ALCOHOL CONCERN UNVEILS MAJOR NEW WEBSITE TO HELP BRITAIN'S DRINKERS
Alcohol Concern will launch a new website, www.howsyourdrink.org.uk, on
19 January. The site has been created to help anyone who has ever considered they might drink too much, or is concerned about a friend's or family member's drinking habits.
19th January 2005

ALCOHOL CONCERN APPOINTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Alcohol Concern, the national authority on alcohol misuse, has today announced the appointment of Srabani Sen as Chief Executive. Sen is currently with Diabetes UK where she has made a significant contribution to raising the profile of diabetes.
27th October 2004

ALCOHOL CONCERN PRESS NOTICE
19th August 2004

BLUNKETT'S SUMMER BLITZ HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR ONGOING ENFORCEMENT TO STOP ALCOHOL SALES TO CHILDREN
The figures released today show the scale of the problem of sales to children, and underline how little has been done in recent years to enforce the law, warns Alcohol Concern.
5th August 2004

NEW ADVERTISING CONTROLS REACH THE PARTS CURRENT REGULATIONS DO NOT REACH
Tighter controls over alcohol advertising - unveiled today for consultation by communications watchdog OfCom - are long overdue but welcome, says Alcohol Concern.
19 July 2004

HANGOVER CURE FOR LONDONERS AT ALCOHOL SUMMIT
Almost 250,000 indulging in risky drinking - costing the capital £294m. pa Londoners are spending £4.6 billion a year in the city's 9,000 bars – and are losing an astounding 1.68 million working days as a result of alcohol-related absence and sickness. The tab picked up by local businesses is a staggering £294 million a year
1 July 2004

NORTH-EAST TOPS BINGE-DRINKING LEAGUE
The north-east has more binge drinkers that any other region of the country - with around 1 in 3 men (29%) and 1 in 6 women (17%) regularly downing double the alcohol units advised by medical experts (which are 4 units a day for men and 3 units a day for women).
7 June 2004

RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION STRATEGY
This document offers an initial evaluation of the Government.s National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy against the failings of existing policy and the recommendations of Alcohol Concern.
15 March 2004

BINGE-DRINKING CRISIS NEEDS URGENT ACTION – AS WELL AS A LONG TERM STRATEGY
Alcohol concern gives an initial response to the National Strategy published today.
15 March 2004

CALL FOR ACTION - NOT JUST WORDS - TO CRACK BRITAIN'S BINGE-DRINKING CULTURE
Alcohol Concern calls upon the Government to launch a crisis action plan, in anticipation of the National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy.
12 March 2004

EMERGENCY SERVICES - AND CITY CENTRES - PARALYSED BY ALCOHOL
No Half Measures campaign calls for urgent Government action
November 2003