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Industry bodies' support for the smoking ban has sparked a backlash from operators ahead of next year's Government review. Last week's criticism by the British Hospitality Association and British Beer & Pub Association of Antony Worrall Thompson's Save Our Pubs and Clubs campaign ...
Posted: 16 July 2009 | 08:30
The prestigious Catey Awards took place earlier this week and culinary legend Raymond Blanc took the big trophy of the night, the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Posted: 10 July 2009 | 18:10
Industry bodies have slammed Antony Worrall Thompson's Save Our Pubs and Clubs campaign to overturn the 2007 smoking ban, claiming it is "too late to turn back the clock". The campaign, launched ahead of next year's Government review, calls for pubs to be able to choose ...
Posted: 09 July 2009 | 07:30
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) has said a proposed ban on cigarette vending machines in pubs will hurt publicans, while having negligible impact on reducing underage smoking.
Posted: 27 February 2009 | 14:15
It is hard to imagine that pubs could suffer a tougher year than they did in 2008, what with consumer spend plummeting as fast as alcohol duty rocketed and the terrible summer weather exacerbating the continued fallout from the smoking ban.
Posted: 30 December 2008 | 07:00
To say 2008 was an eventful year for hospitality would be an understatement. Operators faced the meltdown of the economy, plummeting consumer spending and rising food prices, a high-profile row over tips broke out, while the "Aldi effect" was born.
Posted: 18 December 2008 | 07:00
Pub happy hours should be banned and supermarkets stopped from selling alcohol as a loss leader, according to an influential group of MPs.
Posted: 10 November 2008 | 11:35
Punch Taverns, the UK’s largest pub operator, has spent £14m over the past year supporting licensees hit by the consumer slowdown and the continued fallout from the smoking ban.
Posted: 04 November 2008 | 13:00
Nearly half of UK pub landlords say they have had to lay off staff because of the smoking ban and three-quarters say the ban has been bad for business, according to a survey.
Posted: 08 September 2008 | 16:46
A pub landlord in York has hit out at his local council after it ordered him to knock down a gazebo put up for smokers in his garden - because of seven screws - or face a £20,000 fine.
Posted: 29 August 2008 | 11:37
Restaurants should follow the example of the pub industry and invest heavily in attracting new customers or they will risk going out of business, analyst firm Horizons warned today.
Posted: 10 July 2008 | 12:22
Brewer and pub operator Adnams has warned trading conditions for UK tenanted pubs have “deteriorated significantly” since April.
Posted: 01 July 2008 | 12:26
Just 12% of publicans believe the smoking ban has had a negative impact on the pub industry, a year after it became law throughout the UK.
Posted: 01 July 2008 | 11:32
More than 6,000 pubs in the UK could close in the next five years if they do not deal with the impact of the smoking ban and the current squeeze on customer spending.
Posted: 30 June 2008 | 11:39
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the imminent review of pub gaming machine limits, after income from gambling slumped in the first year of the smoking ban.
Posted: 30 June 2008 | 08:00
Pubs’n’Bars, the operator of 106 community pubs, today revealed that it increased sales during the first six months of the smoking ban, confounding predictions of a malaise in the sector.
Posted: 06 June 2008 | 14:33
People who feel cold when sat outside pubs and restaurants should “wear a jumper” rather than switch on a patio heater, according to the Government.
Posted: 04 June 2008 | 15:54
South-east pub group Young’s has seen its sales rocket in the past year, while rivals have seen sales stagnate in the face of falling consumer spending and the smoking ban.
Posted: 29 May 2008 | 11:01
Pub giant Mitchells & Butlers has seen its sales stall during the past six months as consumers reined in spending and the smoking ban dampened trade.
Posted: 20 May 2008 | 12:20
Pub giant Enterprise Inns has had to fork out £37m to support its struggling pubs in the past six months, as the smoking ban and credit crunch hit publicans hard.
Posted: 13 May 2008 | 11:57
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