MPs' report urges action on minimum pricing
An influential group of MPs have made a fresh call for minimum pricing and blasted supermarkets for heavily discounting alcohol. The health...
Archives for January 8, 2010
Enter the The Publican Pub Golf Tournament 2010
Hundreds of pubs have put teams forward and countless golfers have taken part. Will 2010 be the year that a team from your pub puts themselves on the...
ALMR: alcohol report is welcome boost for pubs
The Health Select Committee Report on alcohol is a welcome boost for community pubs in their fight against cheap supermarket alcohol, according to...
Pebble Hotels to bid for Merchant Inns pubs
Industry sources indicate that Pebble Hotels, the company chaired by former Mill House Inns boss Ted Kennedy, has tabled a bid for Merchant Inns....
Pub Bitch: Mint club flirts with ASA, Dusanj bros, Ronnie O'Sullivan, and the big breakfast mystery
Classy establishment Walking the 'decency tightrope' can prove a little difficult with advertisements. But sometimes there's just no excuse. Leeds...
BBPA: minimum price would be ineffective
A minimum price on alcohol would be "ineffective" and policies to deal with alcohol abuse must be "smarter" than targeting everyone — that's the...
Drinks producers slam minimum price proposals
Drinks producers have hit out at the Health Select Committee's proposals to introduce a minimum price per unit on alcohol. The report on alcohol...
Heineken asks Who Wants to be a Footie Millionaire?
Heineken UK is offering footie fans the chance to win £1m as part of its "biggest" on-trade promotion to date. The campaign, Who Wants to be a...
Pheasant pub is runner-up in Gordon Ramsay show
Pub restaurant the Pheasant in Keyston, Cambridgeshire, is runner-up in the finals of Gordon Ramsay's F Word's Best Local Restaurant competition....
AB InBev UK staff set to lose their jobs
AB InBev UK could see up to 140 staff made redundant following proposals to overhaul the business. A spokeswoman for the brewer, which produces...
Trade bodies trash MPs' alcohol report
Trade groups and drinks producers have hit out at the controversial MPs' report on alcohol, arguing a "blanket" policy such as minimum pricing would...
MPs: it's war on cheap supermarket alcohol
MPs have declared war on the cheap supermarket alcohol, which they say is blighting Britain and damaging community pubs. Introducing a minimum unit price on alcohol is an action that must be taken, the Health Committee said.