30-Jun-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Liberal Democrat peer has expressed serious concerns over the beer tie, and pressed the Government into saying how it will act.
24-Jun-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Government has rejected plans to let businesses vote on how proposed extra business rates will be spent. The Business Rates Supplement Bill will...
Trade groups unite against mandatory code
17-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees across the country are being urged to lobby new Home Secretary Alan Johnson in a bid to get him to scrap controversial plans to impose...
10-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
The bosses of Britain's biggest pubcos should step down with immediate effect — that's the call from staunch anti-pubco MP Greg Mulholland. The Lib...
Cider giants weigh into tax debate
10-Jun-2009
The giants of the cider industry used a meeting at the House of Commons last night (Tuesday, June 9) to weigh into the duty debate.At the annual...
Lords cast doubt on new drinks laws
04-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Doubts have been cast as to whether imposing tough new conditions on pubs and bars is the best way of solving alcohol-related problems. Government...
28-Apr-2009 By Andrew Pring
A House of Commons debate on pub ownership today heard calls for reform of the tied system from MPs in all three main parties. "Licensees are being...
27-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
Maximum stakes and prizes on pub gaming machines will double, but pubs face an extra £70 per year on machine tax.
Minor variations could go
06-Mar-2009 By Peter Coulson
Readers of this paper will know me as a mild-mannered chap, along the lines of Clark Kent, not given to histrionics or violent outbursts. But even I...
Trade welcomes Tory campaign to save the pub
23-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The British Beer and Pub Association has welcomed the launch of a campaign to save the pub by the Conservative party.
10-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Around 75 MPs and Peers have joined the new politicians' campaign group to save the pub, which focuses the beer tie.
04-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Reforming the beer tie is a key aim of the new all-party group for MPs, headed by outspoken Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland.
29-Jan-2009 By Roger Protz
Beer lover Ken Clarke's return to the Tory front bench must surely have the pub trade cheering — and Peter Mandelson quaking
29-Jan-2009 By Peter Coulson
The proposal to make it easier to get a condition knocked off a licence arouses suspicion, says Peter Coulson.
08-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Lancashire pub has launched a 98p pint to highlight the "stupidity" of Wetherspoon's 99p a pint deal — the offer is the brainchild of well known licensee Nick Hogan.
Brewers Fayre pushes for family day
12-Dec-2008
Pub restaurant chain Brewers Fayre has launched a national campaign for a new public holiday in celebration of the family.The campaign comes after a...
10-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
The Kent brewer buys the Westminster Arms near Whitehall for an undisclosed amount.
Chris Maclean: Parliament, Frank Spencer and the benefits of doing nothing
24-Jul-2008 By Chris Maclean
I rarely rub shoulders with politicians but last week I got to meet two. Two MPs to be exact. I met Greg Mulholland at a Proud of Pubs event and I...
Standing tall
17-Jul-2008
It was the week when the pub trade stood tall. And it was the week when few in Parliament would have failed to hear the proud message of the pub...
Message heard - Proud and clear
17-Jul-2008
Proud of Pubs Week is making waves across Parliament this week as publicans unite to tell the true story about pubs to the people who count.Licensees...
Trade leaders meet to fight for future of pubs
20-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Industry leaders met at the House of Commons today in a bid to unite and fight for the future of the British pub. In a meeting called by Publican...
14-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Labour peer says up to 30 ADZs in first year but supermarkets will be included
ADZs: Supermarkets will be charged
14-May-2008 By James Wilmore
Supermarkets will not be exempt from being charged under controversial alcohol disorder zones (ADZs), a Labour peer has insisted. Speaking during a...
Alcohol duty tax rises to go ahead
14-May-2008
An attempt to derail the government's inflation-busting alcohol duty escalator has failed in the House of Commons. Proposed amendments to the Finance...
13-May-2008 By John Harrington
Government narrowly avoids defeat on its controversial Alcohol Disorder Zones plan
ADZs finally set to be given green light
13-May-2008 By James Wilmore
Alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) are expected to be given the go ahead today despite fierce opposition from MPs. The regualtions are set to be "nodded...
12-May-2008 By John Harrington
Lib Dems push for the alcohol duty escalator to be scrapped
07-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco MP to host campaign launch at the Houses of Parliament
Eight out of 10 lords praise pubs
07-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has raised a glass to the House of Lords after members gave the pub industry a boost. In a...
ADZs still "unduly bureaucratic" say lords
02-May-2008 By James Wilmore
Controversial alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) have today taken another severe bashing from a House of Lords committee - which says the system may not...
Join in with the second Proud of Pubs Week
01-May-2008
The countdown to the second Proud of Pubs Week is on!Last July saw more than 100 MPs visit pubs during Proud of Pubs Week, just after the launch of...
ALMR commends MP Mulholland
25-Apr-2008
MP Greg Mulholland has won praise from the industry after calling for a u-turn on alcohol duties.The Liberal Democrat and Publican columnist...
Trade blasts ADZs fiasco... yet again
27-Mar-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Trade bodies have criticised the Home Office for giving just three days to respond to re-drafted guidance on alcohol disorder zones (ADZs). Further...
Lords slam illogical ADZs
07-Feb-2008
So it is not just the licensed trade that thinks alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) are a bad idea. The House of Lords thinks so too. The criticisms...
BBPA claims food hygiene scheme is misleading
01-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
A petition has been presented to Parliament attacking a potential law forcing London pubs to display a food hygiene rating. The controversial Scores...
Lords committee slates plan for ADZs
31-Jan-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
The House of Lords Select Committee is the latest group to attack plans for alcohol disorder zones (ADZs). In a new report, the committee said ADZs...
Tesco defends itself against binge-drinking charge
06-Dec-2007 By James Wilmore
Tesco has been forced to respond after Labour MP John Grogan labelled its chief executive "the godfather of British binge-drinking".The chairman of...
Call for official review of live music licensing
16-Oct-2007 By James Wilmore
A Liberal Democrat peer has called for an "official government review" into the licensing of live music in pubs and other venues. During a debate in...
Lords to debate music in pubs
26-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
The impact of the Licensing Act on live music in pubs is set to receive a full debate in the House of Lords. The Liberal Democrats are to force a...
MP puts forward bill on alcohol advertising
11-Jul-2007
A Liberal Democrat MP has laid down a Bill in the House of Commons calling for a ban on pre-watershed advertising of alcohol. Sandra Gidley MP for...
Michael Howard is Proud of Pubs
14-Jun-2007
The former leader of the Conservatives Michael Howard is the latest big name to throw his weight behind Proud of Pubs Week. The MP for Folkestone...
Shout to the top
09-May-2007
IF WE are to make Proud of Pubs Week a success, it won't only be about getting some national attention for the industry - it will be about ensuring...
The only healthy liver in the village?
03-May-2007
Channel 4's Dispatches this week set up a liver-testing clinic at Westminster and asked 200 MPs who signed the Early Day Motion about supermarket...
Grogan: "great thrill" to be first Proud winner
22-Mar-2007
Labour MP John Grogan described it as "a great thrill" to be handed the first ever Proud of Pubs Award at The Publican Awards.The chair of the...
One-third of MPs back the motion against supermarket alcohol pricing
15-Mar-2007
One in three MPs able to vote on Parliamentary motions has called on supermarkets to stop using alcohol as a loss leader.The campaign against...
ADZ amendment thrown out by MPs
09-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
MPs have rejected proposals that would make it more difficult for councils to impose alcohol disorder zones. Lords wanted to ensure alcohol disorder...
10-Aug-2006 By John Harrington
An east London licensee who hopes to provide accommodation at her pub in time for the 2012 Olympics is backing the Morning Advertiser's call to scrap...
Pubs will be smoke-free by next summer, but still no precise start-date
27-Jul-2006
Virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces, including pubs, will be smoke-free by summer 2007. Following the Health Bill receiving Royal...
21-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Health minister Caroline Flint has told the House of Commons the Government will not issue a start date for the English smoke ban until the Autumn at...
19-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Former licensee Bernie Crehan has come to the end of his 13-year legal battle with Inntrepreneur. A ruling in the House of Lords this morning has...