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The Drinks Business 10 February 2021 By Lauren Eads Online wine retail might be booming right now, but bricks and mortar wine retailers still, and we hope always will, have an important role to play. London inevitably seems to get all the attention, with many of the UK’s most historic wine retailers having grown their business from the ground up from within the capital, many for centuries. Some of the oldest wine retailers in the UK are based in London, including instituti...

Jan 20, 2021 What Can GOB About PUC’s Purchase of Old Mirab Building? The previous Public Utilities Commission’s decision to purchase the old Mirab building on North Front Street in 2019 raised many questions. Under former chairman John Avery, the P.U.C. purchased the building and its properties for ten point three million dollars, but they never moved in. Instead, it is presently paying twelve thousand dollars monthly for space it rents on Gabourel Lane. The contract agreement sig...

Michael Bou-Nahra, Part Owner, Mirab & Company “The building was for sale for the past year or so.  I was contacted by one of the directors of the P.U.C. about the building and we had a meeting, we spoke about it and that’s when the negotiations started, probably couple months prior to the contract.”   Reporter “Explain to us the interactions you had with the representatives of P.U.C. about their purchasing this asset.”   Michael Bou-Nahra “We had a meeting, I gave them the prici...

Dec 29, 2020 Dean Molina Attorney-at-law Dean Molina is the new chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. Today, the P.U.C. announced Molina’s appointment through a press release that cites his accomplishments as being a sole practitioner for the past ten years and having, “substantial experience in Utility Regulation, having been the Manager of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Belize Telemedia Limited for five years and the Director of Standards, Tariffs and Compliance at the Pu...

the storms proved most deadly in arkansas. and and and nearby was not hurt. in crystal springs ark., powerful winds through a tree into a mobile home, killing a father and his 18-month-old daughter. >> it is not something you think that will ever happen to your family. were standing here talking about it. >> the extreme weather also affected the northern plains. in north dakota, they are coping with a spring blizzard, while the already swollen river consent even more ground. >> in miss...