Crime

Licensing Act leads to fall in crime

Licensing Act leads to fall in crime

By Tamara Sender of M&C Report

BBPA writes to government with figures showing the Licensing Act has led to a reduction in alcohol-related violence

Sky doubles investigative staff

Sky doubles investigative staff

Sky is doubling the number of people employed to investigate pubs that show football using domestic packages. The number of its "policing officers"...

NewsDigest

NewsDigest

Marston's is investing £1m in opening three new Que Pasa venues, taking its total to 20. A venue in Doncaster, South Yorks, opened earlier this...

Police block JDW pub plan

Police block JDW pub plan

Police have blocked an attempt by JD Wetherspoon to open a pub on Cambridge Leisure Park. City magistrates have backed officers after they claimed...

Licensing@aol.com

Licensing@aol.com

Can we ask for a thug ban? QOver the years we have campaigned hard for the police to take legal action through the Crown Prosecution Service against...

Nationwide pub sting ops planned

Nationwide pub sting ops planned

By John Harrington

The Government has told every police force in the country to target 20 licensed premises in their area during the latest round of sting operations....

Licensing@aol.com

Licensing@aol.com

Eject with care Q I have been told that you can still use force to eject someone from a pub but a friend in the trade has said that I could be in...

East Anglia

East Anglia

Peterborough Centre Safe "Socialise responsibly - get a nightlife, don't get a ban" is the message that Peterborough Centre Safe (PCS) is drumming...

Cheap spirit prosecutions continue

Cheap spirit prosecutions continue

It has not been a Happy New Year for several licensees found guilty of passing off cheap spirits as top brand names. The International Federation of...

Licensing@aol.com

Licensing@aol.com

Signs outside pub QMost of my town's traders put out advertising signs on the pavement or roadway, but I have been told that it is illegal for me to...

London lawyers to challenge Sky

London lawyers to challenge Sky

A firm of London solicitors is offering to defend licensees against criminal prosecution for showing foreign satellite football. The firm,...

Red and Yellow Cards for pub troublemakers

Red and Yellow Cards for pub troublemakers

By Iain O'Neil

Pubs in north Wales will be issuing red and yellow cards to troublemakers during the World Cup. The campaign, called Show Violent Crime the Red Card...

Stamping out fraud

Stamping out fraud

Pubs are to be on the front line in the fight against smuggling, as Michelle Perrett discovers.If someone offers to sell you cut-price vodka it may...

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Pub doorstaff urged not to use handcuffs

By Iain O'Neil

Manchester licensees are being urged not to allow their doorstaff to use handcuffs to restrain violent customers. Concerns over the practice were...