Smoking Ban Results…

Beer Sales Tumble
Pub closures are running at 27 a week, according to the BBPA, amounting to some 1,200 that have been forced out of business over the last 12 months.
From a purely utilitarian point of view, what’s that in job terms? OK - you’ve got the publican, his wife, probably a couple more bar staff […]

Tags: Stupidity, alcohol by timalmond
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Minimum Prices on Alcohol

From The Telegraph:
The Government is set to force supermarkets to raise the price of alcoholic drinks in a bid to cut down on binge-drinking.
Instead of being able to buy 3 bottles of Lindemann’s Semillon Chardonnay from Sainsbury’s for the very decent price of £10 for 3 bottles, presumably I’ll have to have 2, you joyless […]

Tags: Politics, alcohol by timalmond
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