Common Sense

Drink driving

Licensees urged to prevent customers drink-driving

25-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Licensing legal specialist Poppleston Allen has urged licensees to prevent customers from getting behind the wheel if they have been drinking.

Paranoid? You really ought to be in this trade

20-Aug-2015 By Ed Bedington

You’re not paranoid if they actually are out to get you, and if you’re in the pub trade at the moment, you could be forgiven for being a little paranoid.

A victory for common sense in licensing process

22-Jan-2013 By Poppleston Allen

There was an important, and little heralded, decision in the High Court just before Christmas. In Matthew Taylor v Manchester City Council & TCG Bars Ltd, the court was asked to consider to what extent, if at all, an application to vary a licence...

Phil Dixon

28-May-2009 By The PMA Team

Phil Dixon, Trade consultant (37) Why he is on the list: The Barnsley boy is an extremely rare bird in this trade — he's trusted by both licensees...

Good sense prevails for pubwatch

21-Aug-2008 By Andrew Pring

Amidst some rather bizarre human-rights legislation, it's refreshing to see common sense protecting licensees and customers from troublemakers, says MA editor Andrew Pring

Chris Maclean: dark days

14-Feb-2007 By Chris Maclean

I suspect, like many licensees, I experience dark days. Days when everything seems black. When income doesn't meet expenditure. Bills await payment....