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Fault Lines

Fault Lines

Killed anybody lately? Perhaps you have, but nothing much came of it. Joking aside, from next month you could be prosecuted under the new crime of...

Club loses underage sales appeal

Club loses underage sales appeal

By John Harrington

A licensee has lost his Crown Court appeal against a licence suspension for three underage alcohol sales. Jeffrey Barnett was told he was "driving a...

Point of impact

Point of impact

"There is a real sense of fury in the trade concerning the Chancellor's colossal increase in beer duty in his recent Budget. For those of us close to...

Pub trade ponders price increases

Pub trade ponders price increases

Drinkers are being confronted by a bewildering array of different price increases as licensees and pub operators react to the Budget changes. Rises...

Regional resurgence

Regional resurgence

Despite falling UK beer volumes, brewers in the north are having to grow rapidly to meet demand for cask ale. Tony Halstead reports The north of...

Top of the class

Top of the class

CaskForce, the beer quality initiative driven by Marston's in conjunction with Cask Marque and the Morning Advertiser, announces its second monthly...

LETTERs

LETTERs

Time to stand up and fight for pubs I write with regard to last week's leader: "Pubs - going, going, gone". I have, for some time, considered that we...

MyShout

MyShout

Last week's Budget shows just how clueless politicans are about pressures on licensees, says David Elliott Well, just over a week on from Alistair...

THE GUV'NOR

THE GUV'NOR

Nigel Anstead The licensee of the White Horse in Bedford, argues that this year's negative Budget will simply drive more people into the...

BarTalk

BarTalk

How much are you putting up your prices after the Budget? John Ellis Crown Inn, Oakengates, Shropshire I've brought a considerable amount of stock so...

Betrayed

Betrayed

"Some 15 months ago a storm was raging above the pub and brewing industries. It was the height of the Daily Mail's campaign against pubs, the medical...

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Laurel poised for administration

By The PMA Team

Laurel Pub Company is poised to enter a controlled administration after opting to close another 60 high street pubs. The move means the company has...

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