Britain's pubcos could well and truly be drinking in the last chance saloon after the Business Innovation & Skills Committee published its excoriating report on them this week... more
After at least four years of gloom in the saloon bar that left many predicting their ultimate demise, pubs are now looking forward to a cheery summer as industry figures show that they are outperforming the High Street... more
Why pay upwards of £2,000 a month to show Premier League football on Sky Sports, when a trip back to Hungary means you can pay less than five per cent of that figure?... more
Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns win a respite as the Office of Fair Trading rules there is no evidence of competition problems in the sector that hurt drinkers.... more
Poker website 888 Holdings looks to be a bigger World Cup loser than even the England team, as it says punter numbers took such a kicking during July’s tournament that it is scrapping the interim dividend... more
Ken Livingstone launches a campaign to save the London pub, warning that the closure of hundreds of locals was threatening a 'much-loved' institution... more
Princes William and Harry are leading a 25,000-strong army of English fans in Cape Town — but supporters have already won the heart of South Africa... more
It would be an exaggeration to say the pub trade has been restored to full health — but the latest prognosis indicates it is dying less quickly... more
Eleven pubs are closing in London each week as the recession, the smoking ban, high taxes and the structure of the industry force the capital’s boozers out of business... more
Civil war broke out in the pub trade once again as pub companies blamed the Government for the loss of 60,000 industry jobs over the next five years while independent publicans said it is the giant pubcos that are guilty of selling out the traditional British boozer... more
Analysis: The pubs that remain central to the nation's cultural identity are closing at a rate of five a day, and landlords think they know who is to blame... more
Pub companies battered by the credit crunch, the smoking ban and the worst trading conditions for a decade woke up to another headache - a fresh Government investigation into the industry... more
Ken or Boris? Who cares? Not my generation. Those who do care would unreservedly plump for Brian, if only because he is gay and had a lover who claimed he used to smoke weed (vehemently denied)... more
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London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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