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Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries prepared for smoking ban

Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&D) believes an improved food offering and upgraded outside trading-areas at its pubs will minimise the effects of a smoking ban on the business.
Posted: 20 January 2006 | 13:05

Set your sights now for when the smoke clears

Bar pumps and ashtrayScotland is the first UK country to enforce a total smoking ban, soon to be followed by Northern Ireland and Wales. So what should operators be doing to prepare - and should England follow? Rosalind Mullen reports
Posted: 19 January 2006 | 00:00

Free vote moves England closer to total smoking ban

Stub out smoking logoThe pub industry is being urged to rally behind a comprehensive English smoking ban to guarantee a level playing field for all businesses.
Posted: 19 January 2006 | 00:00

Fallout from the smoking ban

The Government's failure to impose a blanket smoking ban is likely to create confusion over exactly what is allowed. Greig Thewlis tries to see past the smog
Posted: 12 January 2006 | 00:00

MPs move to make smoking ban comprehensive

Photograph of smokingRebel MPs last night tabled an amendment calling for a comprehensive ban on smoking in England.
Posted: 11 January 2006 | 10:12

Market Town Taverns stubs out smoking

Ian Fozard, managing director of Market Town TavernsNorth Yorkshire pub group Market Town Taverns has stubbed out smoking at all its sites.
Posted: 05 January 2006 | 18:23

Health Select Committee slams the Government’s smoking plans

Photograph of smokingAn influential committee of MPs has slammed the Government’s smoking plans as “unfair, unjust, inefficient and unworkable”, calling instead for a total ban.
Posted: 19 December 2005 | 16:11

Watch staff hours, employers warned

waitress in barLandmark ruling opens floodgates for compensation claims
Posted: 19 December 2005 | 08:05

Industry survey backs total ban on smoking

stub out smokingHospitality workers want employers to stub out smoking at work, according to new research conducted by Caterer.
Posted: 15 December 2005 | 12:38

A licence to raise taxes?

It's now three weeks since the new licensing act came into force. Ross Bentley revisits four operators to find out how the law is shaping up for them
Posted: 15 December 2005 | 00:00

Pressure grows for total smoking ban

SmokingPressure continues to build for a total ban on smoking in the workplace in England, after the Health Bill narrowly scraped through at committee stage yesterday.
Posted: 09 December 2005 | 12:37

Let's have a whiff of compromise

Man smoking cigarChef and writer Bill Knott states the case for indulging cigar smokers
Posted: 08 December 2005 | 00:00

Pork pie-makers to get decision by Christmas

The High Court should say by year's end whether Melton Mowbray pork pies can have protection for their name
Posted: 08 December 2005 | 00:00

The week in brief

Hotel for pampered pets Japan's booming population of pets can now live in the lap of luxury in their own five-star hotel while their owners are travelling abroad. The Pet Inn Royal, which opened last week by terminal 2 at Tokyo's Narita airport, offers 170 air-conditioned rooms for pets ranging from 4,000 yen (£19) per night to 20,000 yen (£96) for a de luxe suite. Cats, dogs and smaller animals - including rabbits, hamsters and ferrets - are all welcome. Staff will be available 24 hours a day for veterinary and grooming services and regular exercise. Brighton hotel sold for £3m Brighton's Best Western Hotel has been sold for £3m to property investment company Bond Street Estates. The 52-bedroom property on the Brighton seafront was bought as a going concern from Fine Southern Hotels. Bond Street Estates has agreed a lease with current operator Vienna Hotels to continue managing the hotel. Visit London's 2005 accolade
Posted: 08 December 2005 | 00:00

Critics slam proposals to raise legal age for buying cigarettes

cigarette boxA proposal to increase the legal age for buying cigarettes in England has been slammed by critics as an attempt to deflect attacks from the controversial Health Bill.
Posted: 06 December 2005 | 12:47

W&D to put food before fags

W&DB logoPub operator and brewer Wolverhampton & Dudley expects smoking to be completely banned in pubs in the future and is planning to put food before fags in its venues.
Posted: 02 December 2005 | 11:17

MPs rally for a ban as Government ignores smoking consultation

stub out smokingLabour backbenchers and hospitality representatives want Health Bill to include total ban on workplace smoking
Posted: 01 December 2005 | 11:55

Drinkers still choose to have night-cap at home, says survey

Off licences rather than pubs and clubs are benefiting most from the longer licensing hours introduced last Thursday in England and Wales, according to market analyst Datamonitor.
Posted: 28 November 2005 | 14:46

Partial smoking ban will brand England as 'health-policy laggard'

A partial ban on smoking will mark England out as a health-policy laggard rather than a health policy leader according to the Government’s chief medical officer.
Posted: 24 November 2005 | 17:18

EHOs and local government call for total smoking ban

stub out smokingEnvironmental health officers (EHOs) and local government representatives have branded the Government's plans to partially ban smoking as contradictory, complex and unenforceable.
Posted: 24 November 2005 | 10:45

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