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RE: Smoke ban not closing pubs

I have been featured in the MA before and would like to share my views yet again. I run the Greyhound Pub in Bolton and was featured as 'neighbours' complained about the noise in my beer garden and the local   Noise Pollution from Bolton council came round and did a monitoring in Sept. Since then peace.....until last month, our neighbour ( in the singular) those not aware of this plot should know that houses were built backing on to my beer garden ( where once stood a church) just 3 years ago, about the noise over the Xmas and New Year period !!! We have had a meeting with Bolton Council this week and they politely informed us that the beer garden was not licensed, step in a certain Pubco who sold us this pub last Jan and 2 weeks after we moved in, they sold out !!!! The council suggested we move our shelter into the car park which is on the main A6, get planning permission, get it licensed, ( plot so far, what about the kids playing on the main A6 ??) ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF ONE WHINGING FRUSTRATED NEIGHBOUR. The laugh was the council said' we are not trying to close businees down ' No ??  I like many others are now contemplating getting out, my takings last night 4pm - 11.30 pm just topped £100 before the ban they were c£350. I can be contacted on greyhoundwingates@btinternet.com if you are in a similar position, this WAS a lovely trade but sadly the bleeding hearts, jobsworths and minorities are definitely KILLING IT.

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it seems that the ones who have really reacted to the smoking ban are the supermarkets. They have cut prices to loss leading levels in an aggresive attack on the pub trade. How do the pub cos react? In the usual way of course by increasing rents and the prices of tied products. No wonder their share prices have tumbled and the industry they monopolise is in decline. Either this is inadequate management or there have been decisions taken 'on high' that will see the continued demise of the pub industry.  Probably the latter. I'm sure those in the know sold their shares before the across the board 50% devaluation. Anyone on these forums who raps on about opportunity in these trading conditions is either lying to themselves or a stooge. Welcome tesco europe goodbye britain.

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David They say that people cannot take their drinks into this area, although it had benches and umbrellas in it when we purchased plus on the plans the doors leading onto it say ' new summer doors' I am going to get advice but frankly I am pig sick, I now hold down a full time job at age of 57 I had to get a few months ago to help pay the bills.  Why oh why did we give power to Town Halls ?

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RE: Smoke ban not closing pubs

Ken, nicely polished you may be, but I too remeber "Wolfie Smith" and just how long ago that was. LOL

So am I to take it from your last reply that my LA was indeed wrong to insist I needed a license for my smoking area?

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Although the beer garden may not need to be licensed, you migth want to check your operating schedule to see if it says anything about customers entering or leaving with glasses or open bottles. I have this in mine and although it is meant to prevent people walking in or out onto the street with glasses/open bottles etc, it also aplies to taking them into unlicensed parts of your own grounds.

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