Drinking

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Caterer launches survey into drug and drink misuse

Caterer and Hotelkeeper is conducting a survey into the prevalence of drug and alcohol misuse in the hospitality industry.
Posted: 27 November 2007 | 07:00

More calls for pubs to pay for city-centre policing

Policing binge drinkingA senior police chief has renewed calls for hospitality operators to pay towards the cost of city centre policing
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 16:48

The Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

Chris DruceYou’d probably bet things couldn’t get any worse for the Government this week. Of course the House always wins and you’d be wrong.
Posted: 23 November 2007 | 14:45

Enterprise boss questions supermarket booze pricing

Supermarket drinksEnterprise Inns has called on all retailers of alcohol to “face up to their share of responsibility” ahead of tomorrow’s meeting between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and drink retailers and producers.
Posted: 20 November 2007 | 11:59

Scottish BMA calls for compulsory labelling on alcohol

The British Medical Association in Scotland has called for the Scottish government to introduce compulsory labelling of alcohol limits and units on all alcoholic drinks.
Posted: 22 October 2007 | 07:00

Drop drinking age to 16, says health expert

Underage drinkerThe legal drinking age should be dropped to 16 and not raised to 21 as proposed by the chief constable of Cheshire, a leading public health consultant has argued.
Posted: 18 October 2007 | 14:18

Edinburgh vertical drinking crackdown 'utterly ridiculous'

pubEdinburgh Council has scrapped controversial plans to limit the number of standing customers, or vertical drinkers, in the city’s pubs after the leader of the council called the plans “utterly ridiculous”.
Posted: 16 October 2007 | 14:00

New drinking laws cut alcohol fuelled violence

New drinking laws cut alcohol fuelled violenceNew drinking laws in England and Wales have led to “significant” falls in late night alcohol related violence in central London.The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive, Rob Hayward, has written to all London MPs detailing ...
Posted: 24 September 2007 | 11:54

Pubs urged to improve promotions and target families

inside a pubThe number of adults visiting a pub during a typical week has fallen to just 15% over the past nine months but they still want a good atmosphere and a quite drink with friends when they nip down to the boozer.
Posted: 14 September 2007 | 14:31

Supermarkets to continue selling cheap alcohol

supermarketSupermarkets are set to receive the green light to keep selling cheap booze despite complaints from publicans the practice is undermining efforts to promote responsible drinking.
Posted: 10 September 2007 | 15:44

Council blames vertical drinking for alcohol-fuelled trouble

pint glass in handScottish councils have been accused by trade leaders of hijacking the 2005 Licensing Act to enforce a narrow view of how pubs should operate.
Posted: 03 September 2007 | 15:45

Shepherd Neame joins the British Institute of Innkeeping's alcohol education campaign

Kent-based brewer Shepherd Neame has become one of the first partners of the British Institute of Innkeeping’s campaign to promote alcohol education.
Posted: 29 August 2007 | 13:45

Pubs fear fallout from crackdown on underage drinkers

underage drinkerThe 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

Happy hours set to be outlawed by Government

The Government looks set to ban happy hours as part of a crack-down on the sale of cheap alcohol because existing voluntary codes on promotions are having little effect.
Posted: 16 August 2007 | 12:45

Supermarkets undermining pubs’ responsible drinking efforts

drinks in supermarketPubs are bars are seeing their responsible drinking endeavours undermined by supermarket pricing, which one industry body has dubbed “gross irresponsibility”.
Posted: 15 August 2007 | 12:39

Admiral Taverns reveals £1b war chest to fund growth

Acquisitive Admiral Taverns has revealed a £1b war-chest for “acquisitions and development of the business” after completing refinancing negotiations.
Posted: 24 July 2007 | 12:38

Pubs and bars - a round-up

From your local boozer to the latest gastropub the pubs and bars market has changed inordinately. No longer is the industry just about two pints and a packet of crisps: food sales have become just as vital to the fortunes of pubs and bars as drink is.
Posted: 19 July 2007 | 14:41

Capital Pub Company boss sees a future for drink-led pubs

people in a barThe future for pubs is not entirely food-led despite grave warnings for drink-led establishments, according to the chief executive of the Capital Pub Company.
Posted: 19 July 2007 | 09:30

British Beer and Pub Association dismisses new drinking rules

barThe UK’s largest pub association has dismissed new restrictions on the marketing of ‘down-in-one’ alcoholic drinks as toothless.
Posted: 21 June 2007 | 08:00

Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

We don’t like strangers ‘round here! Apparently radical Cornish activists (no I’m not making this up) have threatened to get chefs Rick Stein and Jamie Oliver who through their damn success are making Cornwall too expensive for locals.
Posted: 15 June 2007 | 14:43

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