Archives for August 13, 2006

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Couple win £10K on pub quiz tour

By Iain O'Neil

Two married Oxford graduates say they racked up a whopping ten grand on a tour of pub quiz machines. The couple, David and Lesley Brewis from...

City Comment: Hamish Champ

By Hamish Champ

Recently the brewer had written to the Competition Commission - currently investigating the trading practices of the supermarket giants - to suggest...

Comment: Survival of the fittest

Take a look around the Broad Street/Brindley Place area in Birmingham these days and you will find a plethora of high street names all competing for...

Keen to do a proper job

By Hamish Champ

It's past midnight on a Wednesday in mid-July and the streets circling the Central, St Austell Brewery's snazzy bar in the middle of Newquay, are...

Closure order is revoked on Sussex pub

A licensee in Sussex has been left out of pocket despite the decision to suspend his licence being revoked.Joseph Williams, licensee of the Sportsman...

What the Sunday papers said

Alcohol could carry compulsory cigarette packet-style health warnings under plans to tackle excessive consumption. The European Commission is calling...

Scots urged not to buy rounds of drinks

By Iain O'Neil

Scottish drinkers are being encouraged to duck out of buying rounds in a new campaign to tackle binge drinking. Experts say that drinking in rounds...