Latest Industry News

A Staffordshire licensee has had an outstanding electricity balance of £4,991.60 written off by energy supplier NPower after intervention by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Licensees have been warned not to buy European satellite TV decoder cards until a definitive ruling on copyright has been made.

The trade has raised between £250,000 and £300,000 for a fighting fund to challenge the proposed fee increases from music-royalties collection agency PPL.

A Cornwall licensee has called for the Government to introduce legislation forcing all pubs to use only polycarbonate glasses and bottles in their premises.

Terrorist attacks are a "real and serious danger" for premises during the Olympic games, a leading police officer has warned.

Major pub operators have signed up to a new information-sharing initiative which aims to improve security across London in the run-up to the Olympic Games.

People in London are the most likely to visit the pub to watch the 2012 Olympics, according to new research commissioned by electronics company Casio Projectors.

The Government is encouraging the industry to produce low-strength alcohol in a bid to tackle the “deadly problem” of binge drinking.

Minimum pricing must be a key part of the Government's alcohol strategy, Totnes MP Dr Sarah Wollaston, told a debate in Parliament yesterday.

National Pubwatch has teamed up with drinks giant Diageo to launch an awards scheme to recognise responsible drinking venues.

Brighton & Hove City Council has passed a motion calling on the Government to monitor self-regulation of the pub industry and introduce a minimum price for alcohol sales in England.

Britain’s pubs must capitalise on the huge year of celebration in 2012 – without over-zealous councils and regulations getting in the way, said BBPA chief executive Brigid Simmonds today.

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) is pushing to get young unemployed people into the hospitality industry by teaming up with Kensington and Chelsea College to launch the BII sector-based work academy.

The packaging of two alcoholic drinks, Magnum Tonic Wine and Healey’s Texan-style Hard Cyder, has been found to be in breach of alcohol responsibility guidelines.

Enterprise Inns has implemented a 4% to 5% rise in tied drinks products from 6 February.

Consumers in the UK have cited higher-quality food as the number one reason for visiting pubs more often, according to the latest research by Technomic.

Pubs are being urged to support a campaign aimed at boosting domestic tourism this year by offering deals themed around the Olympics with at least 20.12% off.

A minister has said the Government is “committed to ending the sale of heavily discounted alcohol”, and the issue of pricing and the “irresponsible sale of alcohol” will be addressed in the forthcoming alcohol strategy.

Richard Kershaw, chief executive of Manchester family brewer Joseph Holt, has taken on the role of chairman at the British Beer and Pub Association’s North-West branch.

Any government duty hike at next month’s budget will have “disproportionate and serious consequences” on the cider industry, a leading cider group chairman has claimed.