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Ahead of this weekend’s May Day bank holiday the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has urged the Great British public to use their pub or lose it.
Posted: 02 May 2008 | 07:00
JD Wetherspoon is looking to host the world’s largest wine tasting in May and get itself into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Posted: 01 May 2008 | 15:35
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
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
Harvester and All Bar One owner Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is taking market share from struggling rivals thanks to its offer of a "value and volume" dining experience, the pub group claimed today.
Posted: 09 April 2008 | 12:00
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
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
All hospitality employers should incorporate the subject of drug and alcohol misuse into staff induction processes, health and safety meetings and employee handbooks, according to a leading hotelier.
Posted: 28 February 2008 | 10:30
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Home Office to concede that licensing changes bring few benefits; police chiefs call for abolition of 24-hour licensing; Labour MPs support new rights for agency workers
Posted: 25 February 2008 | 10:24
High-street pub chain JD Wetherspoon suffered a gloomy Christmas and grim start to the year, with a sales decline deepening further.
Posted: 22 January 2008 | 15:09
Alongside the wine list, more and more restaurants are offering a good selection of pre- and post-prandial drinks to aid the diner's digestion and the owner's bottom line. Fiona Sims reports
Posted: 10 January 2008 | 00:00
Health and temperance bias to licensing review sparks fears of stronger restrictions hitting the on-trade
Posted: 13 December 2007 | 09:00
Christopher Eddlestone, head of the leisure team at law firm Halliwells, says the hospitality sector should be doing more to combat binge-drinking
Posted: 12 December 2007 | 11:59
Caterer this week kicked off its drink and drugs awareness campaign to highlight the true cost of dependency within the industry.
Posted: 07 December 2007 | 14:45
The head of the all-party Parliamentary beer group has branded the chief executive of Tesco as the “godfather of British binge drinking”.
Posted: 07 December 2007 | 12:22
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
A senior police chief has renewed calls for hospitality operators to pay towards the cost of city centre policing
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 16:48
You’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 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
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