The story on the front page of last week's issue of the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA), that after a long battle Michael Kheng has gained damages for his clients for the unlawful ‘instant’ closure notices issue by West Yorkshire Police, was...
The Government has admitted it was wrong to advise police that they could close premises immediately for minor breaches of conditions and threaten licensees with arrest if they did not comply.
A former licensee of the now-shut Remix Bar in Woking, Surrey, will have to fork out £9,000 in damages to PRS for Music for failing to have a licence to play music for two years.
They think it’s all over... it is now for Karen Murphy. The final whistle has blown on her six-year legal battle against her conviction for using foreign satellite services to show live Premier League football in her Portsmouth pub, the Red, White &...
The Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has raised concern about the improvements made to the Industry Framework Code (IFC) after attending a preliminary meeting last week.
One of the main practical differences between the new Scottish Licensing Act and its English counterpart concerns drinking-up time. Section 63 of the Scottish Act retains the 15-minute drinking-up period.
We are now seven years on from the start of that frantic period of applications for new personal and premises licences, known as ‘transition’. I am beginning to get that Seven Year Itch.
The All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group is submitting a second Freedom Of Information (FOI) request over the pubco/tenant deal - in the wake of the Government refusal to supply certain documents due to commercial confidentiality.
A groundbreaking case has highlighted the Department for Culture, Media and Sport guidance on licence reviews is unclear, as a District Judge has ruled that during an appeal a nightclub had the right to stay open.
The All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group has written to Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) minister, Ed Davey, asking for more details on where the department sought legal advice on the implementation of the Industry Framework Code (IFC).
So there I was, all set to write a gentle comment piece to mark my official first week as editor of the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, saying what an honour it is to be joining the industry and thanking those I have so far met for making me feel welcome…...
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has branded the recent Business, Innovation & Skills Committee (BISC) inquiry into pubco-tenant relationships as a “political pantomime”.
Spirits brand Jägermeister is cracking down on pubs serving substitute brands, when customers specifically ask for a Jägermeister, JägerBomb and JBomb.
Pubcos are to be told to deliver meaningful reform or the Government could support a Private Members’ Bill, which calls for a mandatory free of tie option and an open market rent review, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser understands.
It is not surprising that a great deal of publicity is given to licensees who manage to avoid conviction for dishonestly receiving satellite football transmissions through a foreign decoder (“Hosts cleared in satellite footie case”, PMA 1 September 2011)....
Operators and practitioners alike are still anxiously awaiting the publication by the government of its proposals for licensing reform, following the...
It was once the case that a British restaurant would have terrible food but wonderful toilets, whereas a French restaurant would have fantastic food...
An Edinburgh pub has won a landmark legal battle against the city's council after the venue was ordered to cut its capacity over of a lack of female...
The recent Crown Court case involving Enterprise Inns and the Aintree Hotel in Bootle, Merseyside, has highlighted how important it is to ensure gas...
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...
