Tony Blows

Smoke rebel faces £17k pay-out after failed appeal

18-Mar-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

A smoke ban rebel has been forced to put his pub up for sale after losing an appeal against previous convictions. A High Court judge failed to...

Pete Robinson: A double whammy for Tony Blows

12-Mar-2008

Tony Blows was last week fined a total of £12,000 including costs.By coincidence on the same day Shabbir Merali, owner of Markaz Restaurant and...

£12,000 blow for smoke ban rebel Tony

07-Mar-2008

A licensee who was found guilty of flouting the smoking ban has labelled his punishment "pathetic."At court yesterday Tony Blows, who runs the Dog...

Smoke rebel Blows in court today

21-Jan-2008

Smoke ban rebel Tony Blows is due before Herefordshire magistrates this morning. Blows, of the Dog Inn in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire is accused of...

Smoke ban rebel selling up

26-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney

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...

NewsDigest

11-Oct-2007

Coors Brewers has a new chief executive - former Bass marketing director Mark Hunter. He replaces Peter Swinburn, who has been appointed as the chief...

Smoke rebel faces prosecution

08-Oct-2007

Smoke rebel Tony Blows is being prosecuted for flouting the ban at his Dog Inn pub in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire. Blows will appear before...

Licensees heading for council showdown over smoking

05-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

Councils across the country are adopting a 'softly softly' approach to enforcement in the first days of the smoking ban. Early signs are that no...

What the Sunday papers said

01-Jul-2007

As the smoking ban in England drew nearer Tony Blows, landlord of The Dog Inn in Ewys Harold, near Hereford, said he was prepared to go to court as...