British drinking establishments are no longer unbearable because of all the tobacco smoke. Instead, they’re unbearable because there’s nothing to disguise what the places really smell like: sweaty club-goers, dank basements, and stale beer. That’s the buzz around Britain these days. Leading the movement to improve the smelly situation is Ambius, a subsidiary of pest-control industry leader Rentokil Initial. Using computerized scent-dispersing machines from US company Prolitec, pubs all over Britain will soon be pleasantly fragrant. Ambius plans to provide scenting services to at least 6,000 pubs and nightclubs, generating about £10m per year. Read more at This is Money


