Is 24-hour drinking a good investment?

For anyone who enjoys a drink in Britain, this promises to be a good year. For the first time, the n...

For anyone who enjoys a drink in Britain, this promises to be a good year. For the first time, the nation's 60,000 pubs will be allowed to stay open as long as they like. The old rules that meant pubs had to close at 11pm are being scrapped and you will be allowed to stay at the bar for 24 hours, if you can stand up that long. Is that good news for pub operators and brewers? The market thinks so, with the share prices of some of the big UK pub chains surging recently. But the Government's policy is a mess, and the social consequences of longer drinking hours may be so dire as to provoke a ...