Trade groups slam Budget duty rise
Pub trade associations and brewers have hit out at the rise in duty on alcohol announced in today's Budget.And consumer group the Campaign for Real...
Archives for March 21, 2007
Beer tax up as Brown ignores trade
Gordon Brown ignores pleas from the trade and raises tax on bar by 1p a pint
In season: Step into spring
Claire Power, product marketing manager (fresh produce), Pauleys: Spring marks an exciting season for fresh produce, with the first of many new...
Back to basics: machine management
As you might have noticed from the cigarette burns on your fruit machines, AWP players also tend to be smokers. That means that, under a smoking ban,...
Machines under a smoking ban
The pub industry has learned some valuable lessons since the smoking ban in Scotland came into force last year. With implementation due in England...
Daphne, 73, fails personal licence test
The licensee who had to take her personal licence exam despite running a pub for over four decades has vowed to keep pulling the pints despite...
Mixed news for Wine & Spirit group
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association welcomes spirit duty freeze but says it is shocked by sparkling wine increase
Chris Maclean: the restaurant lark
On Mothering Sunday one of the restaurant customers complained about a dish she was served. It was something fishy on a risotto bed and the lady...