BrewDog offers IPA with 45-day shelf-life
BrewDog has launched a beer that is intended to ‘die’ if it isn’t drunk by its limited best-before date.
Archives for May 21, 2015
Sky extends exclusive boxing deal
Sky Sports is to show up to 120 nights of live boxing over the next six years after agreeing to extend its exclusive coverage deal with Matchroom Sport until 2021.
Licensing Act: ‘hysteria’ over 24-hour drinking proven unfounded, report finds
The fear that the Licensing Act would increase social disorder has been proven unfounded, with binge-drinking, public order offences and violent crime all falling in the past decade, a report by a right-leaning think-tank has found.
Prosecco shortage sparks industry fears
Rumours of a possible summer prosecco shortage have sparked frenzied speculation in the industry and national media over whether the world will face a shortage of the Italian tipple, and for the trade, if will prices increase.
Welsh Enterprise pub gets £660k makeover in joint funding project
An historic north Wales pub has reopened following a £660,000 joint investment from the licensees, a heritage organisation and owner Enterprise Inns.
Leigh pub operator hit with £14,700 fine for showing Sky Sports from Irish system
A Lancashire pub operator has been convicted and fined for using a Sky system from the Republic of Ireland to show Sky Sports illegally in the premises.
Pub turnover up 23% thanks to young licensees
There are encouraging signs of growth for the UK pub industry which has seen a rise in turnover and injection of new owners in the past three years, according to new data from Barclays
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Navigating the ACVs minefield
Former licensee Steve Culverhouse who runs www.change-of-use.com talks the PMA through everything publicans need to know if they're unhappy with a listing.