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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
Scotland’s smoking ban has, so far, failed to dramatically affect the numbers of licensed pubs in the country more than a year after its start date.
Posted: 11 July 2007 | 07:00
Ah yes, the thrill of the fight, rising up to the challenge of our rivals. It’s the perfect sentiment for Caterer’s annual awards bash...
Posted: 06 July 2007 | 12:16
The England smoking ban will save as many as 600 workers’ lives each year because they will no longer be exposed to second-hand smoke, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Posted: 05 July 2007 | 11:16
Brewer and pub operator Greene King today brushed off worries about the English smoking ban as it unveiled record results.
Posted: 03 July 2007 | 13:15
About 1,000 pub landlords reportedly defied the English smoking ban which came in to force at 6am Sunday (1 July) taking advantage of a “softly, softly” approach to enforcement from local authorities.
Posted: 02 July 2007 | 15:30
With the smoking ban introduced in Britain yesterday (1 July), pubs, restaurants and coffee shops are set to benefit from an increased level of eating out, according to the Deloitte Food and Beverage 2012 report.
Posted: 02 July 2007 | 10:54
Budget hotel chains Travelodge and Premier Travel Inn (soon to be Premier Inn) are to ban smoking in all their hotel rooms from January 2008.
Posted: 28 June 2007 | 16:23
Sometimes it seems the Government has no understanding of the issues faced by the hospitality and tourism industry. Here, our guest editor Bob Cotton lists what he reckons have been the 10 craziest ideas. Emma Allen reports
Posted: 28 June 2007 | 00:00
Six in 10 restaurants expect their business levels to increase or stay the same over the next six months after the start of the England smoking ban this Sunday.
Posted: 26 June 2007 | 15:39
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