Statistics

No consumer slowdown for pubs yet

23-May-2022 By Ed Bedington

The latest ONS figures which show a boost in off-trade sales does not signal a slowing down in the on-trade, industry watchers report.

Drink drive casualties on the rise

04-Aug-2017 By James Beeson

The number of people seriously injured in drink drive accidents has risen by 9% over the space of a year, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT). 

Failure rate highest among freehouses, figures show

21-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

More freetrade houses have failed than either tied or managed pubs, according to figures from the UK Statistics Authority. In response to a...

Damned lies — and statistics

07-Nov-2008 By Peter Coulson

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has totally lost the plot, says MA legal guru Peter Coulson.

Coulson: The art of painting pubs by numbers

22-Nov-2007

MA legal guru urges the media to handle the DCMS licensing stats with care

Drink 'saves more lives than it ends' says report

24-May-2004

Alcohol may help you live longer - unless it kills you first. Proving once again that the tax-payers' money is being well spent by the seemingly...