30-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
Lib Dem MSP Iain Smith says proposals will demonise every responsible drinker between ages of 18 and 21
Brewer donates babies for broody youths
18-Mar-2008
Everards has shelled out for six sets of baby equipment to help educate young people about the reality of having a child.The computerised infants...
Shops to blame for youth drinking
24-Jan-2008
Licensees have welcomed research showing young people are five times more likely to buy alcohol from shops than from pubs.A study revealed 52 per...
Diageo responds to criticism of its adverts
10-Dec-2007
Diageo has hit back at allegations from university researchers that its advertising encouraged young people to get drunk.The drinks giant said its...
Negative ads 'turning people on' to drink
10-Dec-2007
Advertising aimed at switching off young people from drinking to excess could be having the opposite effect, according to an academic study....
Advertising not targeting children
16-Nov-2007
A new report on the impact of alcohol advertising on young people has found that television advertising has become less appealing to under-18s since...
BII slams calls for more tax on alcohol
13-Nov-2007
Today's launch of the Alcohol Health alliance has been attacked by the BII.Twenty four health organisations have come together to launch the body,...
Young people getting tanked up at home
13-Sep-2007
Huge numbers of young people are now downing alcohol at home before they hit the pub, according to research.More than eight out of 10 (83 per cent)...
Loud pubs and clubs cause hearing damage in young
02-Jul-2007
Nine in 10 young people experience the signs of hearing damage after a night out, new research has revealed.The charity RNID found that 90 per cent...
Government campaign launched to fight excessive drinking
16-Oct-2006
A new government campaign urging young people to know their limits when they have a drink is launched today. The Know Your Limits advertising...
Trade becomes scapegoat for underage excessive drinking
20-Sep-2006
A NEW battle is raging against the licensed trade - as pubs and drinks companies are once again finding themselves the scapegoats for young people...
Blow for trade as students turn away from pub careers
03-Nov-2005
Only one in 10 students on hospitality courses view pubs as a long-term career option, according to research revealed exclusively at today's Publican...
Training: Situation vacant
09-Sep-2005
Are perceptions of the trade changing or has all the recent media hysteria just added to the ideas people have that a job in a pub is no career at...
Study probes cool' ads that target younger set
21-Apr-2005
by Ewan Turney A new research group is to probe whether young drinkers consume certain brands of alcoholic drink because they believe it makes them...
Young people selling drink
07-Oct-2004
Q I remember an article of yours that said people aged under 18 are banned from selling drink. But I see several youngsters working in supermarkets...
Why we shouldn't pay for the binge drinkers
25-Mar-2004
I found myself in the unusual position last week of agreeing with almost everything a Government spokesman said. Hazel Blears, a Home Office...
No ban on under-18 club membership
04-Mar-2004
There appears to be a story going round certain parts of the club trade that under the new law you will have to change all club rules to prohibit...
Act now to promote sensible drinking
17-Jul-2003
Here's a scoop on the next shock-horror story that's about to break in one of the red tops. "Young people spotted drinking sensibly in pub... no...
The demon drink?
21-Jan-2003
A recent report in The Guardian laid the blame for underage drinking firmly at the door of 'alcopops'. Phil Mellows investigates.My mum was a teenage...
