Responsibility

Publican Awards 2016: Responsible retailer of the year

14-Mar-2016 By Ben Winstanley

The UK’s newly crowned best late night operator is celebrating after landing Responsible Retailer of the Year, sponsored Drinkaware, at the pub industry Oscars held at London’s Battersea Evolution.

Lambeth council wants 'zoned' opening hours

30-Sep-2013 By John Harrington

Lambeth Council in London wants to introduce a zoning system for opening hours and recommends stringent new regulations around licensee and staff training for licensed premises in the borough.

All-day venues drive growth in premium drinks

15-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore

The rise in café-style all-day opening venues is fuelling the growth of premium drinks brands, a leading analyst has claimed. Alison Powell, an...

Trade groups question licensing shake-up

28-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore

Trade figures have been left disappointed by the details of government's licensing regime shake-up. Kate Nicholls of the Association of Licensed...

Caroline Nodder: Licensees are not policemen or social workers

09-Jun-2010 By Caroline Nodder

Now that the Cameron/Clegg love-in has given way to some more testing times for the new government I think we as an industry are on the cusp of...

Mark Daniels: NICE is the new Nasty

02-Jun-2010

No sooner has our new coalition government announced that it's going to take all the money away from Nu-Labour's quangos, than one strolls along and...

Brewers pass labelling test

15-Feb-2010

Britain's brewers have made huge progress in voluntarily labelling cans and bottles with information on units and responsible drinking. The new...

Pubs should be promoted as "responsible" drinking places

28-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore

A trade chief has attacked the government for spending millions on "fancy ad campaigns" around alcohol - but doing nothing to encourage "supervised"...

ALMR: promote pubs as responsible

28-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has called on the Government to promote pubs as supervised and responsible drinking environments.

Health and safety: Policy matters

17-Dec-2008

Hospitality is a multi-million-pound industry in which the rewards can be great. But it can also become a veritable minefield for the unwary when the...

Licensing@aol.com

14-Feb-2008

Gaming and private functions QA local club hired our upstairs function room recently for an event at which it was reported to me there was some...

Lib Dems: 'Bad bars must pay A&E bills'

20-Sep-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

The Liberal Democrats have called for "irresponsible" bars and nightclubs to contribute towards medical costs of people who arrive at A&E after...

Lib Dems: 'Irresponsible' bars to pay for A&E drunks

14-Sep-2007

Lib Dems want 'irresposible' venues to pay for A&E drunks

BII runs seminars on underage sales

24-Oct-2006

The BII is due to embark on a series of nationwide "No ID, NO Sale!" seminars designed to raise awareness of underage selling.From Nov 14, BII...

We salute responsible hosts

18-Nov-2004

Yesterday, believe it or not, a Government minister said something nice about the trade. At least, I trust he did as I write this in advance of...

Yates will train staff to push sensible drinking

30-Oct-2003

by Claire Hu Yates Group has become the first pub company in Britain to put the sensible drinking message into its bars and train staff in how to...