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How much money did your pub raise for charity last year? From last years' survey PubAid know that the pub industry raised over £101 million for charitable causes in 2010. Their aim is to compile an accurate report to share with the government and press.

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The Scottish government have announced its preferred minimum price for alcohol will be 50p per unit

It's not too late to extend your hours by Temporary Event Notices for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Following widespread reports of an incident at the BII Scotland Awards on 6th of May in Glasgow, when a sponsor intervened in the awarding of the bar operator prize, Peter Thomas, chief executive of BII, has released the following statement:

The winner of the licence trades most coveted accolade, the 2012 BII Licensee of the Year Award has been announced at the BII Annual Lunch held in London on Tuesday. By succeeding to impress at every stage of the award’s stringent judging process, with a forward thinking approach to running her pub, Mahdis Neghabian MBII of The Camden Eye, London has won through to become 2012 BII Licensee of the Year. The award was presented by Peter Thomas CBII, Chief Executive at BII and Andrew Boyd ABII, Business Unit Director at Britvic.

BII Chief Executive Peter Thomas used his first public address as the head of the licensed hospitality industry’s professional body, to rally support against Government cuts in funding, which he said will directly hit the industry’s plans to develop career paths for young people and get unemployed into sector-related jobs.

BII members were given a state of the industry update and told which wines to sell behind the bar by expert Oz Clarke at an upbeat business seminar

A range of new licensing measures have come into force today (25 April) under the Police Reform & Social Responsibility Act .

BII would like to congratulate the following members on reaching Fellow Member (FBII) status recently