Health Secretary hints at action on supermarket deals
Health Secretary Alan Johnson today confirmed the government is willing to take "mandatory action" against supermarkets that sell alcohol as a loss...
Archives for June 1, 2008
Cigarette vending machines to be outlawed
Cigarette vending machines could be banned from pubs in a wave of new measures aimed at stopping people smoking. Details of the government's The...
Meals and wheels for pub's diners
Diners at the Helsby Arms in Cheshire need never worry about getting a taxi or leaving their cars parked outside the pub overnight again.The pub's...
Beam global launches premium tequila range
Beam Global UK has launched a range of 100 per cent agave tequilas, a growing premium sub-sector, with the agave content denoting the quality of the...
Legal advice: High court redresses pub rights
THE HIGH Court judgment decided in favour of Daniel Thwaites on March 10 is an important victory, not just for the claimant, but for licensees...
Good-practice to be made mandatory
Voluntary schemes like Challenge 21 will be made mandatory
Adnams launches carbon neutral beer in cask
Adnams has launched Britain's first carbon neutral beer, East Gren, in draught format
Tough alternatives to fag vending machine ban
Tough measures to stop sales to children are proposed as an alternative to an outright ban on cigarette vending machines. This weekend the Government...
First 'carbon neutral' beer available on draught
Adnams' environmentally friendly beer East Green is available in cask form in pubs from today. This move follows the launch of bottles of the drink...
Hamish Champ: Banning booze on the Tube is a good thing
Part of me wishes I'd been on the London Underground on Saturday night. Thousands of people drank an assortment of beer, wine and cocktails to mark...