Young’s is targeting acquisition opportunities in the West End and the City of London going forward and plans to open a further eight more pubs across its Geronimo Inns estate by 2015.
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Last night on the train home I read a newspaper article by a columnist who recounted seeing a teenage girl “slumped against a wall” and “out for the count”. Another story about underage drinking caused by cheap supermarket booze. Let me take you back more than two decades to a different era — 1989. Source:Underage, under the radar Drinks promotions in pubs won’t be affected in the short term by the Government’s new alcohol crackdown, although a fresh round of sting operations targeting sales to drunks could be imminent. In an exclusive interview with Michelle Perrett, the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer & Postal Affairs, Norman Lamb, explains his approach to the pubco-tenant issue and his opposition to an independent panel to monitor the self-regulation agreement with the British Beer & Pub Association. Source:Lamb’s pubco-tenant vision Home Office minister Theresa May has issued support for the pub trade in her statement to the House of Commons this morning concerning the Government’s Alcohol Strategy. The Association for Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has disputed statistics that show alcohol consumption has increased deaths from liver-related diseases. The Government will introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol expected to be 40p per unit but Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged this will not “hurt pubs”. Source:PM David Cameron confirms alcohol minimum pricing plan at 40p a unit The BII has launches a new 2012 ‘Budget Calculator’ for licensees enabling them to work out the impact of this week’s budget on their businesses. Greene King is investing £4m in IPA through a TV advertising campaign and the launch of two new brand variants. Three Government ministers have backed a campaign to help change the perception of the pub trade. |
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