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Poor summer weather and the introduction of the smoking ban has left some publicans looking for new ways to bring in revenue. Live music is one solution, and it's not as hard to arrange as it used to be, as Selwyn Parker reports
Posted: 13 September 2007 | 00:00
Capital Pub Company today joined the growing group of pub operators to reveal that the English smoking ban has had no material impact on financial performance.
Posted: 12 September 2007 | 17:00
Scotland’s smoking ban has led to a significant improvement in public health, according to a report from the Scottish government.
Posted: 10 September 2007 | 15:14
JD Wetherspoon has delivered record results as the UK’s smoking ban failed to dent profits, the pub operator said today.
Posted: 07 September 2007 | 12:50
The smoking ban has had no “significant impact” on Punch Taverns’ performance but the poor summer’s weather means full-year profits are likely to be down, the pub giant said today.
Posted: 06 September 2007 | 12:10
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
Hamish Howitt, licensee of the Happy Scots in Blackpool, looks set to be the first pub landlord in England to be punished for flouting the smoking ban.
Posted: 20 July 2007 | 17:30
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
Cancer Research is to carry out tests on 100 hospitality operations after the results of a pilot study at a pub in Bristol revealed that bar staff were passively smoking the equivalent of 12 cigarettes a day before the ban came in.
Posted: 17 July 2007 | 15:11
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
Life after the smoking ban has begun in earnest, but the majority of pub operators are waiting for the smoke to clear before revealing whether it has had an adverse or beneficial effect on business.
Posted: 12 July 2007 | 15:00
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
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