Two alcohol free days a week
On January 9th 2012, a group of MP’s announced that it would be best for Britain if we had two days a week alcohol free. A report by the Commons Science and Technology committee has announced there are concerns about the regulations for people on how much people should drink. Over time alcohol has become a lot cheaper persuading people to buy and consume alcohol now more than ever.
Officials say guidelines are very important to the public as many people aren’t even aware of units and how much they should drink on a weekly basis.
The current limit for alcohol consumption is 21 units a week for men and 14 units a week for women. These limits were decided over 25 years ago and the government wants to tackle binge drinking which is fast becoming a trend for people in the UK, especially young people exceeding these guidelines every week. There are plans to increase label sizes on alcohol bottles, and maybe add more information to them so people are more aware of what they are drinking.
Most people are aware that drinking is potentially bad for you, but reports have suggested that alcohol consumption can decrease people’s risk of heart disease. A new report by experts has concluded lack of evidence for this view and found it could only be true to men over the age of 40 and post-menopausal women.
Do you agree with the government advice on this matter and do you think two days a week alcohol free would work?
Mobile Bar Hire wins Environmental Award
Mobile Bar Hire Ltd has been awarded a Silver Gilt award from the mayor of Bexley Cllr. Val Clark. The company, based on East Hill Dartford and Thames Road Crayford, recycle approx 30 tonnes of glass bottles per year. Mobile Bar Hire is Dartford’s award winning hospitality company which provides drinks and hospitality services to events up and down the country.
Award winning certificate for Kent & London based Mobile Bar Hire Ltd
As company director, Mr Sandhu explained to the judging panel early last year, “The easiest thing for our teams to do is put the rubbish in the nearest bin by the bar/event, but being aware of the amount of glass bottles which we go through, we felt it necessary to recycle our glass by bringing it back to our depot. From here the local authority waste management contractors collect our glass bins every two weeks. When I learnt that the total amount of glass came to approx. 30 tonnes I realised that something needed to be done”. Mobile Bar Hire was one of many different groups who had entered the Bexley Environment Awards 2010, the awards ceremony was due to take place in December last year but due to the bad weather it was moved to Friday 11th February 2011. The company won the Silver Gilt award in the Bexley Business Environmental Challenge 2010. In addition to the current glass recycling, The company directors are also looking into other various aspect of reducing their carbon footprint including the possibility of using Bio-degradable plastic glassware.
What else do you think can be done by business within the hospitality sector to reduce the national carbon foot print?
Cobra Beer’s London Event 2010
Last night the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane, London was home to Cobra Beers annual event aim at the restaurant sector. Bearing in mind Cobra is a leading beer in most Indian restaurants its only fair for Molson Coors, the new owners of Cobra, to thank key players within their industry.
Cobra Bar at Hilton Park Lane London 2010
Being hosted in one of London’s leading hotels, the event was attended by approx. 1100 people covering restaurant owners, wholesalers and other key organisations playing a vital roll in the sale of this fantastic product aimed.
The entertainment was provided by Abhijeet Bhattacharya & KSpark Entertainment who between them ensured that everyone at the event had a great time. Amongst a whole list of Cobra sales, marketing and distribution team were senior management including Mark Hunter – CEO Molson Coors UK , Simon Cox – MD Molson Coors UK, Adrien Davey – MD Cobra beer, Samson Sohail – Sales Director Cobra, Lord Karan Bilimoria – Founder & Part Owner Cobra.
As expected the whole of the interior of the function room and lobby areas was dressed accordingly in Cobra branding and to be quite frank the whole event looked superb. For the event the personalized Cobra Bar was provided by London based Mobile Bar Hire who were present behind the bar serving Cobra on draught and in bottles. This whole event was a real feather in Molson Coors’s cap and the event was a fantastic show case for the Cobra Brand.