Negotiations for a new JD Wetherspoon (JDW) site in Leeds have turned sour after council members deferred the pubco’s planning application for a third time in a year
Liverpool City Council is free to continue running its late-night levy after a challenge brought by the Pub Invest Group was dismissed by the High Court.
Green Party councillors have called for an alternative to the late-night levy in which a proportion of all alcohol taxation would go towards improving the night-time economy.
Brighton & Hove City Council is to set up a working group to examine the threats to live music venues from noise complaints, following a successful campaign by the city’s music supporters.
Nottingham City Council said it is likely a late-night levy will be approved next month, despite the fact 74% of respondents to the consultation have objected to the plan.
Pubs, bars and clubs in Chelmsford will be able to submit responses to a possible late-night levy from next Thursday (27 March), as the council becomes the latest authority to consult on whether to introduce the fee.
Apathy among the trade towards late-night levies is a big concern and a significant factor in local authorities bringing in the tax, according to a leading licensing lawyer.
Blackpool Council licensing committee’s rejection of an early morning restriction order (EMRO) could “spell the end of the EMRO” – that’s according to a leading licensing law firm.
A Kent licensee fears for his trade after he was banned from using the patio next to his bar due to noise, despite the fact it has been part of his business for 12 years.
Local authorities have been making “dreadful procedural errors” and could face legal challenges from the trade over the introduction of early-morning restriction orders (EMROs) and late-night levies (LNLs), trade bodies have claimed.
Blackpool licensees have praised a leading councillor’s enquiry into the practices of an early morning restriction order (EMRO) consultation after he claimed council staff were “colluding” with the police.
It was only a matter of time. Newcastle City Council has become the first local authority to cross the Rubicon and introduce a late-night levy (LNL) — an additional tax that could have a significant impact on late-night bars, pubs and nightclubs in the...
As Snifter suspected, proposals by an Irish county council to legalise drink-driving have fallen by the wayside (or kerbside) after Ireland’s transport minister shot them down.
I am becoming increasingly concerned about the political influence locally on the late-night economy of city centres. Local authorities have a crucial role to play; they promote and invest, and exercise controls through planning and planning policy, traffic...
Brighton & Hove City Council has passed a motion calling on the Government to monitor self-regulation of the pub industry and introduce a minimum price for alcohol sales in England.
Punters drinking outside a city centre pub will now have to sit down to sup - but smokers can stand up. Furious licensee Phil Cutter has branded the...
A victory for common sense is always welcome, especially where it slices through even a small ribbon of the many miles of red tape the pub trade has...
A London councillor has warned hosts that even the slightest trace of cocaine on their premises could lose them their licences. This came after tests...
Councillors on the south coast have defended plans to introduce the UK's largest cumulative impact zone, claiming it will benefit small and community...
It is a little disingenuous of Councillor Audrey Lewis in the MA ('Even Coulson can get it wrong over licensing letters, 4 August) to seek to divert...
Brighton and Hove City Council has 'named and shamed the worst venues for illegal flyposting. This is in response to a recent surge in pubs and clubs...
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...
