What the Sunday papers say
The Sunday Times
- Ministers are planning a purge on pubs and clubs that cause violent or anti-social behaviour by encouraging binge-drinking with "happy hour" style promotions. Local councils will be given new powers to attach conditions to licences or take them away if landlords are found to have behaved irresponsibly. Read more on thePublican.com.
The government is planning a u-turn on its gambling legislation, which could hamper the chance of Las Vegas-style casino and gambling resorts developing in Britain.
The government is to introduce a new minimum wage of £3 an hour for workers aged 16 and 17, including school children working in shops and doing paper rounds.
The Independent on Sunday
- Brewing giants Anheuser-Busch and SABMiller have been hit by a £2.2bn lawsuit accusing them of targeting under-age drinkers in their advertising campaigns. Read more on thePublican.com.
Hotel giant Hilton plans to usurp the growing popularity of online travel operators by offering punters cheaper deals directly.
The Sunday Telegraph
- Shares in Scottish & Newcastle are ripe for the picking, says The Telegraph. The brewer is seen as a takeover target and canny investors, such as Trevor Hemmings, having been building stakes.
Interest rates are set to rise five per cent as early as September in a bid to cool the rampant housing market and dampen frenetic consumer spending, according to Ernst & Young.
The Sunday Express
- Hard-hitting anti-smoking ads - the ones that show fat oozing from cigarettes - have persuaded up to 250,000 smokers to ditch the habit.
Research by Mintel predicts the coffee shop market will see a growth spurt worth more than £150m in the next three years, taking the total spend in shops to £573m by 2007.
