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GLOBAL DRUGS SURVEY 2019

Posted on May 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A major consumer survey has found Australia and English-speaking countries at the top of the list for prolific boozing. The eighth annual report from the Global Drug Survey, claiming to be the largest drug survey in the world, examined over

BRITAIN’S SMALLEST, AND NAKEDEST, PUBS

Posted on May 13th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Statistics show pubs continue to rapidly close all over the UK, but some forge on through economies of lack of scale, and innovation continues to thrive in the form of London’s first nudist pub. The great British pub owes much

UK PUB CLOSURES CONTINUE AT TWO-DOZEN PER WEEK

Posted on December 12th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
New figures out of the UK show the steady decline in the number of pubs in Britain, with thousands closing since 2013. The UK Market Growth Monitor by CGA and AlixPartners reports that across Britain the number of pubs and

BRITAIN’S PUB BRAWL OF THE WEEK

Posted on November 2nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A Sunday evening in the sleepy market town of Tring was interrupted as police were called to a scuffle in the Bell Pub on High Street, as around 20 men and women drunkenly pounded crap out of each other. CCTV

RESEARCH FINDS AUSSIES TOP ANOTHER BEER LIST

Posted on August 10th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Research looking at data on beer consumption in 30 cities across 23 countries has found Melbourne and Sydney lead the world in dollars spent on beer, while faring a little better on quantity and proportion of income splurged. Emanating from

BIG AD CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE BRITISH PUB

Posted on July 20th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Britain’s Beer Alliance has announced a £9 million (AU$15.9 million) advertising campaign hoping to stem the tide of pub closures by reminding the people of their community significance. According to data, roughly three pubs close for good in Britain every

GAS CRISIS THREATENS DRAUGHT BEER

Posted on July 2nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Britain in in the grips of a crisis, as low production and high demand for CO₂ bring the real possibility the country’s famously tepid beer will also be flat. Carbon dioxide, whilst enjoying recent fame as a greenhouse gas, has

BRITAIN’S BIGGEST PUB OPENS AND BEST PUB CROWNED

Posted on September 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Britain’s largest pub chain has opened Britain’s largest pub, as the Eagle & Child in Ramsbottom is awarded Britain’s Pub of the Year for its work with the community. In 2008, the GFC took its toll on a Victorian seaside

WHAT MAKES THE PERFECT BRITISH PUB: RESEARCH

Posted on August 14th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Britain boasts some of the highest concentration, smallest and oldest pubs in the world, and while many features are time-honoured, research finds what Britons want in a pub has little to do with booze. New research from YouGov Omnibus found

COPS CRACK DOWN ON BAD-BOY UK PUB

Posted on June 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
UK licensing authorities are calling to task a suburban pub they say has become a “focal point for crime and disorder” after too many callouts for them and paramedics. [caption id="attachment_10057" align="alignright" width="269"] Knights Quest pub, Blackheath. Image: WhatPub.com[/caption] The