Smoking Ban

Top Gear Clarkson flouts smoke ban

Top Gear Clarkson flouts smoke ban

Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May have come under fire for flouting the smoking ban. The pair lit Porsche pipes during last Sunday's...

LETTERs

LETTERs

Pressure mounts in the on-trade I have six children and run a pub in Norfolk single-handedly. Can there be any more screws the powers that be wish...

Walking a tightrope

Walking a tightrope

By Hamish Champ

I rather liked Jim Clarke's take on JD Wetherspoon's trading under the English smoking ban. Speaking at his last results presentation as finance...

Great stub out increases litter

Great stub out increases litter

The smoking ban has led to a 43% rise in cigarette butts dropped on pavements in England, a new survey shows. The survey of 140 councils by the Keep...

THE AGENTS

THE AGENTS

By Graham Allman Managing director GA-Select

It is a little premature to pass judgement on the full effects of the smoking ban on the future valuations of licensed businesses. Also, the...

Punch hit by poor summer

Punch hit by poor summer

Punch expects profits to be down because of dismal summer but says smoking ban has had no detectable impact

Smoke ban: most comply

Smoke ban: most comply

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

The vast majority of pubs and clubs complied with the English smoking ban during its first month, new figures from the Department of Health show....

Licensing@aol.com

Licensing@aol.com

Smoking breaks for staff Q Now that the new anti-smoking law is in operation, is it permissible to allow staff a smoking break during their shift? Q...

BarTalk

BarTalk

Has the weather or smoking ban affected you more this summer? Suzie Dreja Royal Oak Southampton Hampshire Yes and yes! They've both been extremely...

Pub pong worry as smokescreen lifts

Pub pong worry as smokescreen lifts

Pubs and clubs in Worcester are taking action on unpleasant odours following the introduction of the smoking ban. The ban on tobacco smoke has...

Smoke rebel voted out of Pubwatch

Smoke rebel voted out of Pubwatch

By Joe Lutrario

Hamish Howitt has receives vote of no confidence from the Pubwatch group he chaired for publicly flouting the smoking ban

Early smoking ban pub forced to close

Early smoking ban pub forced to close

A pub which introduced a smoking ban six months ahead of the national ban has been forced to close due to a lack of custom. The Bush, in Ince near...

LETTERs

LETTERs

Smoke-ban has killed the pub The economics of running a community pub mean that most are one-person operations, unable to employ additional staff to...

Early days?

Early days?

By Hamish Champ

News - OK, hearsay - reaches me that a couple of regional brewers of not insignificant size have experienced a near 20 per cent sales slump across...

MyShout

MyShout

Don't hedge around the controversial issues raised by the smoking ban, says Stephen Oliver As any journalist or exam student knows, one of the scary...

LETTERs

LETTERs

Time to fight for smoking rights A number of pubs across the UK are now allowing smokers to light up again. The licensees have realised how much...

MyShout

MyShout

No patterns have yet emerged but Peter Linacre is already hailing the smoke ban a success It might not be quite the equivalent of "Where were you...

NewsDigest

NewsDigest

Three renegade licensees are continuing to defy the smoking ban, with local councils showing no sign of taking action. Customers at the Swan,...