Total sales rise by 6.3% but pub, restaurant and brewery chain hit by tougher Scottish drink-driving legislation
Tougher rules on drink-driving in Scotland have weighed on sales at pub and restaurant group Greene King, whose brands include Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale, as well as the Hungry Horse and Loch Fyne chains.
Scotland lowered the legal drink-drive limit on 5 December from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol in every 100ml of blood, making it lower than anywhere else in the UK. Greene King said sales were lower in the 51 weeks to 26 April than they would have been without the new rules.
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