"What are you annoyed about this week?" I asked, hoping for a suitable cue for an interesting subject to write about.The new (Scottish) Licensing Act...
JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson said sales across the group could decline for the next 12 months as its customers adjust to life under the...
Three-quarters of all adults support the smoking ban, according to a Department of Health survey. The survey also revealed that 79% believe the ban,...
Smoke ban rebel Tony Blows is quitting the trade - an announcement which comes on the day he pleaded not guilty in court for flouting the ban. Blows...
It will be music to the ears of the anti-smoking lobby as doctors have claimed that the Irish smoking ban is improving the quality of music in pubs....
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...
PUBS THROUGHOUT England joined Ireland, Scotland and Wales in a new smoke-free era at 6am on July 1. With smokers no longer attracted to pubs to the...
While it is still too early to assess the overall effect of the smoking ban, there are indications of frustration, even among non-smoking licensees,...
It's political correctness gone mad. Kindly excuse that rather hackneyed theme, plagiarised from many a tabloid headline. I just needed to get it out...
Not the customers of Herne Bay's Queen Vic pub, which dates back to the 1870s. They were all outside having a crafty fag when the pub's heavy ceiling...
Blackpool bar owner Hamish Howitt has become the first licensee to be prosecuted for allowing customers to flout the smoking ban. Howitt, chairman of...
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...
The third week of the smoking ban and things seem tranquil enough. It is pretty clear to me that there was a significant downturn in the first week....
Smoking when closed Q I should like to know whether it is legal to allow smoking when the pub is closed for business, but friends of the licensee are...
Well, D-Day has finally arrived and I'm sure many publicans breathed a huge sigh of relief at lunchtime on Sunday July 1 when they opened their doors...
The Pheasant, a Marston's leasehold near the centre of Newtown, has created a cosy back courtyard with a heated jumbrella and gazebo for live bands....
"Have you got another cigarette machine? This one's not ****ing working." It was not, perhaps, the most obvious question a family-led food pub could...
So, how was it for you? After a very enjoyable day watching England trounce the West Indies at Lord's yesterday I entered a nearby licensed premises...
With just ten days to go until the English smoking ban, Smokefree England has released figures it says show support has never been higher. According...
Beverage Brands (UK) has responded to the imminent smoking ban in their own inimitable style by producing head-turning point-of-sale kits with a WKD...
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