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Best Bar None 2017

Best Bar None Scheme seeks ‘next round of champions’ for 2017

17-Oct-2016 By Sara Hussein

The Home Office-supported national award scheme Best Bar None (BBN) is seeking entries for three different categories in its annual competition after its ‘successful’ launch last year.  

Legal analysis

Checking closure powers

03-Jul-2015 By James Anderson & Nick Arron, Poppleston Allen

So far as licensed premises are concerned, the main provisions of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 came into effect on 20 October 2014, but it is only recently that we have seen evidence of these provisions being put into force.

Lambeth rejects EMRO after claiming the measure 'needs reviewing'

06-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Lambeth Council has rejected plans for an early morning restriction order, stating that the legislation needs re-examining to see if it is suitable for solving the problem of late-night nuisance from bars and clubs.

Analysis: Impact on pubs of new Anti-Social Behaviour legislation

05-Mar-2014 By Helen Gilbert

Helen Gilbert assesses the industry’s fears about the new Anti-Social Behaviour Bill.

Government launches consultation on proposals which align pubs with 'crack houses'

03-Jan-2013 By Adam Pescod

Licensees have the chance to respond to a consultation on the Government’s new anti-social behaviour proposals which include a power to close pubs for up to 48 hours following public disorder incidents.

Ten areas of UK given grants to tackle binge drinking

30-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Ten areas across the country have been given grants of up to £10,000 to test ideas that could tackle binge drinking and alcohol-related antisocial behaviour, the Government has announced.

Baroness Newlove to lead Community Alcohol Partnerships

08-Jul-2011 By Adam Pescod

The government's communities adviser Baroness Newlove will lead a major expansion of Community Alcohol Partnerships with the backing of drinks...

NI pubs group welcomes minimum price push

07-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

Trade group Pubs of Ulster has welcomed today's launch of a consultation into minimum pricing in Northern Ireland. Ministers are keen to be first...

Neil Robertson: We must talk more about open pubs than closed ones

06-Jan-2011

While I find much to agree with Pete on in his well-written article, I do read things slightly differently. Politicians are relentlessly pragmatic,...

Paying lip service to pubs

09-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team

Worrying elements still remain in the revisions to the licensing reform, says The PMA Team.

Diageo invests in Purple Flag scheme

18-Jun-2010 By John Harrington

Diageo is to invest around £100,000 as headline sponsor of the 'kitemark' scheme that recognises safe and successful nighttime economies.

Watchdog: alcohol partnerships work

20-Jan-2010 By John Harrington

The Government's regulations watchdog has called for a revisiting of existing partnership schemes to curb alcohol-related problems. The Local Better...

'Gordon Brown to give councils new powers on 24-hour licences'

29-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore

Gordon Brown will announce that local councils are to be given new powers to stop pubs and clubs opening for 24-hours a day. The move will be part of...

Funding available for underage crackdown

17-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney

A total of £1.4m has been made available to help towns combat underage drinking over the summer. The funding is available for 69 towns and boroughs...

New £1.4m crackdown on teenage binge-drinking

17-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore

The government is stepping up its efforts to clampdown on teenage binge-drinking by launching a new £1.4m summer initiative today. Councils and...

'Government's ADZ plans in tatters'

04-Jan-2009

"The government has failed to force rowdy pubs and clubs to pay for extra policing, six months after new powers came into force. Ministers pledged to...

McMullen boss: stop over-regulation

19-Nov-2008 By John Harrington

Peter Furness-Smith urges Culture Secretary Andy Burnham to "rise above soundbite politics" and save pubs from the massive regulatory burden

The Guv'nor Godfrey Page

17-Apr-2008

Mayhem on the streets? Don't blame the pubs I would like to start by saying that the future of pubs is looking good. But I can't. In 2005 when the...

Labour MP proposes pay-for-policing scheme

11-Nov-2003

Industry leaders have slated a Labour MP's proposal to allow local authorities to force licensed premises to pay for policing.Southampton MP John...