Magners unveils plan to halt sales decline
Magners has set out a battle plan for its newly-formed range that it hopes will see it arrest declining sales and become a "one-stop shop for...
Archives for March 17, 2009
Pub launches "honesty pint" for trusted punters
A pub has launched an "honesty pint" which trusts customers to pull their own pint and place the money in a box.Martin Hughes, licensee of the...
2008 saw new dawn for beer
Rock 'n' roll in 1956/57, the summer of love in 1967/68, punk and new wave in 1976/77, acid house and the dawn of rave culture in 1987/88… These...
Punch unveils "maximum" four per cent price hike
Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pubco, is hiking wholesale drinks prices by "a maximum" of four per cent at the end of this month. Tenants and...
UK alcohol consumption fell 3.2% in 2008
New figures are being used by the British Beer and Pub Association to urge the Government not to raise alcohol taxes or inflict more redtape on the industry.
Best Bar None honours top pubs
Pub, bars and clubs in Sunderland have been celebrating after triumphing in the area's first Best Bar None Awards. Fitzgeralds scooped the gold prize...
Supermarket chief says no to minimum pricing
A supermarket boss has hit out at the Chief Medical Officer's recommendation to introduce minimum pricing. Peter Marks, chief executive of the...
Luminar sales fall 4.7%
The nightclub operator says it will continue to offer value-for-money promotions.
Comment: SIBA HAS excluded the big boys
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) claims new terms governing membership of the organisation that designates bigger brewers as 'associate...
'Wales to push for minimum price'
Wales continues to push for increased powers over the sale of alcohol despite Gordon Brown backing away from plans for minimum pricing. Assembly...
Pub in hot water over smoking shelter
A licensee has been threatened with legal action after being told his smoking shelter is 64.8% enclosed, and he must reduce the walls by 5.1sq m.
Luminar to continue with cheap drink promotions
Despite concerns over binge drinking, nightclub operator Luminar will continue selling cheap drink in venues where local competitors have already put...
Chris Maclean: Why has the beer tie spiralled out of control?
It has been suggested I am a keen supporter of the tie. That somehow I might be in the pocket of pubcos and breweries whose interests are at stake....
Mandelson hears pub redtape fears
Concerns about plans to inflict costly redtape on licensees through the mandatory retailing code were raised by trade chiefs at a meeting with...
ALMR wants below-cost ban, not minimum price
A ban on below-cost selling would be more effective than introducing a minimum price, a trade group has argued. The Association of Licensed Multiple...