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In a dramatic u-turn, InBev is moving production of Hoegaarden back to the original town in Belgium where it was first brewed. The drinks giant controversially moved brewing from the village of Hoegaarden to its Leuven headquarters but has reneged on the decision announcing e60m plan to invest in its plants across Belgium. See Protz, page 9.
Councils will have the power to suspend a premises licence with immediate effect and without a licence review from 1 October. Any police officer above the rank of superintendent will be able to issue a review certificate if, in his opinion, the premises are associated with serious crime and disorder. Any interim measures could potentially last up to 48 days until a review hearing.
A bar operator claims screen-media company Vision TV has failed to secure advertisers to offset the amount he pays to hire TV screens. Neil Cunningham, who runs Bar Amp in Sale, Cheshire, is paying Vision
TV in Kirkham, Lancashire £350 a month for three plasmas, five flat screens and Sky Sports. He is supposed to receive 25% of advertising revenue raised but says none has been found.
Marston's Pub Company has announced the shortlist for its sixth annual Pub of the Year Awards. Awards include Cask Ale Pub, Family Pub, Community Pub, Bar Person, Chef, Pub Food, Customer Experience, Newcomer, Wine Retailer, Socially Responsible Retailer and Best Refurbishment project. The Pub of the Year title will be announced at Alton Towers on 11 October.
North Yorkshire gastropub General Tarleton at Ferrensby has been named Yorkshire Pub Of The Year in the county's annual White Rose Awards. The eighteenth-century coaching inn is run by chef John Topham. Runners-up were the Craven Arms, Appletreewick; Duke William Inn, Shelf; the Pipe & Glass, South Dalton; the Travellers Rest, Sowerby and the Wensleydale Heifer, West Witton.
Furious Louise and Gary Clough of the Swan in Whalley, Lancashire have confronted staff at disgraced screen-media firm Plas Tech Vision. The couple paid the company - which has been wound up - £1,451 to screen ads for the pub at a nearby Indian restaurant. "We had a terrible confrontation with staff," said Louise. "They told us the best course of action was to sue them."
