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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

News Release - BBPA Comment on KPMG report leak
21.07.2008

Commenting on the release of the Government’s release of the KPMG study into the drinks industry’s standards, Rob Hayward, Chief Executive of the Beer & Pub Association said:

“We have not yet seen the report, but from extracts we have seen, it seems long on anecdotal stories and short on hard empirical evidence.

“It totally ignores existing hard evidence from the repeated Government sting operations which have visited thousands of pubs in recent years. Those reports, while identifying some problems, have tracked consistent improvement in standards and high levels of good practice.
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