Alcohol
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A senior police chief has called for a complete ban on discounted drinks, happy hours and alcohol advertising.
Posted: 06 May 2008 | 11:02
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has seen its margins squeezed after three-months of flat sales.
Posted: 29 April 2008 | 11:24
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: McDonald's trials franchising expansion with Roadchef; Forte agrees second Middle Eastern hotel; Lee Cooper jeans owner in talks to buy Regent Inns; Japanese whisky beats Scotland to two top awards
Posted: 28 April 2008 | 10:33
Merchant Inns, the pubs-with-rooms company controlled by property magnate Sir John Ritblat and chairman Robert Breare, has acquired its seventh pub, the Saracen’s Head in Essex.
Posted: 21 April 2008 | 10:45
Award winning London gastropub the Duke of Cambridge has been named Best Organic Restaurant 2008 by the Soil Association.
Posted: 14 April 2008 | 14:08
Pubs and bars have been accused of encouraging customers into dangerous drinking habits by a leading group of doctors.
Posted: 14 April 2008 | 13:01
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Nobu seeks buyers for $400m slice; Burger King plans mini-chain of Whopper Bars; Hooters’ UK expansion attracts opposition; Investors threaten to oust M&B chief
Posted: 14 April 2008 | 10:53
John Grogan MP, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, is trying to build a consensus behind the notion of reference pricing as a way of tackling irresponsible alcohol retailing. Christopher Walton reports.
Posted: 14 April 2008 | 00:05
Gordon Ramsay may have bought himself his own chef academy recently but for those already in the industry aspiring to great things time is running out to enter the Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate awards. So chop, chop.
Posted: 11 April 2008 | 17:57
According to the Wine and Spirit Association consumer expenditure on Alcoholic Drinks was about £41.3b in 2006, with £14.5b spent on wine.
Posted: 09 April 2008 | 18:11
The Galvin Cup, which will be staged at the Grosvenor House hotel in early June, is aimed at both student and professional bar staff, with a trophy and £1,000 for the winner plus other big prizes up for grabs. Fiona Sims sets the scene
Posted: 09 April 2008 | 17:07
Over 44,000 pints of alcoholic drinks were seized from underage drinkers during February half-term during a crackdown by the Home Office.
Posted: 09 April 2008 | 15:49
How do you push wine sales without being pushy? Fiona Sims gets the lowdown from some high-flyers
Posted: 07 April 2008 | 12:28
Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has given a lukewarm response to calls to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol.
Posted: 07 April 2008 | 07:00
Pub company Marston’s has said the recent hike in beer duty has heaped further pressure on already tenants already struggling to maintain margins.
Posted: 03 April 2008 | 11:54
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has attacked the Government for its “punitive and ill conceived” hike in alcohol duty.
Posted: 31 March 2008 | 14:26
East Anglian brewer and pub operator Adnams has warned of a “turbulent year for the drinks industry” and pubs in 2008.
Posted: 31 March 2008 | 12:50
Hospitality must build consensus on alcohol pricing, says leader of All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group
Posted: 27 March 2008 | 07:00
Beer guru Mark Dorber is now holding court at this 1920s pub-restaurant in the seaside village of Walberswick, Suffolk, where his expertise extends to a 90-bin wine list. Fiona Sims reports.
Posted: 27 March 2008 | 00:05
Pub industry fury over the chancellor's decision to ignore pleas from operators and lobby groups and raise alcohol duty in last week's Budget has forced a rethink on how to make their views count in future. Christopher Walton reports
Posted: 20 March 2008 | 00:05
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