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Sky is employing security firm G4S to carry out undercover inspections of pubs across the UK to check that they are broadcasting live sport with the necessary commercial agreement, it has been revealed.
Christie Finance, the commercial finance broker, has secured £20m funding for the pub, hotel and retail sectors – the sum has been secured from an unknown source.
Brewers were accused of failing to take responsibility for fighting beer fraud during the first meeting of the Beer Tax Fraud Inquiry in the House of Commons on Tuesday.
The PMA has been publishing a list of the Top 50 most influential people in the pub industry for 11 years. On the face of it, it’s just a bit of fun — our interpretation of who has been making the biggest waves in the sector over the past 12 months.
Enterprise Inns has launched a ground-breaking scheme — Pubs 2012 — to encourage its 3,000 community pubs to support their local athletes and make the most of this summer’s sporting events.
Baa Bar, the Liverpool-based late-night bar operator, plans to double its estate to 20 sites over the next four years and expand beyond its heartland, M&C Report has learnt.
Molson Coors has made its limited edition summer lager Carling Zest available on draught.
The majority of beer duty fraud is operated by organised criminal gangs who are hard to prosecute, MPs heard at the Beer Tax Inquiry.
The British Beer & Pub Association has issued a ten point plan to HM Customs and Excise to tackle beer duty fraud.
Punch Taverns chief executive Roger Whiteside has been named the pub industry's most influential person in the annual Publican's Morning Advertiser Top 50 list.
Booker, the food and drink wholesaler, has reported a 7.3% rise in sales in the 52 week to 23 March as it announces plans to open another five of its Classic on-trade specific wholesaler stores in this current year.
The Government has made yet another dramatic U-turn over the use of beer-flow monitoring equipment, confirming finally that it is not covered by the Weights & Measures Act.
British Beer & Pub Association director of brewing Andy Tighe called for Government action over beer duty fraud to be “proportionate”.
Young’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has hailed the year to 2 April 2012 as a transformational one for the company, 12 months in which it fully integrated the Geronimo Inns business and exited from brewing.
Licensees have been warned that local authorities could change their mind on early morning restriction orders (EMROs), despite recent surveys suggesting there is little appetite for their introduction.