The UK economy: has the tide really turned?
Last week I wondered out loud whether economically next year would make 2009 look like a chimpanzees' tea party. Notwithstanding that while hugely...
Archives for September 20, 2009
Lager brewery battles CAMRA
A lager brewery has been left furious after the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) banned its products from a beer festival this weekend. Freedom Brewery...
ALMR boss 'hopeful' over mediation
The alternatives to the landmark mediation process failing are "too awful to contemplate", one trade leader has warned as the final round of meetings get underway. ALMR boss Nick Bish is hopeful an agreement can be reached.
BMA comes under fire over "joke" evidence in alcohol report
An academic has branded evidence used by the British Medical Association (BMA) in calling for a ban on alcohol advertising as "folk assumptions"...
Chris Maclean: Bishops Finger announced "Best Beer in the World" in Hong Kong
The news for my brewery is good. Bishops Finger, one of their traditional brands has been entered into a competition in Hong Kong and pronounced...
'Shame of being found paralytic in street disappears as convictions fall by 75%'
Drunken behaviour is raging unchecked because offenders are escaping with a 'slap on the wrist'. Doctors' leaders expressed alarm at figures showing...
Former Refresh owner joins Thatchers Cider
Former Refresh owner Rupert Thompson has joined Thatchers Cider as a non-executive director. Thompson sold Refresh, which brewed the Wychwood and...
Pubco mediation deal due to be struck tomorrow
A top barrister is due to have a legally binding agreement in place over how the pubco model should be operated by tomorrow (Tuesday). After weeks...
Six Leicester pubs and shops face licence review
Six off-licences and pubs in Leicester face a licence review after failing two test purchases in a seven-week period. Police carried out 181 test...
How to... keep cellar to front of house spotless
This feature is the pub trade's own How Clean is Your House? We may not have Kim and Aggie, the dirt-busting celebrity presenters of that TV show,...
Hamish Champ: Do we really need so many scientific surveys?*
Barely a week goes by without the findings of some survey telling us what we can and can't consume if we want to live long and healthy lives and that...
Drunken convictions fall by 75%
New figures show that the number of those convicted of or receiving a police caution for drunkenness has slumped by more 75%.
Hosts secure Punch freehold for third pub
A Brighton couple have snapped up a bargain Punch freehold in Lewes — paying £125,000 less than originally advertised. Dominic McCartan and Tony...
Beer Matters pub profile: The Wellington
With a reputation for cask ales and speciality lagers, Beer Matters to every pub in Mitchells & Butlers' central London chain Nicholson's. Here...
Camra to give super-complaint update at BII event
Camra boss Mike Benner will give an update on the progress of the super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading at a BII meeting.