle red tape
24-May-2005
Licensees and other small business people can look forward to a relaxation of red tape if a government 'action plan' to tackle the issue proves...
Disorder zones get top-priority rating
12-May-2005
ADZs are fast-tracked by Government ministers by John Harrington The Government is to push ahead with its controversial plan for alcohol disorder...
Cabinet Office to study implementation of Licensing Act
28-Apr-2005
The spiralling amounts of paperwork and bureaucracy surrounding the new licensing regime have prompted an investigation by the government's red tape...
Tories andthe trade
21-Apr-2005
In the MA's in-depth look at pub trade policies in the run-up to the generalelection, JOHN HARRINGTON speaks to Malcolm Moss, the Conservatives'...
