'Enterprise Inns says fewer pub tenants are struggling'
Pub owner Enterprise Inns said the cost of bailing out struggling tenants has fallen in the last two months as the company sells off its worst-performing sites. Despite the positive news in Wednesday's trading update, the shares slid almost 8pc, their biggest one-day fall in four months as analysts pointed to a lack of indication that sales are recovering and Enterprise's sizeable debt burden - Daily Telegraph
Deaths from liver disease in England are rising sharply compared with the rest of Western Europe, a report on the nation's health states today. Alcohol abuse accounts for much of the increase in early deaths from chronic disease and cirrhosis, with obesity adding to the toll. Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians and chairman of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said: "Government policies to reduce health harms caused by alcohol misuse are failing to make a real impact. Tighter restrictions on deep discounting by supermarkets and advertising by the manufacturers are our best chance of bringing down levels of harm." - The Times
Thousands of boozed up British students have sparked outrage during a massive bender in a Spanish seaside resort. Around 5,000 of them have descended on the Costa Dorada for a five-day drinking session called Saloufest. It promotes itself as a sporting event but just 24 hours after it started on Sunday nine people had been treated by paramedics for drunkenness — including five hospitalised with alcohol poisoning - The Sun
Millions of TV viewers will be able to watch top sports including Premier League football for just £15 a month after Sky was forced to sell its channels at a lower price. Yesterday Ofcom said it will control the price the satellite company charges rival TV operators for using Sky Sports 1 and 2, a saving which should be passed on to the customer. As part of the media regulator's ruling, Sky's pay TV services will be made available on digital terrestrial TV, known as Freeview, meaning viewers will not have to have cable or satellite to access top sport - Daily Mail
