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Leading industry figures have defended the pub trade against a report that has claimed that licensees routinely break a law which says they should refuse to serve people who already drunk. Source:Industry figures defend trade over report that claims bartenders routinely serve drunks Chancellor George Osborne has said Britain can afford an above-inflation rise in the minimum wage. Source:Chancellor George Osborne calls for minimum wage hike Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis has told the Publican’s Morning Advertiser that the Government has no plans to change the current way of working out the business rates of pub premises. Source:Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis rules out business rate changes A former Government minister for pubs has urged Business Secretary Vince Cable to go further under the proposed statutory code of pub companies and give tenants the right to have a free-of-tie option combined with an open market rent review. Source:Statutory Code: Former pubs minister calls for free-of-tie option The Publican Awards 2014 will be hosted by award-winning stand-up comedian John Bishop. Source:Stand-up comedian John Bishop to host Publican Awards 2014 UK wholesaler Booker Group has reported sales are up 19.1% in the 16 weeks to 3 January. Source:Booker sales up 19.1% New regulations governing the ways in which landlords are able to recover commercial rent arrears could upset relationships between owners and tenants, according to property consultancy firm Bruton Knowles. Source:New rent recovery rules 'could upset owner-tenant relationship' Punch Taverns, the tenanted and leased pub operator, has announced the full terms of its debt restructuring proposal and said that failure to effect the restructure would be expected to lead to a default in the near-term. Government plans to intervene in the tenanted pub company model could be anti-competitive and may “end up protecting those with less good business sense”, according to a think tank that looks at competition and regulation. Source:Statutory code: Government intervention could protect "those with less good business sense" Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has reported a 5% rise in like-for-like sales at its managed sites in the past six weeks, with managed like-for-likes up 6.3% in the two weeks over Christmas and the New Year, including sales on Christmas Day up 12%. Source:Greene King managed like-for-like sales rise 6.3% over festive fortnight |
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