How trade helped cut crime
16-Feb-2006 By John Harrington
Police believe the sharp fall in violent offences under the much-criticised new licensing regime has been fuelled by a number of factors - not least...
Clampdown on DVD crime
16-Feb-2006
Pubs are set to be targeted as part of a massive nationwide awareness campaign to help stamp out DVD piracy.Around 36,000 pubs will be sent an...
Drink-fuelled violence down since extended hours
09-Feb-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Police figures reveal drink-fuelled violence has been slashed by the new licensing act.
07-Feb-2006
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Gloucestershire licensee. South African Jacqui Bisset, 30, was found dead in the upstairs flat at...
BBPA slams government over ADZ plans
31-Jan-2006
A senior member of the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has slammed government proposals for controversial Alcohol Disorder Zones (ADZs).Lee...
My Shout - Stepehen Oliver MD of Union Pub company
05-Jan-2006 By Stephen Oliver
What will 2006 bring? Stephen Oliver hopes the police will put more effort into cutting crime and less into haranguing hosts
Licensee spends 14 hours in cell after pub dispute
08-Dec-2005
A licensee is furious after spending 14 hours in a police cell for throwing out a customer he claimed was drunk. Rod Evans at the Tafarn Y Trap in...
Walkabout Bournemouth toasts licence bid court success
01-Dec-2005
A Walkabout pub in Bourne-mouth has won back its licence after taking steps to reduce violence at the venue. Magistrates granted the paperwork after...
Pubs to foot bill for ADZs
27-Oct-2005
All licensees in the government's planned alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) will be forced to pay towards extra policing and street cleaning, it was...
Broad St plan tackles disorder
13-Oct-2005
A combination of voluntary schemes and extra police patrols has helped Birmingham's Broad Street nightspot record a 30% fall in violent crime - and a...
Magistrates meeting to decide fate of Syndicate
13-Oct-2005
by Tony Halstead A dossier of evidence about under-age drinking, assaults, robbery, disorder and dancefloor sex have been levelled at the UK's...
One dead, two injured, in shooting
18-Aug-2005
Police are investigating the death of a man who was shot in an east London pub. It is believed that the unnamed man got in an argument with others on...
Trade slams Home Office statistics
26-Jul-2005
Trade leaders have condemned scare tactics by the government which could deter customers from visiting pubs.The British Beer and Pub Association...
Regular pub-goers at risk, says Home Office
21-Jul-2005
Drinkers who visit a pub more than three times a week every month run a higher risk of a violent attack, according to the latest Home Office...
Police campaign 'taints image of city nightlife'
07-Jul-2005
by John Harrington Ultimate Leisure boss Bob Senior has criticised a police campaign entitled 'the party's over for tarnishing the image of the...
Trade leaders question alcohol-related crime
30-Jun-2005
by Tony Halstead Trade leaders have poured scorn on new police figures that claim alcohol-fuelled violence linked to pubs has soared 15% in a year....
Trade outcry as Crime Bill opens door to ADZs
09-Jun-2005
by Ewan Turney Trade leaders have accused the Government of "sheer arrogance" and declared they are "bitterly disappointed" with its decision to...
Brum shows drunken yobs yellow card'
09-Jun-2005
Birmingham has become the latest area of the country to issue football-style "yellow card" warnings to drunken yobs. Fourteen yellow cards were...
Police told to use existing powers on disorder
02-Jun-2005
Police have come under fire for failing to use their existing powers to target irresponsible operators.Lee Le Clercq, regional secretary for the...
Customer shot in second pub robbery
19-May-2005
A pub customer was shot in the stomach during an attempted pub robbery by two men who had tried to raid another pub just 20 minutes earlier. The...
Licensees join fight to tackle pirate TV footy
28-Apr-2005
by Tony Halstead Licensees are helping soccer bosses win their battle against pirate TV screenings of Premier-ship football. More than 50 calls are...
Yobs set to blame pubs under 'Last Drink Policy'
21-Apr-2005
Licensees have been told they could face prosecution if anyone arrested for an alcohol-related offence fingers their premises as the last place they...
Direction signs to pubs
14-Apr-2005
QI want to put up a sign at the end of the road to direct people to the pub. I have the landowner's permission to do this, but I have been told that...
Will caution cost licence?
24-Mar-2005
QCan you tell me whether a police caution will affect my chances of getting a new personal licence? I was visited and warned for serving early prior...
Barmaid traumatised in armed raid
10-Mar-2005
Nine masked men one armed with a gun and others with Samurai swords forced staff at a Midlands pub to hand over takings before they robbed...
Ban on chav-wear stamps out trouble
03-Mar-2005
A Stourbridge nightclub that banned "chav wear" has seen violent crime at the venue reduced to almost zero inside seven months. The Enteramma-owned...
Clock's ticking on fate of drinking up time'
13-Jan-2005
It is still very difficult to predict with any accuracy exactly what will happen to permitted hours under the new regime. As I commented last week,...
Court action mounting against TV footy cheats
16-Dec-2004
by Tony Halstead More licensees are facing criminal prosecutions for illegally screening live Saturday afternoon Premiership soccer in their bars....
Pubs ready for under-age tests
02-Dec-2004
Pubs across the country are preparing for another police blitz this Christmas - but licensees are already proving they work within the law.Birmingham...
Gang jailed for armed raids
25-Nov-2004
An armed gang that used the internet to learn the lay-out of pubs and other businesses, before raiding 30 premises in a nine-month crime spree across...
Drunks could face £500 charge for ambulances
11-Nov-2004
by Ewan Turney Tony Blair is considering a plan to charge drunken revellers up to £500 if they need the help of the emergency services. Also under...
Legal advice: Procedures for obtaining licences
29-Sep-2004
By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.Draft regulations setting out procedures for...
Police warning on pub burglaries
09-Aug-2004
Police across the country are urging licensees to give more consideration to the security of their premises after a number of burglaries.Warnings are...
Anger over SIA in Birmingham
07-Jul-2004
Licensees in Birmingham have reacted angrily to the launch of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence in the Midlands.Launched on July 5, the...
Home Office pushes century old legislation
23-Jun-2004
The Home Office is proving irresponsible drinking is far from a new phenomenon by urging police to enforce a law that is more than a century...
Licensees warned over couple banned from all UK pubs
27-May-2004
Licensees are being warned not to serve a couple who have been banned from every pub in the UK.Robert George Hughes, 37, and wife Lisa, 38, of...
Calling time
19-May-2004
The police commander for Lambeth has decided that enough is enough and is taking a hard line on pubs where criminal activity is rife - and it seems...
Newcastle pubs ban 64 troublemakers
06-May-2004
A total of 64 troublemakers have been banned from pubs and clubs in Newcastle, Staffordshire, six months after the launch of an initiative to cut...
Home Office drink-related crime figures contradiction
06-May-2004
The latest Home Office figures which link nearly half of all serious assaults to drink have been contradicted in separate Home Office reports.Crime...
Government crack down on irresponsible drinking
29-Apr-2004
Pubs and clubs are facing a major crackdown on irresponsible drinking after the government announced a 10 per cent rise in violent crime.The Home...
Legal advice: Cannabis confusion
16-Feb-2004
Despite the fact that cannabis has now been reclassified as a Class C drug the message is clear - it is still illegal.By Deborah McCallum of...
Mid Devon
15-Jan-2004
Mike Sais, co-ordinator of Mid Devon Pubwatch, is proud, and rightly so, of the way alcohol-infuseddisorder has been reduced in the streets of...
Police shut down Brum club
15-Jan-2004
Police have used their powers under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 to close a Birmingham nightspot, the Plazza Café in Lozells Road,...
Police on murder trail
11-Dec-2003
Four people arrested in connection with the murder of a man at a Cambridgeshire pub have been released without charge. Peter Stone, 37, died last...
Warning over data protection scam
13-Nov-2003
Licensees are being hit by another round of scam letters demanding money for data protectionservices. The latest batch of circulars issues veiled...
Don't be a dope with cannabis
13-Nov-2003
The re-classification of cannabis in the categories of drugs should be seen by the trade for what it is a change in the technical administration...
FLVA chief warning on cannabis change
06-Nov-2003
A trade leader has warned of the "tremendous problems and difficulties" facing licensees over Government plans to downgrade cannabis to a Class C...
Street drinking bans to be extended
26-Sep-2003
Drinking alcohol on the street in two of the busiest entertainment centres in Britain is to be banned following action by councillors.In London's...
Sex attack allegation
04-Sep-2003
The car park of Cambridge pub the Boathouse was cordoned off on Monday as police investigated an allegation of indecent assault. A man had walked...
Staffordshire police launch initiative to tackle disorder
02-Sep-2003
Staffordshire police have responded to concerns about disorderly conduct at closing time by putting more police on the beat at weekends. The...
