London Borough Of Hackney

£2.1m investment to relaunch London Fields Brewery

05-Jul-2019 By Gary Lloyd

Hackney-based London Fields Brewery’s iconic home is geared up for reopening next month (9 August) and leading from the front will be a new Kaspar Schulz brewkit that will allow the business to make experimental beers.

Proposed Hackney levy ‘blunt and indiscriminate’

08-May-2017 By Liam Coleman

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has billed the late-night levy a “blunt and indiscriminate tax” in response to Hackney Council’s consultation on proposals to introduce the charge.

Late-night levy plans for Hackney ‘will have detrimental effect’

14-Mar-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Industry groups have warned Hackney Borough Council that proposals to introduce a late-night levy in the area would be detrimental to local businesses.

Lights out for Hackney? Backlash builds against council's plans to stop granting new licences

17-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Hackney council is facing a bitter backlash from the borough’s late night venues after it proposed a new bylaw that would close venues at 11pm and prevent any new licences from being granted in certain areas.

Two more pubs issued Article 4 Directions

05-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

The Chesham Arms in Hackney, east London, and The Wellington in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, are the latest pubs to be issued immediate Article 4 Directions, following long-standing campaigning from locals.

BrewDog secures Clapham and Brighton sites

19-Jun-2014 By John Harrington

BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has confirmed that it has secured its fourth site in London, in Clapham, and also its first on the south coast in Brighton.

Hackney approves licence refusal policy

31-Jan-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Hackney Council has approved proposals for a special policy area (SPA) to be implemented in Dalston – meaning new licence applications for pubs and bars in the area will be automatically refused.

Hackney to consider licence refusal policy despite opposition

23-Jan-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A new policy meaning that new licence applications for pubs and bars in Hackney could be automatically refused, due to the “detrimental impact” on residents, may be introduced - despite the fact a consultation on the measure has been opposed by 85% of...

Save the Chesham campaign urges Hackney Council to make compulsory purchase order

23-Oct-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Members of the Save the Chesham campaign group are lobbying Hackney Borough Council to make a compulsory purchase order after winning a landmark tribunal hearing to keep the pub listed as an asset of community value (ACV).

Pub's strip club plans rejected

12-May-2008 By James Wilmore

A pub's controversial bid to host stripping and pole-dancing was rejected last week after major objections were raised by residents and religious...

Shoreditch licensees fear new residents' complaints

11-May-2005

Licensees in London's Shoreditch fear they will suffer at the hands of local residents when the new Licensing Act comes into force.The vibrant...