New powers to curb alcohol related crime
The Government has today announced a new power that targets offenders who commit crime under the influence of alcohol. Home Office Minister Alan...
Archives for December 23, 2008
Portman Group gives all clear to eight products
Eight products that had been investigated by drinks watchdog the Portman Group have been told they will not have to change their packaging after all....
45 Orchid sites revert to Punch
Punch Taverns has taken back — and closed — 45 leasehold sites from administrators to the collapsed Orchid pub business, M&C Report has learnt.
Globe pubs "not struggling", says S&NPE
Sources close to Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) have denied reports that a large number of pubs within the Globe Pub Company...
'Drunken thugs to be given Asbos'
Drunken thugs will be given booze Asbos from next summer in a crackdown announced today. Drinking Banning Orders that stop yobs going into pubs and...
Skull Splitter cleared by Portman
A 20-year-old Orkney brew, named Skull Splitter, has been saved from the chop after the Portman Group ruled it did not breach its rules on naming and...
'Skull Splitter' saved after complaint dismissed
Orkney-based Sinclair Breweries is celebrating after being told it can carry on producing its Skull Splitter ale after drinks industry watchdog, the...
152 Orchid Group staff lose their jobs
More than 150 Orchid Group pub staff have been sacked after administrators failed to secure the future of more than a dozen sites of the collapsed...