Greater Manchester wants minimum price on alcohol
Greater Manchester wants to become the first region to introduce a minimum price on alcohol. According to the Sunday Times, council and NHS leaders...
Archives for October 18, 2009
Purity Brewing Co: Pure and simple
To look at the home page of Purity Brewery's website you'd think times were tough for the company. A wide-angled photograph shows a pretty grim-faced...
'BBPA code no more than best practice'
The BBPA's new Framework Code of Practice on the Granting of Tenancies and Leases is nothing more than best practice, according to the GMV.
Supermarkets: we're not destroying pubs
The UK's biggest supermarkets told MPs that off trade alcohol promotions were not responsible for "destroying traditional pubs". Asda, Sainsbury's...
'Homebuyers face questions on alcohol and smoking under new mortgage rules'
Homebuyers could be forced to provide detailed information about the amount of money they spend on alcohol each month to qualify for a new mortgage...
Alcohol consumption falls again
Alcohol consumption is falling at its fastest rate for more than 60 years, according to new figures from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA)....
Banks wouldn't pull the plug on rent strike-hit pubcos. Would they?
The threat by a small group of licensees to withhold rent payments from their pubco landlords could fizzle out like a rocket firework on a damp...
Hamish Champ: "TV in sympathetic portrayal of pubs shock
In these times of heightened media interest in binge drinking and alcohol-related crime it's rare to see a portrayal of pub culture on TV that could...
IPC: we represent 25,000 pub licensees
The newly formed Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) claims to represent 25,000 licensees and is not for the total abolition of the beer tie.
Barracuda invests in pub refurbishments
Managed operator Barracuda is to refurbish 22 of its pubs between August and December 2009 as part of a multi-million pound investment. The...
Alcohol consumption falling at fastest rate for more than 60 years
Alcohol consumption in the UK is falling at the fastest rate for more than 60 years, new figures released today reveal. According to statistics from...
Managed pub chains on the up
The major branded pub chains have now recorded six months of positive like-for-like sales growth, despite predictions that the eating and drinking...