Sky Sports to launch new Formula 1 channel
Sky Sports has announced the launch of a new channel dedicated to Formula 1 to tie in with its coverage of the sport next season.
Archives for November 28, 2011
Gloucestershire licensee hits the small screen
A Gloucestershire licensee is featuring in a Channel 4 programme that sees four B&B owners score each others’ businesses, starting today.
Wine sales lag in on-trade, says new report
Wine sales are lagging behind total alcohol sales in the on-trade for the first time in five years, according to a recent market report. Accolade Wines’ recently published Wine Nation Report 2011 shows that while total alcohol sales are down 2.8 per cent...
Live Music Bill gets second reading in Parliament
Plans to deregulate the licensing of live music events has passed another hurdle in Parliament.
313 Drinking Banning Orders issued, confirms Home Office
The Home Office has reported that 313 Drinking Banning Orders (DBOs) have been issued on conviction since the facility became available to local authorities last year.
Discrimination in the trade
Last week’s thought-provoking article by Dave Daly in The Guv’nor column was full of common sense about the long-standing issue of racial discrimination. In it, he counselled against going to the law, suggesting such matters should be kept in-house, and...
Five men sentenced over fake vodka plant
Five men who masterminded a major counterfeit vodka manufacturing and bottling plant in Leicestershire, were sentenced to a total of 17 years and ten months on Friday (25 November)at Hull Crown Court.
A mighty drop of excellence
One of the things I love most about this job is the little pockets of beer and pub excellence you discover around the country, developing relationships with people and links to places that transcend the initial contact to become something much more ...