SmokingIn this section you will find all articles about the smoking ban, giving you an easy route to all the information and news about the smoking ban on Caterersearch. For subject overviews take a look at Caterersearch’s expert guides that provide 'everything you need to know' on popular subjects like the smoking ban, Gordon Ramsay, Compass or Michelin-starred restaurants. Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21... Previous | Next Wetherspoon's breaks ranks and calls time on smokingPub operator JD Wetherspoon is the first major pub company to take the bold step of stubbing out smoking in its 650 pubs, a move that will protect the health of its 18,000 staff. Wetherspoon's is ahead of its timeCongratulations to JD Wetherspoon. The pub company must be applauded for taking the brave decision to ban smoking in all its pubs at least 18 months before the Government's proposals on smoking in public places kicks in. Scotland sets out plan for smoking banAn outright ban on smoking in enclosed public places came another step closer in Scotland yesterday with the publication of regulations for the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill. Health committee chairman slams smoking ban plan
Wetherspoon's sticks to plans to ban smokingJD Wetherspoon is pushing ahead with plans to ban smoking in all its pubs, despite a 20% plunge in profits in recent months. Chief executive John Hutson said: "Three-quarters of people in the UK don't smoke. We think there's a big opportunity to attract back customers who have stopped visiting pubs because of the smoke, helping to replace those we lose because of a ban." By May the company will have banned smoking in 10% of its pubs, with the whole 650-strong managed estate becoming smoke-free by May 2006. Hutson claimed the performances of its three existing no-smoking pubs showed it was a popular move. He said all three had seen food sales increase their contribution beyond the company's average of 25% of turnover since going smoke-free. But while Wetherspoon's might be pinning its future strategy on smoke-free pubs, it has had a tough six months to 23 January 2005. Slow trading saw pre-tax profits fall 20% to £22.3m, compared with £27.8m in 2003. T Brighton fears loss of trade from local smoking banBrighton could lose tourism trade if Brighton and Hove City Council's plans to ban smoking in public places go ahead, a survey has warned. Businesses surveyed believed that a ban in Brighton would result in it losing visitors to other cities, such as Paris and Prague. The survey, which was conducted by Brighton's Primary Care Trust, found that 60% of 129 businesses were "concerned about loss of revenue and customers" that would follow a local ban on smoking. Nearly all businesses would prefer a national blanket ban and businesses predicted the council would meet a "high level of resistance from the sector" if it went ahead alone. Industry executives back smoking ban, says survey
In briefWright buys restaurant in Wales, Ergen's to open near Clapham Junction, Wetherspoon's bans smoking at new pub... Passive smoking kills one hospitality employee every weekThe British Medical Journal (BMJ) has reported that at least one UK hospitality worker dies every week as a result of passive smoking. Kent pub forced to reinstate smoking as beer sales plummetA food-led pub in Kent has been forced to drop a ban on smoking at the bar after beer sales plummeted in the winter months. Bid to block smoking banA group of leading restaurateurs including Richard Shepherd, Roy Ackerman and Antony Worrall Thompson have joined forces to try to block attempts to ban smoking in London and Liverpool. Italy bans smoking in publicItaly has become the latest country in Europe to ban smoking in public places, but it has enraged restaurant and bar owners by making them responsible for enforcing the law. What the weekend papers sayA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry... Wetherspoon pubs to stub out smoking
What the weekend papers sayA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry... JD Wetherspoon to open two non-smoking pubsJD Wetherspoon is to open two non-smoking pubs ahead of the planned 2008 government ban. Scottish Executive gets tough on businesses that defy smoking banScottish pubs, restaurants and hotels will face hefty fines if they defy the country's ban on smoking in enclosed public places, it emerged last week. London and Liverpool go it alone on smoking
The burning issueSelective ban is unfairTrevor Watson, director, Davis Coffer Lyons Hospitality leaders attack Government smoking ban fudgeHospitality industry leaders have slammed the Government's plans to ban smoking in the workplace as a botch.
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