Michael Turner, the head of brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner, thinks there is an unfair campaign against the industry over so-called binge-drinking. He claims that the vast majority of people are responsible drinkers and that the industry contributes £6bn in duty and £28bn in total tax as well as 600,000 jobs. He claims, “we get a bad press without the people thinking about the good the industry does”. He is profiled in The Independent’s “a day in the life of…” feature. The Independent 4/8/07 page 59

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