Sky Sports to launch new dedicated cricket channel for Ashes series
Sky Sports is to dedicate an entire channel to cricket this summer, providing coverage of men’s, women’s and youth matches including this summer’s Ashes series.
Archives for June 12, 2013
HMRC says 98% of gaming machines registered for Machine Games Duty
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has said that approximately 98% of the gaming machines on the market are now registered for the new Machine Games Duty (MGD) tax.
JDW pubs gain top FSA hygiene scores
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, says 85% of its eligible pubs have gained the maximum five star rating in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Scores on the Doors food hygiene scheme.
Statutory code: New entrants and investments will be the hardest hit
New entrants to the trade and investments in pubs will be the hardest hit by Government plans for a statutory code and adjudicator.
MA300: Real Pub founders Nick Pring and Malcolm Heap plan return to the pub sector
Nick Pring and Malcolm Heap, founders of London-based Realpubs which was sold to Greene King in 2011, are targeting a return to the pub industry in early 2014, Pring revealed at the MA300 event.
Squeaky bum time as statutory code consultation nears final whistle
The run-in to the end of the Government’s consultation on its plans to regulate the pubco/tenant relationship (which ends tomorrow, 14 June) has been playing out much like the finale of a nip-and-tuck Premiership football season, says Rob Willock.
Enterprise and Black Lion licensee war of words over beer boycott
A row has erupted between Enterprise Inns and one of its tied tenants, who last week called for pubs to stop buying draught beer from pubcos for one day a month.
A bright summer’s day in the life of a Regional Manager
Alarm clock sounds, time to get up and get on the M1 early in order to get to Moo Moo land for the annual estates review. It's a lovely sunny day and I can think of many things I'd prefer to be doing such as poking my eyes with needles, etc.
E-cigarettes to be classified as 'medicines' to help smokers quit
E-cigarettes are to be reclassified as “medicines” in a move to make them safer and more effective in reducing the harm caused by smoking.