Binge drinking
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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
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
Hospitality must build consensus on alcohol pricing, says leader of All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group
Posted: 27 March 2008 | 07:00
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
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: 100 hotel guests evacuated by fire; Minnesota bars become theatres to get around smoking ban; Wetherspoon blames celebrities for making binge-drinking acceptable...
Posted: 10 March 2008 | 10:46
Proving you can’t have your American Pie and eat it, news this week that far from Cherish a new London boozer the Material Girl Madonna pretty much said Justify My Love and has denied that she has anything to do with Scottish & Newcastle’s Punch Bowl. Don’t preach; someone’s in trouble deep.
Posted: 07 March 2008 | 18:00
The Conservatives have proposed a two-tier tax on booze to tackle problem alcohol use and binge-drinking.
Posted: 07 March 2008 | 15:48
The Government is to develop a code for the responsible sale and promotion of alcohol, following the publication today of its long-awaited review of the Licensing Act 2003.
Posted: 04 March 2008 | 15:28
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Gordon Ramsay tried to buy the New Angel; E-menus coming to London in three months; Rentokil Initial expected to announce a break-up
Posted: 03 March 2008 | 10:03
The Government has been urged to work more closely with the pub industry to address alcohol abuse rather than resorting to the "blunt instruments" of raising alcohol taxes and overhauling legislation.
Posted: 28 February 2008 | 08:00
No sooner had the air cleared from the smoking ban than the dangers of alcohol reared its head. Overall levels of alcohol consumption by the general public have increased rapidly over the past 10 years as we all drink more wine, spirits and alco-pops (but we all drink less beer) and the term binge-drinking has entered the national vocabulary.
Posted: 27 February 2008 | 16:10
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
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has derided the British Medical Association’s (BMA) report on alcohol as “flawed and flimsy”.
Posted: 22 February 2008 | 11:26
Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan has called for higher taxes on alcohol.
Posted: 15 February 2008 | 15:26
The Scottish Government is planning to tax supermarket and off-license sales of alcohol as part of a ‘polluter pays’ approach to battling binge-drinking.
Posted: 12 February 2008 | 12:03
Pubs, bars and restaurants may be forced to sell wine in smaller glasses after the launch of a campaign to reinstate the classic 125ml measure.
Posted: 30 January 2008 | 14:24
Pub and bar operators should be prepared to make changes to the way they do business to secure extended opening hours, despite Westminster City Council suffering a rare defeat on a licensing appeal, experts have advised.
Posted: 10 January 2008 | 11:47
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has urged the Government to impose a ban on below cost selling of alcohol by supermarkets.
Posted: 08 January 2008 | 15:53
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not move to restrict opening hours in England and Wales, according to media reports ahead of a review of drinking laws.
Posted: 03 January 2008 | 11:14
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