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Archives for January 25, 2008
S&N succumbs to Carlsberg/Heineken for £7.6bn
Carlsberg and Heineken have finally succeeded in their bitter battle to acquire Scottish & Newcastle (S&N).The pair announced this morning...
Employment law help for pubs launched
Pubs are urged to take advantage of free help on employment law. The Government has launched a campaign to ensure small businesses get help from the...
Focus Wales: Breconshire Brewery
"Excuse me. Do you know where the Breconshire Brewery is?" The taxi driver at Abergavenny train station looks flummoxed. I tell him it's in a place...
Ask An Expert: Drinking on the job
What can I do about staff drinking?I run a busy pub in London and have a growing problem with staff drinking while on the job. How can I deal with...
Focus Wales: View from the Top
The industrial and domestic landscape of Britain has changed dramatically in the past 30 years. Nowhere has this change been greater than in South...
National Chip Week: Champion chips
IF THERE'S two things they know about in the Cambridgeshire fens, it's potatoes and wind. On a chilly January day, the former are piled up in a...
Britons the most generous beer buyers
Britain's beer drinkers have been named the most generous in Europe after research conducted by one of the world's largest brewers found them to be...
Purnell leaves DCMS
The man who oversaw licensing reform is replaced as Culture Secretary by former DCMS advisor Andy Burnham
ADZs slammed by Lords committee
A House of Lords committee has slammed the regulations covering alcohol disorder zones (ADZs), branding the unpopular measures as "bureaucratic" and...
Punch signs games machine deal
Punch Taverns has signed a new three-year contract worth £150m with leading gaming group Gamestec. Gamestec has been responsible for the management...
Heineken: We want to keep S&N pubs
Heineken has promised to retain Scottish & Newcastle pub management business
Marston's warns on outlook for 2008
Marston's has reported lower drink and machine income across its estate as the impact of the smoking ban and consumer confidence pressures...
Heineken to keep S&N pubs and brands
Heineken says it expects to continue operating the pubs currently run by Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises, after the 800p a share bid tabled...
Camra slams S&N deal
The Campaign for Real Ale has slammed Scottish & Newcastle's decision to sell to Carlsberg & Heineken
Focus Wales: Welsh lamb
The issues that pubs face in sourcing regional produce came to the fore last July, when pub operator JD Wetherspoon confirmed it had removed five...
Back to Basics: Noise at work
It's time to start making a noise about it - but make sure you keep it below an average of 85 decibels. Anything above that exceeds the limit that...
Legal advice: Land rights
IMAGINE THE scenario: a tenant occupies a village pub and the lease includes a substantial field to the rear of it. In 1987 the tenant is approached...
ALMR pushes for further CGT changes
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) will push for further amendments to the watered down capital gains tax (CGT) announced by...