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The European Union (EU) is looking to ban smokers from huddling in pub doorways, according to a report in The Observer. The newspaper says that the EU is looking at the possibility of the introduction of "smoking exclusion zones" outside public buildings, offices and in some outdoor public spaces such as bus shelters and stadiums.
A Kent licensee has been fined more than £2,000 after being caught showing Premiership football using the Arabic ART satellite channel. William Smith, of the Jolly Gardeners pub in Deal, pleaded guilty by letter to Folkestone Magistrates' Court on Monday following a prosecution brought by Media Protection Services (MPS) on behalf of the Premier League.
The Greene King Brewing Company won two awards last week for its commitment to health and safety. The company achieved gold in the Managing Occupational Road Risk Award at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Occupational Health & Safety Awards 2007. It also scooped the Gold Award, recognising well-developed occupational health and safety management systems.
Beam Global Spirits & Wine UK MD Adrian McKeon has left the firm to join Cobra as its new chief executive. In a move to strengthening the brand's management team, McKeon will take up his post in August, with Cobra founder Karan Bilimoria moving to the role of executive chairman. Former Diageo veteran Jonathan Stordy will fill McKeon's shoes at Beam, moving from Iberia MD to UK and Spain MD, reporting to Donard Gaynor, who heads Beam Global Spirits & Wine international.
Leisure Link has connected its 10,000th itbox entertainment terminal; almost one in six pubs now houses the Skill with Prizes (SWP) terminal. The installation took place at Wetherspoon's Hamilton Hall at Liverpool Street train station, London; Wetherspoon is one of the company's biggest clients with 1,000 terminals.
