What the Sunday papers say
The Sunday Express
- The price of beer is set to rise by as much as 10p a pint. Brewing giant Coors, which produces Carling, Grolsch and Worthington, has announced price increases from February.
British American Tobacco is poised to put its Formula One interests up for sale, after huge losses. BAT launched British American Racing in 1999 with the aim of becoming one of F1's most powerful teams.
Firms are gearing up for a prosperous new year as profits increase, investor confidence returns and the chances of failure fade, according to a clutch of new surveys.
The Sunday Times
- A surge in binge drinking encouraged by a growth in new bars and pubs, is being blamed by police for a steep rise in violence on Britain's streets.
Ministers have called in the heads of British business to thrash out a solution to the crisis over Britain's "opt-out" of the working-time directive.
Profit warnings from British companies fell by 40 per cent last year despite a sharp rise in the final quarter, the regular survey by Ernst & Young reports.
The map of the world's vintage wines is about to be redrawn. A new study predicts climate change could lead to the demise of Mediterranean classics while Scotland could become revered for its vineyards.
The Observer
- A crackdown on alcohol advertising is to be launched, amid claims that a growing number of sexy, suggestive ads are being used to glamorise heavy drinking. Ministers may force drink manufacturers to print labels on drinks that disclose the number of units being consumed.
New Yorkers claim that a string of stringent regulations, the latest a ban on smoking, is stifling the life out of "the city that never sleeps". Ashtrays are now illegal except in private homes.
Although the nation's appetite for salmon is fading amid a report on the dangerously high levels of toxins it carries, trouble is brewing for all sorts of seafood from tuna to sea bass.
The Sunday Telegraph
- Sir Francis Mackay, the chairman of the world's biggest catering group Compass, will urge the food industry to shape up this week - arguing that the future of the industry is in steamed broccoli, not fried burgers.
Half of the Shetland Islands' salmon industry could be wiped out, putting thousands of jobs at risk in some of the UK's most deprived areas, following the warning over high levels of toxins in farmed salmon.
The Independent on Sunday
- Drinks giant Allied Domecq has signed up reggae pop star Shaggy, famous for such hits as "Mister Lover Lover", as the new face of its coconut white rum drink, Malibu.
SABMiller is expected to report solid progress this week with growth in Europe, Asia and Africa. But the market will be wondering if there is any improvement in its US business.
Sales of Scottish salmon could be banned across Europe because of contamination by an illegal and toxic chemical, which can cause cancer and mutations.
Henry Earl from Kentucky was arrested for being drunk and disorderly on New Year's Eve. He has made a habit of it, being arrested for drunkenness 11 times that month, 98 times in 2003 and 804 times since 1992.
The Mail on Sunday
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