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BII members call for smoking signage to be axed

BII members call for smoking signage to be axed

By Michelle Perrett

BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of removing ‘smoke-free’ signage from their pub premises, in a survey carried out as part of the Government’s Red Tape Challenge.

Home Office: overhauling licensing

Parts of licensing reform 'years away'

By John Harrington

Major plans to shake-up licensing won't be enacted until 2012 at the earliest, including plans for a new licensing objective of protecting public health.

Pring: Current politicians are an awful bunch

Backs against the wall: Time to fight

By Andrew Pring

The Government has done nothing to help pubs, so it's time the trade went on the offensive and showed just how tough it can be.

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Smoke police to cost £29.5million

Thousands of council staff are being trained to police the smoking ban at a cost of £29.5million. The Government has given the money to local...