Fraud

Fraud avoidance: Arun Chauhan, founder of Tenet Compliance & Litigation, addresses delegates at the MA500 meeting in Bath

How the wrong pub culture can put you at high risk of fraud

By Arun Chauhan

Pub landlords and owners (from large groups to single sites) need to engage differently with their teams to ensure they’re highly engaged and motivated, leading to a positive working culture.
Arun Chauhan, founder of Tenet Compliance & Litigation...

Bath and Bristol pubs being targeted by scam artist

Crime

Pubs targeted by advertising scam

By Nikkie Sutton

Licensees are urging other pubs to remain vigilant following reports that a scam artist is targeting pubs in the Bristol and Bath area.

Scam: Beware of the bogus surveyor

Crime

Scam: Beware of the bogus surveyor

By Emily Sutherland

Licensees have been warned to be on their guard against a convincing phone scam by a man claiming to be a business rates surveyor.

Food fraud is a growing and serious threat to all food businesses, experts have warned

Food Safety

Britain’s fruit and veg supplies ‘overlapped by drug cartels’

By Nicholas Robinson

The countries supplying Britain's fresh fruit and vegetables are overlapped by drug-smuggling gangs, an expert in the field has revealed, following warnings that operators may have long-since been at risk of many types of food fraud.

Food crime and fraud will affect pubs, say experts

Food Safety

Food fraud ‘very real danger to pubs’

By Nicholas Robinson

Food fraud and crime are very real and growing dangers to operators serving food, who should have strong preventative systems in place, a group of experts in the field have warned.

Counterfeit drinks: Are they poison?

Advice: counterfeit food and drink

By Andrew Don

An offer that is too good to be true usually is, says Andrew Don, who has investigated the scourge of counterfeit food and drinks.

Beer tax fraud group descends on Dover

Beer tax fraud group descends on Dover

By Michelle Perrett

Four members of a tax fraud investigation group have spent a day in Dover meeting frontline officers from the UK’s Border Force, which is responsible for monitoring and intercepting smuggled goods.

Budget 2012: Beer duty stamp consultation launched

Budget 2012: Beer duty stamp consultation launched

By Gurjit Degun

Introducing duty stamps on all bottles and cans of beer will be “hugely costly” and add a regulatory burden on brewers, according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).

Trick or cheat: Fraudsters and the pub trade

Trick or cheat: Fraudsters and the pub trade

By Phil Mellows

Publicans have long been the victims of choice for a wide range of fraudsters. And with the busiest time of year fast approaching for the trade, licensees will need to up their guard to stay one step ahead of the tricksters. Phil Mellows reports.

Scam warning for wine producers

Scam warning for wine producers

By Adam Pescod

The Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) and the Metropolitan Police are urging wine producers to step up checks on orders to combat increasing use of identity fraud as a means of obtaining goods without payment.

Fake ID: police warning

Fraud prosecution threat for false ID users

By Ewan Turney

Underage drinkers using fake IDs could be charged with fraud — that's the stark warning from Lincolnshire police. The force is warning under-18s...

ID check: pubs are urged to be careful

Child arrested for using false ID in pub

By John Harrington

A 17 year-old girl has been arrested for fraud for allegedly using someone else's ID to try to buy alcohol in a bar. It's believed to be among the...

Guare: warning over scam

Host warns of scammer targeting pubs

By Gemma McKenna

A Stockport licensee has warned fellow hosts to be on their guard against a scam artist asking for a loan of £800. Karl Guare, licensee at the Royal...

Q&A

Q&A

Later time for drinks Q. One of the reasons we are losing trade is that the nearest pub to us regularly stays open after the hours the licensee was...

OFT offers scam advice

OFT offers scam advice

By Ewan Turney

The Office of Fair Trading has identified the top five tricks used to scam people. As part of its Scams Awareness Month, the OFT is warning consumers...

Licensing@aol.com

Licensing@aol.com

Changes of address Q We have recently moved pubs in the same district. The premises licence is held by the same brewery. In all the pressure of the...

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...

A focus on fraud

A focus on fraud

The government is cracking down on fraudulent benefit claims and the licensed trade is one of the areas to be targeted. By Nicola Collenette.It is an...