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Mandatory alcohol code a step closer

13-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney

Stringent mandatory conditions on alcohol retailing moved a step closer yesterday as the Policing and Crime Bill received Royal Assent. The Act...

Funding available for underage crackdown

17-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney

A total of £1.4m has been made available to help towns combat underage drinking over the summer. The funding is available for 69 towns and boroughs...

'Health Secretary: Teetotallers should be celebrated'

19-Mar-2009

Teetotallers should be celebrated instead of shunned as pariahs, the Health Secretary will say today. In a devastating assessment of Britain's...

'Plans for cheap drink clampdown'

17-Nov-2008

A ban on cut-price alcohol could be introduced in Scotland next year under plans to curb alcohol abuse among young people. The Justice Secretary has...

Q&A

08-May-2008

Smoking at home Q. We have a freehold pub that we own and live in as our home. We have no staff. Could you please clarify the rules regarding smoking...

Purnell leaves DCMS

25-Jan-2008 By John Harrington

The man who oversaw licensing reform is replaced as Culture Secretary by former DCMS advisor Andy Burnham

Another Kiely company goes under

17-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team

Another company owned by Paul Kiely, founder of Provence, has gone into administration, the MA has learnt.

What the Sunday papers said

25-Jul-2004

Health Secretary John Reid has ordered Britain's publicans and restaurateurs to draw up plans to phase in smoking restrictions across all their...

Trade told to tackle binge-drinking

25-Mar-2004

The government has sent a clear signal to the trade that pubs must take action to tackle problem drinking.Home secretary David Blunkett lost his...

Government denies £25 charge for ID cards

25-Apr-2003

Rumours that national identity cards could cost £25 have been denied by the government. National newspaper reports last week said Home Secretary...