Kenny Macaskill

'Booze pain for bosses'

09-Sep-2010

Brits suffering from hangovers are taking 13 million sick days off work every year. One in four workers took at least one "sickie" in the last 12...

Licensee takes on supermarket giants

12-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore

A determined Scottish licensee is taking on three supermarket giants in a bid to prove their cut-price alcohol deals fall foul of the new licensing...

MacAskill angers pub trade over holiday

27-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney

Under fire Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has now angered the pub trade by taking holiday just days before the new regime is set to go live.

'Pub trade faces 4,000 closures'

03-Nov-2008

More than 4,000 pubs will go out of business in the next two years as beer sales fall and higher bills crush profits, according to insolvency...

'Supermarkets selling booze at 1980s prices'

05-Oct-2008

Supermarket chiefs were attacked yesterday for selling booze at 1980s prices. A Sunday Mail investigation has revealed the "shocking truth" about...

'Put pics of sick babies in pubs, urge doctors'

15-Aug-2008

Shocking images of diseased livers should be put on bottles of alcohol to warn people of the dangers of binge drinking, claim doctors. The British...

Scots minister wants minimum pricing

19-May-2008

Justice minister Kenny MacAskill wants cheap booze outlawed

Scots off-trade included in 'polluter pays' scheme

13-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore

Scotland's supermarkets and off-licences - as well as pubs - will be forced to pay a charge for tackling alcohol-related issues, under new government...

SNP: pubs should pay fee for policing

06-Sep-2007 By Iain O'Neill iain.o'neill@william-reed.co.uk

Scotland's justice secretary has claimed pub and club owners should be made to pay for the policing of antisocial behaviour caused by alcohol. The...

Scottish licensees face paying for police

30-Aug-2007

Trade angered at SNP's u-turn on paying to police anti-social behaviour