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The English smoking ban has been in force for more than two months, while Scotland has been smoke-free for 18 months. Andrew Wade, partner at law firm Lawrence Graham, examines the Scottish experience and looks at what English hospitality premises can expect to encounter
Posted: 13 September 2007 | 00:00
The Government now seems to understand the economic value of tourism and hospitality - but the acid test awaits, warns Kurt Janson, policy director at the Tourism Alliance
Posted: 13 September 2007 | 00:00
The hospitality industry has broadly welcomed the start of the 2005 Gambling Act today (1 September).
Posted: 01 September 2007 | 07:00
The pub industry has been forced to defend the way it sells alcohol after a week of pressure from politicians and police keen to reduce the levels of binge- and underage drinking and alcohol-fuelled violence.
Posted: 23 August 2007 | 11:00
The recent changes to the UK's fire regulations should not be blamed for last week's devastating hotel fires in Cornwall and Lincolnshire, according to the Bed and Breakfast Association (BBA).
Posted: 23 August 2007 | 08:00
The second landlord to be taken to court for violating the smoking ban received his summons yesterday and, if found guilty, could pay a fine of £16,500.
Posted: 22 August 2007 | 12:17
Hospitality businesses whose staff are put in potentially dangerous situations by having to enforce the smoking ban must ensure they have measures in place to avoid court action, lawyers have warned.
Posted: 15 August 2007 | 08:00
Seven in 10 non-smokers are more likely to eat in pubs, following the introduction of the smoking ban while 36% intend to visit pubs more frequently, research revealed today.
Posted: 07 August 2007 | 13:30
Just 3% of premises inspected during the first two weeks of the smoking ban in England did not comply with the law, Department of Health figures revealed today.
Posted: 04 August 2007 | 07:00
Hamish Howitt, landlord of the Happy Scots Bar in Blackpool and the first licensee to face court action over the smoking ban has had his case adjourned for two weeks due to lack of legal representation.
Posted: 03 August 2007 | 08:00
A month into the English smoking ban, an ex-boxer has been brutally killed trying to stop three men lighting up in a London bar. Nic Paton finds out how inflammatory the legislation has proved, and how operators are dealing with customers who flout the law
Posted: 02 August 2007 | 00:00
Only 13 people have been caught lighting up illegally in London since the smoking ban came into force on 1 July, according to initial figures from councils in the capital.
Posted: 31 July 2007 | 10:43
Selfridges has been forced to scrap the centrepiece of its new Wonder Bar after it discovered that the 25ml and 75ml measures of wine being offered contravened...
Posted: 19 July 2007 | 11:30
A second council in England has cocked-up the introduction of the smoking ban and opened the door for smokers to keep puffing away with impunity.
Posted: 18 July 2007 | 16:23
Pub company JD Wetherspoon has said booming food sales at its pubs in England have helped offset a decline in booze consumption due to the smoking ban.
Posted: 18 July 2007 | 11:38
Smokers’ “cunning” plans to find ways to enjoy a cigarette and a drink following the introduction of the smoking ban, either through legal means or legal loopholes, are being met with derision.
Posted: 16 July 2007 | 13:10
Hamish Howitt, landlord of the Happy Scots Bar in Blackpool, could become the first publican to face a £2,500 fine for defying the smoking ban.
Posted: 13 July 2007 | 10:52
Pubgoers in Stoke-on-Trent will be able to light up inside their favourite watering hole without fear of prosecution due to a council blunder that means it has no powers to enforce the smoking ban until August 2.
Posted: 11 July 2007 | 12:00
Any restaurateur caught selling illegal caviar in the UK faces a two year prison sentence and a fine of up to £5,000 under new European Union regulations.
Posted: 11 July 2007 | 10:03
Scotland’s smoking ban has, so far, failed to dramatically affect the numbers of licensed pubs in the country more than a year after its start date.
Posted: 11 July 2007 | 07:00
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