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The problem with minimum pricing

18-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

In an industry where it sometimes seems that business leaders struggle to agree on anything at all, there is one issue that has divided opinion like...

Update: Scottish minimum price defeated

22-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney

The Scottish Government's plans to introduce a minimum price on alcoholic drinks has been defeated at Holyrood today. The Scottish Conservatives...

SNP welcomes 'cross-party' minimum price support

17-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Indications of cross-party support for minimum pricing in Scotland have been welcomed by the Scottish National Party (SNP). Reports in the Glasgow...

Minimum pricing will face proper scrutiny

25-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney

Plans to introduce a minimum price on alcohol and raise the off-trade purchase age to 21 in Scotland will be delayed for at least a year and face...

Roy Beers: Hooray for the SNP - it's giving minimum pricing to Britain

06-Mar-2009

I hope it works, even if I don't think it will make a decisive difference to Scotland's massive overall drink problem, and that it works well enough...

Scottish alcohol age plans defeated

03-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

Plans to raise the off-trade purchase age to 21 in Scotland have suffered a hefty defeat in Parliament.