Beyond The Blue

Title – Pubs fall very short in National Customer Satisfaction SurveySource – BIIAB & Retail EyesDate – 30th October 2009The BIIAB recently released figures from the National Customer Satisfaction Survey carried out by market research company Retail Eyes into customer satisfaction in various secto...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – NHS Assault ‘not taken seriously’Source – www.bbc.co.ukDate – 29th October 2009The statistics are shocking by any standard; an NHS employee is physically assaulted every nine and a half minutes or to put it another way every 570 seconds; or to put it...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – 16-year-old student died during party drink bingeSource – MetroDate – 15th October 2009I don’t think that there is much need for comment on this story, it speaks for itself.It is terribly sad that someone of such promise should die in this way and thi...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – Drink trader’s luck runs drySource – Staines InformerDate – 23rd October 2009I’m not about to write another blog entry on the virtues of Responsible Alcohol Retailing and the short term business model that involves selling alcohol to children;...

Title – Lip gloss test that spots if your drink is spiked with rape drugs (Evening Standard 16-10-09)Title – Women 'duped' by spiking myth (Metro 27-10-09)‘Date Rape’ or ‘Drug Assisted Rape / Sexual Assault’ is a serious issue, unfortunately the press have done victims and potential victims of ...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – War memorial defiledSource – MetroDate – 16th October 2009You can present every argument under the sun in defence of the Licensed Retail Sector, but if a picture speaks a thousand words, this one speaks several million.This type of behaviour is deplo...

Title – My Wife is too young to drink – at 22 (Metro 16-10-09)Title – Booze plan ‘will not work’ (Metro 16-10-09)Title – Supermarkets reject calls for ‘alcohol kills’ warning signs (Evening Standard15-10-09)The argument about the Responsible Sale of Alcohol by supermarkets runs on and on, both si...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – Cocaine abuse doubles in 4 yearsSource – IndependentDate – 9th October 2009I have often commented on the number of cocaine users in the UK, the addictive nature of cocaine and the fact that cocaine use has become ‘accepted’ in certain parts of our so...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – 50p-a-unit booze ‘to cut food bills’Source – MetroDate – 29th September 2009This is a nice thought and it would be great if supermarkets were that focussed that they were the ones to lead the country out of the ‘perils’ of alcohol abuse or the obesit...

Title – The unacceptable face of alcohol promotionSource – The TimesDate – 28th September 2009The Portman Group is the ‘drinks sector’s’ industry body which set the standards for alcohol marketing, labelling, packaging, promotion and branded merchandising.The code of conduct they have created sho...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – Moves to stop ‘vertical drinking’Source – www.bbc.co.ukDate – 26th September 2009More and more we are seeing local licensing authorities take on the licensed trade in their areas. In some ...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – Legal ‘party drug’ GBL has destroyed my lifeSource – MetroDate – 25th September 2009If there was any doubt about the effects of GBL use or the addictive nature of this drug, then this story should dispel those myths.We recently commented on the plans...

To view the original article Click HereTitle – Cocaine deaths jump by a fifthSource – MetroDate – 27th August 2009This should be a wake-up call for all those people who kid themselves that Cocaine is not dangerous or that they can control the addictive nature of this drug.That the official figur...