What the Sunday papers said

Britain's highest ranking police officers are in discussion with the drinks industry over a 'boozers tax', getting larger pub and club chains to pay towards the cost of policing venues. The latest paid-for policing move follows a secret law and order summit at Downing Street - The Sunday Expresss​

The sales surge in single malt whiskies couldn't have come at a better time for an industry where global demand seems to have peaked. Diageo says malt has 'reinvented Scotch for a new generation' but warns that if the single malt market continues to grow it may not be able to supply the global market by 2015 - The Business​.

Health secretary John Reid has secretly invited the bosses of leading pub chains to talks to head off a threatened smoking ban in public places. He has told them that if they can offer customers smoke-free areas, he will rule out an enforced ban. Labour will decide later this month whether to include the measure in the party's next manifesto. Mr Reid is sceptical about a ban, believing it could cost the party votes among its natural supporters - The Independent on Sunday​

The Hop Back in Salisbury, Wiltshire now supplies 50 bars in Milan, Rome and Turin with its flagship beer, Summer Lightning. The brewery was given advice on how to target the Italian beer market by UK Trade and Investment, and now exports about 2,700 gallons of its cask beer to Italy - The Sunday Times​

Fred DeLuca, founder of the Subway sandwich chain, wiped the cheesy grin off Ronald McDonald's face last year when his company overtook McDonald's to become the biggest fast-food firm in America. Now "Bapman" wants to make his business the No 1 snack bar in Britain. He was in London last week to announce a doubling in the number of Subway sandwich bars in Britain. By the end of the year there will be 500 - The Sunday Times​

A homeopathic pharmacy remedy made by mixing tap water with alcohol is selling in tablet form at a cost of up to £11.95 a bottle. Doctors have expressed scepticism at the treatment but the Helios Homeopathic Pharmacy, which sells the pills at its shops in London and Kent, says that customers have found the tablets helpful - The Sunday Telegraph​

The formula for Creamola Foam, a sugary drink which hooked millions of young Scots in the 1970s and 80s, is missing. Brands Partnership, a Leeds-based dried foods firm, was keen to market Creamola Custard and bought the series of brands from Nestlé. But in their enthusiasm to get their hands on the custard, the company did not acquire the formula for the fizzy drink, which was made by adding a sherbet-like powder to cold water and stirring frenetically while the drink foamed - Scotland on Sunday​