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Increasing choice to encourage the selection of non-alcoholic, rather than alcoholic, drinks
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Confronting the coronavirus: South Africa’s response
It seems the South African Government, now more than ever, is willing to consider a re-evaluation of the liquor regulatory environment Read more »
Evaluating the effect of individual alcohol licensing decisions on local health and crime
Licensing authority control of alcohol availability can have a positive impact on health and crime in a local vicinity Read more »
What does Twitter make of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland?
New research gauges the opinions of the Twitterati on flagship alcohol policy Read more »
Explaining the strong support for the Swedish alcohol retail monopoly
For the twenty-third year in a row, the Swedish state-run alcohol retail monopoly, Systembolaget, was ranked most trusted institution in Sweden. Above the police, universities and IKEA. Most consumers want freedom and availability when it comes to other retail markets. So how come Swedes have such a positive opinion on something that put restrictions on the market? Read more »
Alcohol at sporting events? What’s the harm?
In the wake of reports of violent brawls at horse-racing and rugby venues, Habib Kadiri asks if we should level the playing field between football and other sports by banishing alcohol from all sporting grounds? Read more »
Minimum Unit Pricing: a welcome and useful form of alcohol regulation
MUP is a welcome step in the right direction, says Steve Rolles Read more »
Government response to 2017 House of Lords licensing committee report
Review of Lords licensing report offers few commitments, says James Morris Read more »
Carthage must be destroyed
‘The struggle to stop the UK drowning in cheap alcohol can be won, but it requires exceptional powers of endurance,’ writes professor Rob Poole Read more »
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere? Comparing policies that regulate physical availability of alcohol in Australia and the UK
Where is the political will to implement evidence-based harm reduction policies in the face of alcohol industry pressure, asks Claire Wilkinson Read more »
Online alcohol sales are booming, but what are the implications?
Research is needed as to whether licensing laws are robust enough to deal with the changing way in which we are choosing to buy alcohol, says Mark Leyshon Read more »
Lords: Licensing Act “needs major overhaul” but problems only half diagnosed
Committee report “gives an overly administrative account of the Act while overlooking problems with how it is applied and decisions made in practice”, says Jon Foster Read more »
What works on your high street? Voluntary schemes and their aims
Jon Foster explores the discrepancy between what corporate-friendly alcohol initiatives claim to do and what they actually achieve Read more »
London’s Night Tube: A leap into the unknown
Tonight marks the start of a new night transport service for the capital. But the benefits for the night-time economy have been overstated, argue Aveek Bhattacharya and Jon Foster Read more »