Kinsey leads growth
It has been confirmed that former First Leisure chief executive Paul Kinsey will lead the expansion of the Sheffield Gatecrasher club to nine other sites in the UK as reported in the Morning Advertiser three weeks ago. Kinsey, who left First Leisure in January, has been made non-executive chairman of the company. Itwill finance the expansion through cashflow and debt-funding. Fake vodka alert Shropshire council is warning that fake bottles of vodka may be circulating in the county. Traces of methanol have been found in 70cl and 35cl bottles of Kirov Vodka. Symptoms of methanol poisoning include stomach pains, blurred vision, drowsiness and breathing problems. Contaminatedbottles can be identified by their plain red tops. Call for police help Licensing chiefs in Glasgow have called for police to warn them of potential troublebefore major football matches in the city. Glasgow's Nightclub Forum and the Scottish Licensed Trade Association want Strathclyde Police toshare information to avoid violent scenes like those when Rangers and Manchester United clashed recently. The call came before Scotland's Euro 2004 qualifier with Holland in thecity on Saturday, and amid reports of a resurgence in hooliganism. Mobile mast fears An Essex host fears two mobile phone masts to be fitted on the roof of her pub next week will keep customers away. Parents of children at a nearby school have already voiced their anger at the news that a pair of 2 metre poles will be fitted by the chimney of the Drury Arms in Colchester. Licensee Deniel Smith said: "Customers have not been happy. It might affect business." Mice shut bar Financial and hygiene problems have caused a popular Birmingham pub to close. Chambers in CorporationStreet was closed after owner John Rowley failed to pay rent to the council. The pub also had to close up temporarily after mice were discovered by council inspectors. Rowley blamed the mice problem on workmen near the site digging the ground and causing the mice to flee. New GK non-exec An oil and gas company chairman will be the new non-executive director at Greene King. Norman Murray, chairman of Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy, starts his new role at the beginning of 2004. Murray will become a member of Greene King's audit and remuneration committees, and will chair the audit committee after next summer's annual results statement.
