Polycarbonate

Police threat over pub plastic glasses

20-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney

Nottinghamshire police are "over-stepping the mark" in threatening to force pubs in Retford and Worksop to serve drinks in polycarbonate glasses on...

Cleethorpes pubs trial plastic glasses

05-Oct-2010 By Natasha Devan

Twelve pubs in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire have agreed to use polycarbonate glasses in the evening as part of a drive to reduce violent crime. Members...

Polycarbonate drive in Dundee

26-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore

Licensees in Dundee are being urged to switch to polycarbonate glasses in a police drive to improve safety. Nearly 80 pubs and bars have been offered...

Police chief wants polycarbonates in every pub

27-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore

A senior police officer has reignited the debate on polycarbonates by calling on the trade to ditch glass in all pubs. Chris Allison, the Association...

City diary

21-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team

We know a man who can Anyone on the managed side looking to recruit a highly-regarded former JD Wetherspoon (JDW) operations director with 10 years'...

Blanket glass ban defeated

04-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk

Attempts to introduce a blanket glass ban in south Northamptonshire have been defeated. The campaign to go polycarbonate was launched by police,...

Ultimate: 'Polycarbonates are common sense'

03-Oct-2007

Bar operator Ultimate Leisure has said switching to polycarbonate glasses is "common sense" in some of its venues following trials.Chief executive...

Police push plastics

23-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore

Police are taking the initiative in the push for polycarbonates ­ with one force spending £20,000 on plastic glasses to give to pubs and clubs....

3D to use polycarbs at a third of venues

09-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team

3D Entertainment Group, which runs mainly late-licensed sites, has introduced polycarbonate glasses in around one third of its 90 venues. The...

Nightclub boss looks to plastic glassware

31-Jul-2007 By John Harrington

Mark Jones of Ultimate Leisure urges other operators to ditch glass in favour of polycarbonate where necessary

Glass ban threat recedes

19-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com

Trade leaders believe police may have softened their stance on the blanket use of plastic glasses in town and city-centre pubs. It follows clear...

Plastic is put to the test

31-May-2007

Punch licensee Graham Rowson has undertaken a three-week polycarbonate glass trial at his pub, the Plungington Tavern, in Preston, Lancashire. Below,...

Gwent police push for plastic

24-May-2007 By Tony Halstead

Police in Gwent, South Wales, have become the latest force to urge pubs and clubs to switch to plastic. Gwent licensing officer PC Jim Aitken urged...

Police calls for plastic 'coming thick and fast'

05-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team & Tony Halstead

Managed pub chain JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has reported that requests from police to introduce polycarbonate glasses have been coming in "thick and fast"...

Glass ban pressure is huge says Wetherspoon

29-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team

Managed chain JD Wetherspoon has reported that requests from police to introduce polycarbonate glasses have been coming in "thick and fast" in the...