Archives for December 2, 2015

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Operators

Family brewers: signs of hope in challenging market

By Emily Sutherland

The latest survey from the Independent Family Brewers of Britain has revealed the number of customers looking to stay in pubs is on the rise and that the appetite for British beer is still strong.

MA300

Draft House set out three year growth plans

By MC Allegra FS

Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept led by Charlie McVeigh and backed by Luke Johnson, has set out its growth plans for the next three years.

Licensing restrictions

'We're ruined'...Are councils too quick to restrict opening hours?

By Oli Gross

Restrictions to a pub’s opening hours can have huge consequences - shutting early to appease neighbours can devastate takings, and restricting garden hours can be off-putting for smokers or customers hoping to sit outside. But do councils strike a fair...

Legislation

One year on Scottish drink driving changes “catastrophic”

By MC Allegra FS

The chief executive of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association has told PMA sister publication M&C that one year on from the change to drink driving laws the effect on the sector north of the border has been “a catastrophe”.

Report

1/2 of affluent young choose wine over other drinks, report claims

By Jessica Mason

Affluent young families aged between 25 and 45 make up a 12% share of the UK’s on-trade wine market and almost half of those (47%) would choose wine as their first choice of alcoholic drink over spirits, beer or cider, according to new research from...