24 May 2012
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The committee, which has launched an inquiry into the Government's alcohol strategy, is considering "marketing bans" and the impact of marketing, particularly among children and young people.
Although a minimum unit price for alcohol was the Government's main proposal, the ad industry is worried ...
27 Apr 2012
| by Gemma Charles
-premises campaign, under the Public Health Responsibility Deal agreed by the government and the alcohol industry ...
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However, the announcement of this initiative was made on the same day as that detailing the government ...
by the discussion about plain packaging. 'The government has stated its direction within the recently published ...
11 Apr 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
products, stating that the campaign messaging is not due to any Government requirements.
The brewer said ...
04 Apr 2012
| by Helen Edwards, PPA, Business columnist of the year
. The danger is that the government will alienate a majority of tipplers, and set up a confrontation ...
29 Mar 2012
| by Parliamentary correspondent
The Government has warned that it will consider a ban on alcohol advertising unless more action...young people should not be targeted, large numbers of under-18s still see alcohol ads.
A Government ...
and will continue to work with the Government to ensure that, as advertising techniques evolve, alcohol continues ...
26 Mar 2012
| by Gemma Charles
Advertisers have warned that the Government's new alcohol strategy, which sets out a plan to ensure...The strategy, which was published last week by the Home Office , led the news bulletins with its plan to introduce a minimum pricing regime and consult on whether to ban two-for-one promotions to combat binge drinking.
It also revealed a desire on the part of Government to tighten the rules ...
23 Mar 2012
| by Gemma Charles
The Government is to introduce a minimum-pricing regime for alcohol in England and Wales, in a bid.... But the responsibility of being in government isn t always about doing the popular thing. It's about doing the right thing."
Over the summer, the Government will consult on whether to set its preferred price of 40p per ...
will be hit by a 100 to 135 increase.
At the same time, the Government will also consult on banning ...
02 Mar 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
to lobby the Government together and urge it to scrap APD due to its "negative" impact on the economy ...
23 Feb 2012
| by Danny Rogers
government's liberalisation of licensing laws might have fuelled the problem. He drew the interesting ...
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But then any government attempting to cut alcohol consumption has always faced an uphill struggle. On the one ...
nation we may be already drinking too much.
This Government, despite being short on promotional funds ...
23 Feb 2012
About the strategy
The Government is to publish its alcohol strategy for England later this year. It is expected to include a ban on the sale of alcohol at below cost price, less than the tax paid on it, which is scheduled to be introduced in England and Wales from 6 April.
The case ...