A new study shows eight out of 10 people have cut their visit to a pub, restaurant, or café short because of noise, with 75% of people saying they would eat out more often if venues were quieter, according to the charity Action on Hearing Loss.
Pubs have been urged to turn the music down and the lights up to help create a better experience for the 10 million deaf and hard of hearing in the UK.
In this article, we highlight some more practical issues that operators can face if they choose or are otherwise required to attend a licensing hearing without legal representation.
A licensee, who spent £12,000 in an effort to limit noise disturbance from her pub, has escaped an ‘inaudibility’ condition on her licence, after battling through her second licence review hearing.
PICA-Service was due to deal with two separate complaints at hearings scheduled for the 8 and 9 April but one was settled before the hearing and the second postponed.
Enterprise Inns has been found in breach of its code of practice in the first two cases to go through the Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service (PICA-Service).
Enterprise Inns has denied allegations from Greg Mulholland that it has made legal threats against the Parliamentary Committee probing pubcos, as well as the media. But the MP has hit back.
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