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Te government has unveiled plans to prohibit licensed retailers from selling alcohol below the rate of duty and VAT in England and Wales. According to the Home


Office proposals, new pricing controls would help reduce the level of alcohol-related crime and follows a review conducted last summer. Crime prevention minister


James Brokenshire said: “We know that pricing controls can help reduce alcohol- related violent crime and this is a crucial step in tackling the availability of cheap alcohol.” In response to the government plans, British


Te government proposals aim to prevent the below-cost sale of alcohol


Beer and Pub Association chief executive Brigid Simmonds said: “Tis is a clear measure


that can be implemented quickly and will stamp out the worst cases of below-cost selling. However, it will not have a significant impact on low-priced alcohol in supermarkets.”


Caffè Nero completes £140m refinancing peTe hayman


Italian coffee shop operator Caffè Nero has completed a £140m restructuring of its debt in order to fund its growth plans. Te group currently has a portfolio of nearly 500 stores in the UK and internationally, and


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SFa signs Vauxhall sponsorship deal peTe hayman


Car manufacturer Vauxhall Motors has become lead partner of all UK football associations aſter agreeing a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Te agreement with SFA – which covers the


Scottish men’s, women’s and youth national teams – follows similar deals with the Welsh, Northern Irish and English associations. SFA chief executive Stewart Regan said:


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been held over the possibility of England play- ing Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Horne said the fixtures could comprise part


of the FA’s 150th anniversary, but he dismissed any revival of the Home International tourna- ment, which was last staged in 1984.


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