Meeting under-age targets
18-Oct-2007
Now that the Government has published figures showing that the repeated blitzes on under-age sales have had the desired effect and that anyone under...
21-Sep-2007 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
Loss of licence not automatic
20-Sep-2007
The relationship between using domestic Sky in the pub and losing your personal licence has been highlighted by the Federation Against Copyright...
Anti-thug laws need strengthening
13-Sep-2007
Last week's lead story on the leniency shown to violent offenders in pubs, who may get away with just a caution, is rather underlined by the...
Calling time on pub violence
30-Aug-2007
Much has been rightly made in recent weeks of the worrying rise in gun crime. Reports of teenage shootings are bound to catch the national media's...
29-Aug-2007
Sky is doubling the number of people employed to investigate pubs that show football using domestic packages. The number of its "policing officers"...
Sky steps up monitoring of pubs
29-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
Sky is stepping up its pursuit of licensees that screen satellite programmes without a commercial licence by doubling the number of staff that...
NewsDigest
23-Aug-2007
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...
Licensee's fury after thug is cautioned
23-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
A Bolton licensee is furious a teenage thug got let off with a caution after he was attacked for taking a drink off him for being underage. The...
Pete Robinson: Has Hamish had it?
01-Aug-2007
This concerns smoking-ban rebel Hamish Howitt who runs the Happy Scots bar in Blackpool. The authorities are out to get Hamish one way or another....
Triple sting failure may cost host £10k
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A Northampton licensee could be the first to face a £10,000 fine and a three-month suspension of his licence for serving under-18s three times...
Pubs unsure of legal rights over customer complaints
27-Jul-2007
Pubs and other hospitality businesses are unsure of their rights when dealing with awkward or disgruntled customer says new research from purchasing...
Legal advice: Alcohol related crime statistics
26-Jul-2007
JUST WHEN the trade thought that the Daily Mail had the monopoly on binge-drinking scare stories, on July 20 The Times published an article with the...
SLTA calls for tougher action on alcohol-related crime
23-Jul-2007
The chief executive of Scotland's biggest licensee group says a new Scottish government "get tough" approach to binge-related crime and disorder...
20-Jul-2007
Police have blocked an attempt by JD Wetherspoon to open a pub on Cambridge Leisure Park. City magistrates have backed officers after they claimed...
Legal advice: Avoiding underage sales
01-Jun-2007
On May 4 2007 the Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign 5 (AMEC5) commenced. The campaign is due to run for a period of 10 weeks targeting...
Chris Maclean: two thorny issues at the LVA meeting
03-May-2007 By Chris Maclean
Yesterday's LVA meeting was dogged by two issues. The first was the smoking ban. We'd sent delegates to a regional seminar on the subject. The...
25-Apr-2007
Trade chief Alex Salussolia has accused the police of doing a U-turn over extended pub hours and going after pubs in a bid to 'appease the anti-pub...
Licensing@aol.com
19-Apr-2007
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...
Sting 20 pubs each, police forces told
12-Apr-2007
John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.uk Government has told every police force in the country to target 20 licensed premises in their area...
Unite now behind St George
12-Apr-2007
Less than two weeks to go now until St George's Day, and the chance for pubs to unite the nation by celebrating this splendid occasion in ways that...
Offenders just can't refuse this offer
12-Apr-2007
Last Friday, a whole new wave of measures in the Violent Crime Reduction Act came into effect. Principal among them for the licensed trade was the...
05-Apr-2007 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....
Legal advice: New laws on underage sales
30-Mar-2007
An Order was made earlier this month which brings into force certain provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, part one of which gives...
Pubs face £10K fine in new underage clampdown
15-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
Pubs could be forced to close for three months or pay a £10,000 fine following a tough new clampdown on underage sales expected to be brought in...
15-Mar-2007 By John Harrington
Tough new fines are due from early April - and licensees can't claim due diligence.
22-Feb-2007
Bolton Wanderers applies for licence reviews of five foreign satellite pubs around the Reebok Stadium
Licensing@aol.com
08-Feb-2007
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
25-Jan-2007
Peterborough Centre Safe "Socialise responsibly - get a nightlife, don't get a ban" is the message that Peterborough Centre Safe (PCS) is drumming...
16-Jan-2007
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...
11-Jan-2007
MA Editor says New Labour must fulfill election pledge.
Prosecute kids who try it on
14-Dec-2006
It has to be recognised that Governments do not like to be seen to be punishing children - it is not "politically correct". This may explain why the...
Pubcos may avoid underage sale fines
14-Dec-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pub companies are less likely to face prosecution for an underage sale after a judge said premises licence holders should not be held responsible....
Licensing@aol.com
23-Nov-2006
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...
Doomsday predictions fade
23-Nov-2006
The new regime does not provide the freedom or profit many pubs hoped for, but it has not been all doom and gloom, explains Graeme Cushion a partner...
Legal advice: Swingeing ADZ penalties
17-Nov-2006
The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 is due to come into force next year and is designed to give police and local authorities new powers to tackle...
Controversial ADZs given green light
16-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Local authorities have been given the green light to impose controversial alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) after the Violent Crime Reduction Bill...
Crime down since launch of Licensing Act
09-Nov-2006
THE FIRST hard indications that the Licensing Act is having a positive effect on crime are emerging, days away from the first anniversary of the new...
09-Nov-2006 By Peter Coulson
MA Legal expert Peter Coulson on the Violent Crime Reduction Bill
Security: how to spot a forgery
07-Nov-2006
The manufacturer of a forgery-checking device is warning publicans to be vigilant in the run-up to Christmas against a wave of counterfeit notes,...
17-Aug-2006
A firm of London solicitors is offering to defend licensees against criminal prosecution for showing foreign satellite football. The firm,...
Licensing Act has not increased crime
27-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Critics of the new licensing regime are continuing to be confounded as new government research shows it is not causing a rise in crime. Latest Home...
14-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Female drinkers in Suffolk are being warned by police to wear nice underwear and wax their legs before going out to get plastered.
02-Jun-2006 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...
18-May-2006 By Peter Coulson
Lining them up on the bench Whether or not England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has to use a number of substitutes this summer, I hope that the...
08-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A new survey says there is roaring trade with £1billion pounds changing hands in Britain's pubs - trouble is the money is not going to licensees....
Stamping out fraud
27-Apr-2006
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...
Be prepared for duty stamps
20-Apr-2006
Licensees will be committing a criminal offence and could face losing their licence if they sell spirits without duty stamps after October 1....
06-Apr-2006 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...
Legal advice: DVD piracy
05-Apr-2006
According to recent research, more than one in five pirate DVDs are currently sold in pubs and cafés. In fact, 26 per cent of people who buy pirate...