Hamish Champ: There's no smoke without (a) fire
I visited a lovely out-of-the-way pub in the West Country last week and was shocked to find the interior wreathed in clouds of smoke. OK, maybe...
Archives for February 3, 2008
Mitchells & Butlers: the new S&N?
After M&B last week admitted to losing hundreds of millions of pounds in a hedge gone wrong (the most I ever lost in a hedge was a football), the...
Scottish & Newcastle; the last of the big UK brewers
It's perfectly possible to envisage in years to come Carlsberg and Heineken's bid for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) finding its way onto the...
BBPA chief in dispute with Archbishop of Canterbury
British Beer & Pub Association chief executive Rob Hayward has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury after he claimed '24-hour drinking' had...
BBPA defends extended pub hours
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has defended extended opening hours after the Archbishop of Canterbury claimed the streets were now less...
'Under-18s to be banned from drinking alcohol in public'
Police are to be given new powers to confiscate booze from under-18s who drink in public. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will announce the move on...