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Sexual entertainment venue licence

More than 50 residents complain over sex entertainment plans at pub

10-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

More than 50 residents have objected to a Gloucestershire pub’s plans for a sexual entertainment venue (SEV) licence.

Councils hail new lap dancing curbs

12-Feb-2010 By John Harrington

Changes to the way lap-dancing clubs are licensed are a "victory for common sense", council leaders said today. The Government has confirmed new...

Lap dancing crackdown sets 'worrying precedent'

12-Feb-2010 By John Harrington

New curbs on lap dancing venues set a "worrying precedent" for the whole licensed trade, says ALMR chief Nick Bish.

All lap-dancing clubs forced to re-apply

22-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney

All lap-dancing clubs will have to apply for a new licence under strict new rules unveiled by the Government. The Policing and Crime Bill...

Noctis: licensing act problems outweigh benefits

25-Nov-2008 By Gemma McKenna

The problems of the Licensing Act far outweigh the benefits, according to Noctis executive director Paul Smith. Speaking at the final session of the...

Lap dancers visit No.10

05-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney

Lap Dancing Association hands petition to PM calling for Government to drop plans to re-licence clubs as sex encounter establishments.

MP urges lap dance action

26-Jun-2008

New powers are needed to regulate lap-dancing clubs because it's "extremely difficult" for licences to be reviewed or revoked, an MP has told...

Govt probe into lap-dancing clubs

12-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Council feedback will affect clubs' fate The Government is open to the idea of re-classifying lap-dancing clubs as sex encounter rather than...

Lap dancing in a different league

01-May-2008

I only have an entirely professional interest in lap dancing clubs, of course, so my first thoughts on the new campaign to re-classify them were...

Strip clubs fight to avoid sex-industry re-licensing

24-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney Ewan.Turney@william-reed.co.uk

Venues aiming for minimum standards A new trade body for lap-dancing clubs, the Lap Dancing Association (LDA), launched on Monday, is fighting a move...

Lap dance body objects to Object

22-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney

LDA, launched yesterday, has picked its first fight against a lobby group

New lap-dancing body launched

21-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney

A new trade association for lap dancing clubs is launched in a bid to distance the industry from the sleazy image of drugs and prostitution