Pick of the pubs
The Anchor Inn is a 16th-century pub in the village of Harland on the North Devon coastline. It has two bars, a separate 54-cover restaurant or...
Archives for June 4, 2007
Blame for alcohol related disorder shifted away from pubs
A host of senior pub trade figures have added their weight to the argument that pubs are not to blame for alcohol-related disorder.Speaking at trade...
Government announces review into alcohol pricing
The government is to launch an independent review into alcohol prices and promotions, under its revised alcohol strategy. It has revealed today it...
Something in the Ayres
A Gloucestershire brewery has rewarded two brothers for decades of custom by giving them their own pint glasses.Swindon-based Arkell's Brewery, which...
Vintage value
"The word that keeps coming back to us is soulless," says Sally Huband, director of second-hand furniture supplier Pub Stuff. It seems that an...
Future of Tetley's brewery in doubt
Leeds City Council has denied putting pressure on Carlsberg UK to vacate its historic Tetley brewery site in the centre of the city.The council said...
Tribute to matching
CELEBRATIONS OF Cornish beer and food seem set to become a regular feature of St Austell Brewery's pubs after the success of an evening dedicated to...
Wine and Spirit boss backs 'personal responsibility' call
WSTA boss backs call for 'personal responsibility' over alcohol consumption and says should be more involved in implementing the strategy.
What the papers say - June 5, 2007
Middle-class wine drinkers will be the focus of government plans to make drunkenness as socially unacceptable as smoking, The Times has learnt. Under...
Beer and food matching: Wheat beer
LIKE GARLIC bread, wheat beer is looked upon with a certain amount of suspicion by those who believe the Europeans are trying to bring us down from...
Study to look at lease code
A major study is to be carried out to assess the take-up and impact of a new code of practice covering lease agreements. The updated Code for Leasing...
Chris Maclean: pointless procedures
I've just been told off by the van sales lady who supplies our crisps and nuts.I am refusing to sign her invoice for the goods.I've paid cash, to the...