The pub industry is uniting to clampdown against underage drinking, according to a new survey.

Test purchases carried out by Serve Legal in the first six months of 2010 found that 74 per cent of pubs visited asked the mystery customers for ID, which represents a rise of 20 per cent since 2008, and a four per cent increase on last year.

This is a positive indication that pubs are becoming increasingly aware that they need to be strict about implementing underage legislation – something that we, of course, encourage all our landlords to do.