Dry January? Don’t get me started. It’s dressed up as virtuous and a way of raising funds for good cause; in fact it’s a neo-prohibitionist ploy by well-paid executives at political lobbying organisations that masquerade as charities.
With just weeks to go until Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement, fresh doubts have been cast over the effectiveness of the VAT Club and its prospects of securing a tax reduction for the hospitality sector in next year’s Budget.
David Cameron is facing calls to toughen up rules governing the influence of businesses in politics after two of his MPs were accused of a potential conflict of interest, according to the Sunday Times.
Two trade lobby groups have written to business secretary Vince Cable this week over instigating a full market review of the sector. Lib Dem MP Greg...
Suffolk brewer Greene King said it was quitting the UK's leading pub trade organisation next year because it preferred to lobby government and others...
Members of a licensee trade group are to vote on whether to campaign for abolition of the "unfair" beer tie. Guild of Master Victuallers members will...
There is not one industry member I have seen in the last two weeks who is not stunned to the core by the recent political goings on - from the second...
Darling and his pals have turned the licensed trade into a cash cow of monstrous proportions. Now, more than ever, is the time to challenge that anti-pub ethos, says Andrew Pring.
Re-think possible on automatic duty rises Trade must present a more united front Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe held out a sliver of hope to the...
The pub industry has been urged to prepare itself for a major and lengthy battle with health lobby groups over the issue of alcohol. Speaking at the...
Gambling minister Richard Caborn has congratulated Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL) on its lobbying efforts.Mr Caborn spoke at an industry dinner...
In 2020, the community bought the White House in Bladon. This historic, 17th century pub, is on the edge of the Blenheim Place estate, and is reputed to be the place...
