The Government could act to cut further red tape on the industry by the end of the year, the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed.
Pubs will not require specific permission to host live music or other forms of entertainment for crowds under 5,000 — under radical plans that could prove a major boost for the industry.
Live music and other entertainment provisions could be taken out of the licensing regime, in a move that could make it easier for venues to host gigs. DCMS has already given partial backing to a Bill that wants licence exemptions for small gigs.
Pubs will be able to apply for TENS (Temporary Events Notices) entirely online from January 2010. And local authorities, rather than applicants, will...
Former Undertones frontman and UK Music chief Feargal Sharkey says his band would not have had a career without pubs. He tells James Wilmore that he...
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport measure aimed at helping village halls and community centres to allow alcohol sales at events, says Peter Coulson.
The revised statutory Guidance for local authorities issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 last week, appears to have been one of the last acts of the outgoing minister at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), Tessa Jowell.
Bringing drinks into a pub Q There has been a suggestion recently that a group of customers who buy beers from us were also consuming spirit chasers...
Pubs will no longer need permission from their local authority to operate poker or other gaming under proposals published yesterday by the Department...
Less than 600 pubs across the country have 24-hour licences, says a new survey from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). On the eve of...
Pubs would face massive hikes in costs to operate gaming machines under new Government plans. A pub with three machines would see initial fees rocket...
Alas! In spite of all the protestations and reassurances, it looks as if the gaming change-over is going the same way as alcohol licensing - late and...
I have been reading with some interest the recently published Interim Report of the Licensing Fees Review Panel which was set up principally to look...
Hosts will do well to remember their AWPs It is likely that amid all the fuss and bother of complying with the transition provisions, many licensees...
Predictably, the proposed new temporary event notice form from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) runs to no less than ten pages five...
What a disgusting situation. Bernard Crehan wins time after time and still because of Inntrepreneur tactics, could lose ('Bancruptcy threatens Crehan...
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...
