Brewery boss who banned phones and swearing from pubs dies aged 81

According to the BBC, Humphrey Smith, the longtime head of Tadcaster brewer, has died at eighty-one. Smith led the brewery since the nineteen-eighties and was known for his distinctive management approach—he famously banned both mobile phones and swearing from the pubs under his watch, an unusual stance in modern hospitality.

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