Smoking

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Good week/Bad week

Good Basil Fawlty Torquay hotel that inspired TV show undergoes £1m revamp. Scottish pubs Say they haven't suffered any drop in sales since fag ban. Sandwich lovers £85 Wagyu beef butty goes on sale at Selfridges in London. Bayside hotel Guest jailed after a cleaner at the Weston-super-Mare property found drugs in bedroom. Expectant mothers Government plans to add folic acid to flour and bread. Bad Lilian Robson New Forest hotelier accused of poisoning head chef after he dumped her daughter. Fat Duck Scientific chef Heston Blumenthal dethroned by El Bulli as world's top restaurant in unscientific poll. Karen Kennedy Jailed for bigamously marrying two illegal immigrants working in her secret lover's Kent curry house. Wetherspoon's
Posted: 13 April 2006 | 00:00

Mitchells & Butlers deal ... For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

weekend papersTchenguiz close to finalising M&B offer; Clapham House wins race to by Tootsies burger chain; Enterprise Inns upbeat on trading performance; Trump threatens to pull out of £300m golf resort plan; Pubs to be fined for cigarette litter...
Posted: 03 April 2006 | 10:10

Scottish pubs say smoking ban was rushed through

Pub operators and associations in Scotland have attacked the introduction of last weekend's smoking ban as rushed and confused.
Posted: 30 March 2006 | 11:22

Smoking ban starts in Scotland

no smoking signRepresentatives of Scotland’s hospitality industry have criticised officials’ handling of the introduction of the country’s smoking ban.
Posted: 27 March 2006 | 11:18

£1b price tag for Travelodge... For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Travelodge's price tag likely to be £1b; Luxury Irish hotel has planning permission refused; Whitbread to buy club for rich and famous; Scottish hotels threaten to sack staff who smell of smoke...
Posted: 27 March 2006 | 10:35

Smoking ban boosts food-led pubs in the North of England

Pubs in the North of England have reacted positively to the Government's smoking ban, saying they will replace lost drink sales with a better food offering.
Posted: 23 March 2006 | 00:00

Carluccio's goes smoke free

Carluccio's Caffe logoItalian-style café chain Carluccio’s is to go non-smoking from 3 April this year.
Posted: 21 March 2006 | 11:12

Chef sued... For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Chef sued over false endorsement; Luminar faces takeover bid; Secret enforcers to patrol Scottish pubs; Parkdean Holidays agrees takeover; Scottish chef high in suicide levels...
Posted: 20 March 2006 | 10:43

Welsh Assembly denies plans to ban smoking in pubs before 2007

Speculation the Welsh Assembly plans to outlaw smoking in pubs by the end of the year are unfounded, according to officials.
Posted: 17 March 2006 | 17:35

Who's to blame when a guest drinks too much?

I note from last week's letters column Greville Dare's alarm at smoking in hotel bedrooms (Caterer, 9 March, page 22). He talks of a "deadly oversight" in allowing guests to smoke in rooms when they have "overindulged" through drinking.
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00

A smoking ban is the answer

I am surprised that the proprietor of "two busy hotels" (Caterer, 9 March, page 22) seems unable to make his own decision on smoking in bedrooms. It seems he would rather hide behind some sort of united industry group or allow the nanny state to make a decision for him.
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00

Compass sued... For more hospitality stories, see What the Weekend Papers Say

weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Compass sued for £72m; Top Edinburgh hotel donates bed stars slept in for charity; Irish property group buys Croydon hotel; Hotel cashes in on Kent bank robbery; Scottish pubs to sue...
Posted: 13 March 2006 | 10:01

Good week/Bad week

A round up of the week...
Posted: 09 March 2006 | 00:00

Why allow smoking in bedrooms?

Caterer recently listed the exemptions from the smoking ban (Caterer, 23 February, page 11). I was shocked to see that smoking in hotel bedrooms will still be allowed.
Posted: 09 March 2006 | 00:00

Not much of an advert

With food safety high on the agenda for all caterers, I continue to be amazed and disappointed when I see kitchen and restaurant staff smoking around the back door area of kitchens.
Posted: 09 March 2006 | 00:00

JD Wetherspoon in U-turn over smoking

John Hutson, chief executive of JD WetherspoonJD Wetherspoon has done a U-turn on smoking, announcing it will wait for the official smoking ban in England before going smoke free at any more sites.
Posted: 03 March 2006 | 11:59

English pubs get set to show smokers the great outdoors

With a smoking ban in English pubs and bars timetabled for next summer, some are predicting a cash bonanza for builders of outdoor shelters. But could it also be a bonanza for the pubs themselves? Paul Gander reports
Posted: 02 March 2006 | 00:00

Smoking ban will hit pubs harder

First, I declare myself a cigar smoker and someone who has a passion for the English pub.
Posted: 02 March 2006 | 00:00

Smoking ban: What the workers think

Caterer sent roving reporter Jen Crothers to ask bar workers in Sutton, Surrey, how they feel about the smoking ban.
Posted: 23 February 2006 | 12:17

Property value dip looks likely to be short-term

Fears of dramatic swings in the property market following the implementation of the smoking ban are unfounded, experts said this week.
Posted: 23 February 2006 | 12:17

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