The number of venues licensed to play recorded and live music fell by 3.5% and 2.5% respectively in the two years to March 2012, although there was growth in other forms of entertainment over that period.
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An ale infused with Welsh whisky has won the Brains’ “Ultimate Collaboration Beer Challenge.” A London-wide crackdown by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on crimes relating to licensing issues resulted in 297 arrests over the weekend. Source:Licensing crackdown on London venues leads to 297 arrests Attitudes to frozen food among consumers, retailers and foodservice operators are changing to be more positive. Property agent Colliers International has set up an online petition against the Government’s decision to push back business rates revaluations by two years. Source:Colliers launches e-petition against business rates revaluation postponement Six of the 12 freehold pubs that went under the hammer at a Sidney Phillips auction have sold, with three selling prior to the event. Spirit Pub Company plans to expand its apprenticeship programme and have an apprentice in every one of its 791 managed pubs. Thwaites, the family brewer based in the north-west, is investing £2m in its Wainwright brand during 2013, with the aim of making it a top-10 cask ale. Brewers have excelled themselves again this Christmas, with a plethora of festive brews on offer. From the 6% ABV Winter Wallop to a brew designed to commemorate the predicted end of the world on 21 December, below you can find just a few of the PMA’s favourites. Enterprise Inns caused much derision and some cynical comments on the PMA’s online forum when it announced last month that the average Enterprise licensee achieves a profit of £45,000 a year Source:Enterprise claims increased taxation is biggest threat to tenant profitability |
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