Archives for November 2, 2007

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Chris Maclean: The sacrifices we make

By Chris Maclean

Yesterday afternoon we had lunch in the local catering college restaurant. I trained there myself, many years ago, and it has hardly changed....

Back to Basics: Age discrimination

Recent media coverage of the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell as leader of the Liberal Democrats should have brought age discrimination issues...

Licensing red tape headache

By John Harrington

Hosts face a postcode lottery over the amount of licensing paperwork they will have to cope with

Sausages sizzle for JD Wetherspoon

JD Wetherspoon has picked up a prestigious Banger award, recognising its commitment to the sausage.Presented by the British Pig Executive (BPEX)...

Evolving with the market

By Hamish Champ

As Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) chief executive Tim Clarke is no doubt heartily sick of being reminded, the recent 'credit crunch' has played...

Concession on capital gains tax not enough

By James Wilmore

Business groups are refusing to give up their campaign against the government over planned changes to capital gains tax, despite reports of a...

Packing A Punch

"The Punch Pub Pack contains everything a new licensee needs to know about running one of our pubs from scratch, from basic stuff through to...

Alcohol education not taxation

By Roger Protz

You couldn't make it up: a member of the committee set up in 1987 by the Royal College of Surgeons to recommend safe drinking limits said the figures...

Pub cig sales threat

By John Harrington

Pubs where under-18s buy cigarettes three times could be banned from selling tobacco for up a year

Amanda Green: Flood recovery update

It's a bit on the stressful side at the moment. We're not quite on target to open, but we're doing it anyway. We've had some last-minute issues which...