Business Improvement District

Gloucester rejects late-night levy proposals

24-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Gloucester Council has rejected proposals to introduce a late night levy and has established a Business Improvement District (BID) instead.

Gloucester delays late-night levy decision

21-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

Gloucester City Council has delayed its decision on introducing a late-night levy for the city.

Licensing

Camden licensing proposals would 'damage' local pubs

01-Aug-2016 By Oli Gross

Camden Council has proposed changes to its licensing policy in ways that would 'damage local pub businesses', the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has claimed.

Pubwatch

Licensees to share barred customer details with Pubwatch scheme

19-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

Pubwatch is ramping up support for licensees with a street pastor scheme and an online platform to ban customers and share key information.

Nottingham approves late-night levy

14-Jul-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Nottingham City Council is the fifth local authority to approve a late-night levy.

BBPA Midlands stalwart steps down after 35 years in the pub trade

10-Apr-2014 By James Wallin

The British Beer & Pub Association’s Midlands regional secretary Richard Matthews has stepped down after 11 years in the post and 35 years in the industry.

Islington late-night levy fuels fears for best-practice schemes

03-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Islington Council’s decision to introduce a late-night levy (LNL) has provoked fears that it will put existing local best-practice schemes in jeopardy.

Why a late-night levy is wrong for Newcastle

02-Sep-2013 By Tony Brookes

Tony Brookes, managing director of multiple operator The Head of Steam, takes aim at Newcastle council's decision to introduce a late-night levy on pubs and bars in the city.

BBPA: partnership approach vital in tackling late-night disorder

29-May-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The best way to tackle late-night disorder is via a partnership approach and not regulations such as the late-night levy (LNL) and early-morning restriction orders (EMROs), according to British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) public affairs director...

Best Bar None appoints national director

09-Apr-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Best Bar None (BBN), the national award scheme, has appointed Simon Jackson as the new national director. He will report directly to chief executive, Tim Hulme and will take up the post at the beginning of May 2013.

Get ahead of the game when it comes to EMROs and the late-night levy

24-Oct-2012 By Poppleston Allen

It has been more than two years since the Government announced plans to ‘rebalance the Licensing Act’. I sometimes wonder whether the continual drip feed of consultation papers, draft regulations and partial enactments is deliberate Government policy...

Bath licensees launch 'Nightwatch' scheme

04-Apr-2012 By Adam Pescod

A group of 40 licensees in Bath have teamed up with the local council and police to implement a ‘Nightwatch’ scheme with the aim of creating a safer night-time economy in the city.

BBPA welcomes Mary Queen of Shops Review

13-Dec-2011 By Gurjit Degun

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed proposals to improve high streets and has called for the government to put the plans “higher up the political agenda”.

BID slams late-night levy

17-Jun-2011 By Adam Pescod

The BBPA efforts to stop the Government's introduction of a late-night levy have been supported by the head of Nottingham's BID.

Online crime reports to launch in London's Victoria district

10-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun

A new online crime reporting system is set to be launched in 31 venues in the Victoria Business Improvement District (BID) next week.

Doorwatch set to grow across UK

21-May-2010 By John Harrington

More pubwatch-style groups for doorstaff are set to be formed following the creation of a National Doorwatch steering group. Doorwatch sees...

Cameras on doorstaff

28-Aug-2009 By John Harrington

Doorstaff at Nottingham pubs will wear CCTV cameras in their clothing to covertly film customers in a six-week pilot scheme. The scheme is funded by...

Paul Smith: "Oldham's blanket review is neither proportianate or reasonable

19-May-2009

On my travels over recent weeks one topic of conversation has cropped up a great deal: Oldham. Both the operators and the statutory bodies are...

BIDs uncovered

31-Aug-2007

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are fast becoming a popular way of improving the image of town and city centres. More than 40 are now in place...

Pubwatch helped save Coventry's night life

21-Feb-2007 By John Harrington

Pubwatch is key to reducing crime and rejuvenating towns and cities, says Coventry co-ordinator.

Crime down since launch of Licensing Act

09-Nov-2006

THE FIRST hard indications that the Licensing Act is having a positive effect on crime are emerging, days away from the first anniversary of the new...

Birmingham businesses show support for BID

01-Jun-2005

Businessmen and women in Birmingham have over-whelmingly voted in favour of establishing the city's Broad Street as a business improvement district...