12-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A licensee who applied to have the alcohol licence of three supermarkets revoked on the grounds of public health has had his case rejected by Fife...
11-Dec-2009 By Peter Coulson
Prosecutions against the illegal showing of Sky football are continuing, warns Peter Coulson.
Noise fears over change in music laws
11-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
Noise complaints would increase if the government changes the laws around the licensing of live music, council licensing officers have warned. In a...
10-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Three North Wales bars are to shut their doors over one of the busiest pre-Christmas weekends to avoid prosecution for underage sales. The venues in...
09-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The Government says businesses could save millions through its new plan to streamline licensing. The overall cost saving to businesses and other...
30-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
A licensee has had her licence revoked for screening Premiership football via a Sky domestic contract.
Payne humbled by industry praise
23-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Outgoing trade leader Tony Payne has revealed his pride after receiving glowing tributes from across the industry. Representatives from across the...
20-Nov-2009 By Tony Halstead
Tributes flowed in for Federation of Licensed Victuallers chief executive Tony Payne as the trade veteran prepares to bow out next month.
Machine income will be left out of rent calculation, says Enterprise
19-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Enterprise Inns has revealed that a licensee's share of machine income will no longer be taken into account when the company conducts rent reviews....
Make ideas a reality, urges top licensee
18-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensee of the Year Philip Davison has urged licensees to make ideas a reality and to keep a close eye on finances to boost their businesses....
17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Licensees have just two weeks left to enter the 2009 BII National Industry Training Awards (NITAs).
Glasgow pubs get emergency three-month licensing extension
05-Nov-2009
Pubs in Glasgow have been given an extra three months to have a premises licence in place following further chaos in the wake of the new regime....
02-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
The vast majority of licensees have tried new ideas to boost business — particularly around food — as the recession bites, a new survey shows. A huge 94% have done so over the past 12 months, according to a survey of BII members.
29-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
A pub closed for three days under police pressure because its CCTV cameras weren't working. At licence condition at the Nag's Head in Station...
One in three Scottish pubs still waiting for licences
28-Oct-2009
Concern is mounting over the new Scottish premises licences after a trade body revealed research suggesting at least one in three have still not been...
26-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Pubs are continuing to expand their trading offers — but face an increasing threat of licence reviews and revocations. These are key findings from...
26-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII is urging licensees who who are hot on training to enter the 2009 National Industry Training Awards (NITAs). The BII NITAs were created to...
BII NITAs are open for entries
26-Oct-2009
The BII NITA training and development awards 2009 has opened to find the best training providers in the licensed sector. There are eight awards up...
Police to have power to issue last-minute TENs
23-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubs will be able to get a last-minute temporary event notice (TEN) for "low-risk" events under new government plans. Police will have the power to...
23-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Making it easier to secure temporary events notices, and extending the notice period after a licensee dies, are proposed.
23-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Licensees could be forced to wait up to a year before they can claim back money from music licensing body PPL following a major legal ruling. The...
22-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pubs can claim millions of pounds in refunds after the trade won a major legal victory against PPL over background music played in pubs.
20-Oct-2009 By Peter Coulson
Attitudes amongst councils to pubs vary like the wind, says Peter Coulson.
FLVA: It was important to 'bank benefits' from mediation
20-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade group the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (FLVA) has explained its decision to support for the British Beer & Pub...
15-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Metropolitan Police plans to educate licensing officers in London on the use of controversial live music form 696.
New advice on keeping poker legal in pubs
13-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A leaflet alerting licensees to how to keep poker legal in pubs has been produced by the Gambling Commission and the British Beer & Pub...
Pubs handed tips on keeping poker legal
13-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A new leaflet has been designed for licensees to help them keep poker legal in their pubs. The Gambling Commission has produced the leaflet - Poker...
06-Oct-2009 By Peter Coulson
News that the pub trade might soon be getting a two thirds of a pint measure may cause a further degree of confusion, says Peter Coulson.
01-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Hosts may be able to apply for licences and temporary events notices entirely on-line from January 2010, the Government has announced. The...
TENS applications to go online from January
01-Oct-2009
Pubs will be able to apply for TENS (Temporary Events Notices) entirely online from January 2010. And local authorities, rather than applicants, will...
Pubs in problem areas face blanket opening hours clampdown
30-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The government is seeking to alter the Licensing Act to give councils the powers to restrict the opening hours of every licensed venue in a problem...
29-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson
The Home Office is winning the propaganda war that the fault for underage drinking lies with the trade, says Peter Coulson.
29-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson
It is not really surprising that some people in the licensed trade question what validity blanket codes have, says Peter Coulson.
Licensee hits out at TENs "nightmare
24-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A frustrated licensee who wants to host more live music has branded the system for applying for temporary event notices (TENs) a "time-consuming...
18-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson
An alcohol vending machine does not relieve you of the obligations of the Licensing Act, says Peter Coulson.
18-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson
The controversy surrounding music in pubs seemingly will not go away, says Peter Coulson.
Live music event postponed
18-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
An event looking at the impact of the Licensing Act on live music, featuring a Tory MP and police chief, has been postponed. Live Music: Licensed to...
What's really in a name?
11-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson
We all laughed or shrugged our shoulders when the Government announced — late in the day — that a new being was to be created under the Licensing...
Brighton paves the way with alternative approach to alcohol issues
10-Sep-2009
In the parlance of drug and alcohol policy it's harm reduction versus consumption reduction. For the licensed trade this crucial debate can be...
Trade accountants Austens and Milestone merge
09-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Trade accountants Milestone (MLTSTA) and Austens have merged.
09-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A tenanted pubco in Scotland has paid out more than £200,000 to prepare for licensing reform — that's £4,000 per pub. Craig Bruce, director of...
Most Scottish pubs still waiting for licences
09-Sep-2009
At least 80 per cent of Scottish pubs are still wating for their new licences to be issued, according to trade estimates. More than a week after the...
04-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A leading Hastings licensee is to meet Home Office officials to resolve the dispute over the council's hardline approach to licence reviews. Stephen...
04-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Experts have questioned the effectiveness of so-called "booze ASBOs", which will let authorities ban troublemakers from pubs. Drinking Banning...
04-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Scottish Government has ruled out intervening to improve the "chaos" of licensing reform that has seen one in five licensed premises shut....
03-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Several pubs have been closed by police during a massive crackdown on alcohol-fuelled crime in Greater Manchester. Inspections of pubs and clubs and...
BII: One in five Scottish licensed premises closed
03-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
One in five licensed premises in Scotland have failed to open since the new Licensing Laws were introduced on Tuesday, according to the BII. Janet...
02-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
One fifth of licensed premises in Scotland have closed since the new Licensing Act came in yesterday — that's according to Janet Hood, who heads...
Dozens of Scots pubs closed on first day of Act
01-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Dozens of pubs across Scotland were warned that if they opened their doors today they could be prosecuted after failing to apply for new licences....
Scottish Licensing Act in force from today
01-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Major changes for pubs in Scotland take effect from today with the introduction of the new Licensing Act. Under the new system pubs must have both a...
