Top 20 UK Pubs 2006
The White Horse in London's Parson's Green has, for the second year running, been named the UK's top pub, in a poll of more than 500 industry...
Archives for September 3, 2006
So, farewell Young's
As I write this nearly a hundred employees at Young's Brewery have received their letters of redundancy. Soon, the brewery will come to a shuddering...
High number of pubs fail under-age test purchase operation
Two thirds of Nottingham pubs visited failed an under-age test purchase operation. Of 23 premises visited, 16 failed to prevent entry and served two...
Smith lands new Diageo director's role
Diageo has appointed David Smith, former field sales director, to the newly created position of sales director for the UK business.The job has been...
Wetherspoon's slashes cost of proof of age
JD Wetherpoon's responsible drinking campaign has taken a step forward as half-price CitizenCard proof of age cards have made available in all of its...
Inside track
How do you see the lager market developing over the next few years?For us at Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), innovation and product quality has...
City Comment: Hamish Champ
It's that time of the year again. What time is that then? As in, the summer's pretty much over and we can all start thinking about settling down...
What the Sunday papers said…
Britain's bingo operators are demanding a£100m tax rebate to compensate them for lost business due to the smoking ban. Sir Peter Fry, chairman of...
Anti-ageism laws imminent, pubs must be careful
Hosts must make sure they comply with new age discrimination laws by 1 October or face a fine of up to £25,000. The legislation covers all areas of...