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		<title>TRADETALK : PRICING, MEASURES AND OTHER RED TAPE IN PUBS</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=112</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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Clear pricing must be displayed for all food  and drink on sale and in the room in which it  is consumed.
The price list  must include the following :
· The price of the food and drink
· The quantity in which the drink is  sold, e.g. 25ml spirits or  pint of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOW THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT CAN THROW A LIFELINE TO TRADITIONAL PUBS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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Background :
 
*  Firstly, accept the fact that small traditional pubs are essential talking shops for local communities. They are often the only place where the local populace mingles and discusses local and national issues and are at the very heart of a village or urban area.


They are also an essential and an envied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TYNEMOUTH LODGE ALTERNATIVE BUDGET, APRIL 2009</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[URGENT PRIORITY
Looking after the day to day interests of the poorest and most vulnerable members of the population to be the top priority.
Scrapping of all NHS hospital parking charges throughout the UK.    The last thing distraught relatives need is to have to queue at ticket machines in our hospital car parks on cold winter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scandal of loophole in smoking legislation bars and offices</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensed Trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The only place in England where it is perfectly legal to smoke in a bar in 2009 is in the Palace of Westminster, which contains both the Houses of Commons and Lords.
Hence, the very people who introduced the smoking ban can, and many do,  legally smoke in all of the bars in which food is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=1</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Tynemouth Lodge Hotel blog.
I will use this to publish my articles and comments on the licensed trade.  I&#8217;ve started by moving all of my articles over from the old site. The new blog format allows you to comment on my posts.
I hope you find the content interesting.
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		<title>Pubs in 2009</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=32</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensed Trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[H.M. Government, aided and abetted by major brewers and large pub-owning companies, is presiding over the obliteration of our traditional public houses and clubs.
Not content with taking the country into six military conflicts, our government has also declared open warfare on our beer houses. At a stroke, their smoking ban quickly shut countless working mens’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Meddling in the Licensed Trade</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=30</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensed Trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since I bought my pub in 1983, successive governments of both political persuasions have wreaked havoc on the pub trade.
The Beer Orders, introduced by the Tories in 1996, was seen at the time to be releasing the stranglehold of the Big Six brewers of the day, who controlled over 75% of the beer trade. Brewers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pub Companies and the Tie</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=28</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not that many years ago we were given to believe that the big bad boys in the pub trade were breweries with large chains of &#8216;tied&#8217; pubs. Then the government waded in with the Beer Orders which amongst other things decreed that brewers must reduce their tied chains to a maximum of 2000 outlets.
This was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pub Stocktaking</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=26</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a common misconception amongst pubgoers in that it is generally thought that a publican gets an allowance for wasteage from the brewer. Nothing could be further from the truth for the majority of publicans, as the bulk of licencees in the UK are now self-employed businessmen and women who simply purchase produce from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sub-standard Real Ale</title>
		<link>http://tynemouthlodgehotel.net/blog/?p=24</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensed Trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than looking forward to a well-deserved pint of ale, after a day&#8217;s work, only to be presented with something that would be more suited to being poured over fish and chips !
There are many reasons for beer not being at its best, for example :
1) Too many ales on sale resulting [...]]]></description>
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