Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 16th, 1990 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Lager importer Andrew is now hoping to score in his European legal row


INVOLVEMENT on the edge of the Burnley FC takeover b a t t le has not diverted a local business­ man from a major Euro­


pean legal row. Mr Andrew Ronnan has for


many months been a key figure in a court action about the free movement of goods - in his case, lager - between Common Mar­ ket countries. He says that last week's decision by the English Court of Appeal giving trawler- men damages in a similar situa­ tion strengthens his own hopes of


success. The regulations, claims Mr Ronnan, mean that large brew­


ery chains have a "complex monopoly" and that draught lager is something like £1 a pint more expensive than necessary. As we reported last week, Mr


beers" to the tenants of large .. . . .


brewery chains. Labour, says Mr Ronnan, has


Ronnan intervened in the takeover bids for the Clarets by putting a question about one of the companies involved to the Department of Trade. Yesterday the DTI announced that it was not going to investi­


gate his claim. Mr Ronnan runs the Bavarian


Lager Company, a beer importer


based at The Sidings, Whalley, but facing problems in part of its operations due to a Conservative Government ruling which limits the sale of European "guest


failed to do anything about the ruling, which he maintains was introduced to calm down Tory party in-fighting over Europe. It also affects trawler opera­


ti


Hmi> was seriously irresponsible." The Whalley company is wait­


e irr


ing for its action - claiming that the guest beer sales limitation is against the Treaty of Rome - to be heard in the European Court. "It could be two or three years


tors, and last week they won a law-setting decision and heavy damages against the Governr ment in the appeal court - Mr Ronnan travelled down to Lon­


don for the decision. He told us later: "It was fabu­


lous news for us, because we can draw parallels with our situation. The appeal judges took the same view as the high court — that the Government's behaviour at the


Market traders defiant over extra opening


Prepared to flout the council s directive over Thursday trade by Sheila Nixon


MARKET traders in Clitheroe vowed this week to make a stand against a council direc­ tive to open on Thurs­


said they were prepared to flout the order, after receiv­ ing notices from Ribble Valley Borough Council demanding that they open up for business on the new official market day. The order came into


days. Several cabin tenants


beginning of the month, only a fraction have actu­ ally opened up on Thur-


days. The council sees a three-


day market as a boost to the tourism industry. One of the market's


longest-serving traders, Mr David Burney, whose family has had a fruit and vegetable stall there for 50 years, said he could not comply with the order. "There is just no way we


effect on April 2nd and affects cabin tenants only. It follows a two-year trial for Thursday as a third- day option for the market, whose traditional opening days are Tuesday and Sat­


urday. Since notices went out to


to the cabin tenants at the


helps to run the Tarleton- based business added: "We can't suddenly change our operation. Neither can other cabin holders who also have other commit­


ments." The Burneys said that,


despite their decision not to trade on Thursdays, they were already paying the extra rent required for the third day. "There has been some


can do it because of the way we run our operation," said Mr Burney (pic­ tured). "We grow all our own


produce and Thursday is our main harvesting day. People come to us because we sell our own home­ grown fruit and vegetables. We cannot change the way we do things" His son, Andrew, who


suggestion that we don't have to pay for the extra day, but this is not the case," said Mr Burney sen. "The council is not losing out, for we pay the money and have been doing so for the past two years, but choose to stay closed." Equally adamant about


flouting the order is Mrs Melanie Roocroft, who runs a cheese cabin with her husband, Richard.


people in Clitheroe to make it worth opening an extra day,” she said. "Even Tues­ day and Saturday have been quiet for the past few month." Echoing the views of


"There isn't the volume of


a view to highlighting the traders' case at future coun­ cil meetings. A council spokesman said


implications are fa


away, given the pace of litigation at the moment," explains Mr Ronnan. "We and our partner brewery in Germany will be seek­ ing very substantial damages in due course. The precise figure is still being professionally quanti­ fied, taking into account the overall market. But I think it is safe to assume that the amount claimed will consist of plenty of noughts and commas." If the action is successful, the


implications are far wider than merely giving Mr Ronnan a free hand on imports, and compensa­ tion. I t could mean that 15,000 pub leases are unlawful and brewery landlords could be liable to pay tenants tens of thousands of pounds each for overcharging them on lager supplies. "The situation at present is


that the Government and its big brewery partners have clearly manipulated the market at the consumer's expense - I firmly believe that the courts will cor­ rect this position in due course," declares Mr Ronnan.


Jobless man stole fuel from store


A JOBLESS man living in an isolated cottage took a bag of logs from a display outside a store, a court


heard. Brian Hopkinson (49),


of Dairy Cottages, Chaigley, was spotted by an assistant at Booth's in Clitheroe. When ques­ tioned by police at the store, he admitted taking a


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bag of coal from the dis­ play three days earlier. Hopkinson pleaded


guilty when he appeared before Blackburn magis­ trates to two charges of theft, driving without a licence, insurance and test certificate and not display­


ing a tax disc. He told the court he was


other traders, she said that they were prepared to battle it out with the council and were confident that they had the support of local people. She pointed out that let­


ters from supporters had been passed on to Clitheroe


Mayor Coun. John McGowan, who is also a Ribble Valley Council, with


that three day opening had been mentioned to the traders three years ago. But it had not been implemented until now, to let the new market settle in. A three day market was seen as neces­ sary to benefit the whole town, and it was now in the contract. The council would insist that traders kept to it, so allowing the council and not the traders to decide how its own market should be


receiving unemployment benefit and the thefts occurred in a week when no money was due. He added that he had intended going back to the store the fol­ lowing week, paying for two bags of fuel and taking


only one. The magistrates gave


him a conditional discharge for a year for theft and fined him £50 for having no insurance.They made no order for costs and imposed no sepa­ rate penalties for the other offences. Hopkinson told them he had now got rid of the car.


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Street East school has been on tenterhooks awaiting confirmation of a £436,000 cash award since Christ­ mas, when it was told it had been allocated the money but never received the official paper work. An area adjacent to the playing field in Watt Street


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