The Liberal Democrats have promised to tackle cheap supermarket alcohol and review the "ill-thought-out" alcohol tax in their election manifesto. But there's no mention of the beer tie.
Licensees are set to give Labour a major thumbs down at the general election after a Publican survey revealed nearly half plan to vote Conservative....
The anti-beer tie Fair Pint campaign has given a ringing endorsement of Lib Dem proposals to reform the beer tie. In an exclusive interview with the...
The Liberal Democrats would radically reform the "one-sided" beer tie that has gone "out of control" and is hastening pub closures. It would be part of a package of measures to help pubs that include scrapping rises in beer duty.
MPs and trade figures turned out to help celebrate National Pubs Week today, amid fresh calls for laws to stop pubs being closed for alternative use....
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has branded Gordon Brown the "worst Prime Minister in history" in the aftermath of yesterday's Budget. Speaking to...
A total of 202 MPs, including Liberal Democrat deputy leader Vince Cable, former leader Menzies Campbell and the party's home affairs spokesman Chris...
Enterprise Inns' chief Ted Tuppen has hit back at criticism of the pubco model by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, arguing it is at the "heart of...
Pubs and bars would again be made the scapegoat for antisocial behaviour under new plans from the Liberal Democrats - which would give councils the power to hit pubs with extra taxes.
An MP has claimed a new range of alcopop drinks are being marketed in a design aimed at glamourising teenage drinking. Labour member for Northampton...
By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A Liberal Democrat MP has called for the Competition Commission to investigate pubcos and how they "exploit" licensees. Tim Farron has written to the...
The Liberal Democrats have leapt on new figures it claims show the government is failing to use the new Licensing Act to control the licensed trade....
A Liberal Democrat peer has called for an "official government review" into the licensing of live music in pubs and other venues. During a debate in...
By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Supermarkets are facing an unprecedented backlash against their alcohol pricing policies, with senior police and politicians adding to the chorus of...
FROM THE Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell to Linda Riordan, the left-wing Labour member for Halifax, MPs from across the political divide...
By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs tested in underage sting operations are subject to a postcode lottery. Councils are taking a very varied approach to underage sting operations,...
"GHOST TOWN Britain." "10 years to save the high street." "Your local pub may soon be extinct."If any of those newspaper headlines from recent months...
The trade will now wait and hope MPs have the sense to block the Government's unworkable smoking ban proposals. Both the trade and the pro-ban lobby...
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...
