Once upon a time, not so long ago, all pubs needed to do to entertain their punters was have a dartboard, a pool table and perhaps a fruit machine tucked away in the corner with some ballads playing in the background.
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A number of pubs have been “named and shamed” in the Government’s latest list of companies that have failed to pay the national minimum and living wages. Source:Pubs outed in Government list for not paying minimum wage Carlsberg has reported UK volumes down 7% in H1 2017, which it blamed on tough comparatives with Euro 2016. Pubs are sewn into the very fabric of Britain, and it turns out that foreign visitors think so too. Source:Overseas tourists make beeline for pub accommodation, finds research Work has started on a historic pub that Westminster City Council demanded must be “rebuilt brick by brick” after it was illegally knocked down. It’s a bumper weekend of Premier League football this weekend, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs all in televised action. Source:Tottenham Hotspur face Chelsea in first Wembley match The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted proposals from Heineken to address concerns that its purchase of 1,900 Punch Taverns – worth £403m in cash – would undermine competition in certain areas. Source:CMA greenlights revised £403m Heineken deal to buy Punch pubs Cognac exports have reached their highest ever levels, with British businesses growing their share of take up. A Surrey brewery is celebrating its 25th birthday by offering pints of its flagship beer for just £1.30 a pint. Source:Hogs Back Brewery offers beer at 1992 prices to mark 25th birthday The unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since 1975, official figures have shown, with 125,000 more people in work in the three months from April to June 2017. |
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