If the local environmental health officer (EHO) finds evidence of a rat infestation in a pub kitchen, should the publican close the pub at the EHO's request? Poppleston Allen explains the legal position.
Temporary Event Notices (TENs) have been successful in England and Wales since the inception of the Licensing Act 2003, according to licensing specialists Poppleston Allen.
With the Rugby World Cup just around the corner, now is a useful time to set out a few dos and don’ts when it comes to issuing Temporary Event Notices (TENs).
The prospect of licensing officers, environmental health officers or the police visiting your premises, scrutinising the way you operate and looking for every non-compliance is a daunting one, regardless of whether you have managed a pub for 20 years...
Disputes between publicans and residents over noise is a fault of weakened planning controls not noise legislation, the principal policy officer at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has claimed.
Jeremy Veitch, licensing consultant and former licensing manager for a large pub company, shares his views on dealing with local environmental health officers
This week's legal Q&A features issues to do with 'regulated entertainment' and nudity, noise abatement notices and if you are required to have smaller glasses.
If pubs wish to hold an ad-hoc event and it is less than 10 working days to the event, they may be able to submit a 'late TEN'. Here’s a legal checklist for applying for these notices.
We all know that a noisy pub disco or karaoke is a sure-fire way of ending up before the licensing committee following a review by residents or the environmental health officer. Here are a few pointers to bear in mind if you are hosting a music event.
An ex-Punch Taverns tenant has sought legal action against the company after an unpaid gas bill from a previous lessee left him without hot water and the use of his kitchen.
We all know what the basic limits are for temporary event notices (TENs). Simple, right? Not necessarily — when the ravenous monster that is the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act (PRSR) came into force, some things changed for the better and...
It struck me last week — while I was shaving a mere two-thirds off the cost of my home insurance through a well-known website, whose cute PR chaps sit up on their hind legs and look around — just how ‘simples’ such matters can be. I’m not sure what Aleksandr...
Festivals are part and parcel of a British summer nowadays — and running one is a fantastic opportunity to remind people that you are at the heart of your community.
One of the first activities to be affected by the proposed changes in licensing laws due to come into effect next month will be temporary event notices.
Our health and safety auditors deal with all kinds of health and safety issues every day and help our clients to address and overcome them. Below we...
A shiver of apprehension runs through most establishments when a visit from an environmental health officer (EHO) is on the cards. Yet the visits are...
One of the key policy elements of the Government in moving licensing over to local authorities was to remove the "inconsistencies" that they claimed...
Pubs can expect a national Scores on the Doors scheme, giving consumers details of hygiene rankings given by environmental health officers (EHOs), to...
Shrewsbury-based Shading by Design has a different story to tell than Breeze House when it comes to gaining planning approval. Director Tony Reynolds...
Nearly all businesses in Northern Ireland have stuck to the smoking ban, say councils.Staff from the 26 district councils have found a 99.5 per cent...
Pubs are under increasing attack and Peter Linacre believes it's up to the trade to organise and take action Attack, attack attack - that seems to be...
A Cornish pub which magistrates said posed a "huge public health risk" has been fined for breaches of food safety rules.Licensee Adrian Olsen of the...
Most publicans will admit to occasionally struggling with the sheer weight of red tape and regulation that burdens the industry. So imagine how much...
A pub which has been trading its extended hours responsibly has been forced to close earlier because residents complained it might cause a late-night...
Managed operator Spirit Group has been slated by environmental health officers for a catalogue of health and safety breaches - including decomposing rodents.
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...
