What the Sunday papers said

Tadcaster brewer Samuel Smiths has told its pub landlords it expects them to serve pints of draught ale to be served with approximately a five per cent head. In a letter to its managed pubs the brewer said that the selling of draught pints that were 95 per cent liquid and five per cent head was "entirely in line with statutory rules" and reflected the preference of the vast majority of customers. According to local council officials, up to five per cent of a pint can be head, although action would be taken if this figure were to rise "excessively". The Campaign For Real Ale said it believed the Samuel Smith's order was the first time a brewery or pub group had admitted to a common practice of serving less than a pint of liquid beer. - Mail On Sunday​

Smokers can still light up in pavement cafes, hotel rooms and on open-air train platforms under a full "what's in, what's out" guide to the new smoking ban to be published this week. Smoking will be banned from pubs, restaurants, airports and covered bus and railway stations when the new regulations come into force next summer. Outside shelters for smokers will need to comply with health department rules banning smoking in any enclosed or substantially enclosed space, defined as having a roof and more than 50 per cent of the perimeter enclosed by walls. - Sunday Times​

Whitbread is facing substantially lower bids for its 235 Brewer's Fayre and Beefeater pubs after news of continued weak sales. Analysts believed the pubs could go for £550m, but many think this is now wide of the mark, with a more realistic figure likely to be £500m. Companies understood to be in the race for the pubs include Mitchells & Butlers, Greene King, Punch Taverns and GI Partners. - Mail On Sunday​

Accountants KPMG, administrators to the collapsed off-licence chain Unwins, are fighting to recover more than £1m that has been held in limbo since the business was sold by the founding Wetz family. The money has been held by solicitors since the sale to Devereux Montague, the private equity firm, in 2005. If it succeeds in getting the money KPMG is expected to use the proceeds to fund ongoing investigations into claims Devereux Montague transferred money and assets out of Unwins in the weeks leading up to the collapse. - Sunday Times​

While top-flight Bordeaux winemakers have never had it so good, those producers at the bottom end have never had it so bad. According to the Bordeaux wine trade body many growers are in serious trouble, with an over supply of basic - rather than high quality - wine at the heart of the problem. Observers say it is high time the top producers recognise the suffering of their lowlier brethren, with high prices coming in for criticism from overseas buyers. - The Observer​