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Industry groups, including the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), have lobbied the Government to retain personal licences in a joint letter to crime prevention minister Norman Baker. Source:Industry unites against personal licence abolition plan Caledonian Brewery, the Heineken-owned Scottish brewer, has announced that Stephen Crawley is to stand down as managing director at the end of 2013 after 20 years at the company. Source:Caledonian Brewery MD Stephen Crawley to step down Imbiba, the investment vehicle led by John Connell, is poised to launch its third London Bar and Restaurant Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Fund, after raising £4.5m. Source:Imbiba to launch third EIS fund Loungers was named operator of the year at the R200 Awards last night at Merchants Tavern in London’s Shoreditch, hosted by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s sister title Restaurant magazine. Source:Loungers named operator of the year A Cambridgeshire couple have been forced to leave the trade after a burst water main washed away 20 years’ worth of business. Source:Cambridgeshire licensees quit trade after business washed away Thorntons Chocolate liqueur has been given a new “brighter” look to make it more noticeable on back bars and to boost sales outside of the key Valentines, Mother’s Day and Christmas selling periods. Source:Brighter new look for Thorntons Chocolate liqueur An influential association that represents c2,500 professionals working in licensing has added its weight to calls to shelve plans to abolish personal licences. Source:Licensing professionals attack plan to scrap personal licences A group of licensees that have been through the Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service (PICA-Service) process met with Business Innovation and Skills minister Jo Swinson yesterday to hand over a dossier claiming self-regulation has failed. Source:Statutory code: PICAS licensees tell minister 'self-regulation has failed' JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has increased its full-year openings target to between 40 to 50 as it reported a 3.7% rise in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 27 October, with a slight dip in operating margin. Source:Wetherspoon's raises openings target Licensees have welcomed news that Enterprise may cap tied beer price rises, but have also warned that the offer could just be “smoke and mirrors” Source:Licensees give cautious welcome to Ted Tuppen pledge over tied beer prices |
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