Caroline Nodder: Energy firms must be less slapdash in their dealings with pubs
07-Mar-2011 By Caroline Nodder
There are some big plus points to being a journalist and one of them is the ability to stir companies into action on behalf of your readers. The...
Fury at 'farcical' licence conditions
24-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Punters drinking outside a city centre pub will now have to sit down to sup - but smokers can stand up. Furious licensee Phil Cutter has branded the...
Mark Daniels: Personal Alcohol Licences... Fact, or Fantasy?
22-Feb-2011
On Monday's Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 - this week hosted by Vanessa Feltz - a former Labour councillor put forward the idea that a licence to...
Orders used to ban problem drinkers
21-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Problem drinkers in Pendle, Lancashire, could face a two-year ban from the town's pubs and clubs if they are convicted of an alcohol-related offence....
14-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A North Yorkshire licensee, jailed for attacking a man, will be free to run another pub when he gets out. Jack William Lindon, 23, of the Old Ebor...
04-Feb-2011 By Peter Coulson
Alarm bells ring when the question of licence fees is raised these days, says MA legal expert Peter Coulson.
04-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
Licensees of live music pubs are urged to get their MP to nominate them for a new award. It's part of the Rock the House campaign, which aims to...
13-Jan-2011 By John Harrington
Pubs could be lumped with costly new conditions on their licences under a proposed one-word change to a definition in licensing law, trade experts...
12-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
Lincoln-based multiple operator Kurnia Group has closed Kai's Bar Louth — and may not re-open the site. The venue closed on New Year's Day and...
Consultation launched on Royal Wedding late opening
12-Jan-2011
A consultation is set to be held over government plans to allow pubs to open until 1am for two days to celebrate the Royal Wedding. Crime Prevention...
PPL under fire over late payment fee clampdown
06-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore
PPL, the music royalties collection firm, has come under fire for alleged heavy-handed tactics in collecting late payment fees. The company's...
22-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Restrictions on licence applications for pubs and bars in Southend town centre will be lifted from 7 January following a consultation. In November...
20-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Nottinghamshire police are "over-stepping the mark" in threatening to force pubs in Retford and Worksop to serve drinks in polycarbonate glasses on...
Legal Review of the Year: So much for a light touch...
13-Dec-2010
There are not many positives to report, following a year that saw the introduction of yet more red tape. Over the past 12 months the tide has well...
10-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Pay for extra police or we'll object to your temporary event notice (TEN) - that's the message from police to licensees in Watford.
09-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
The Government's overhaul of licensing could cost the industry up to £1m — per week. The startling costs are outlined in a report from the Home Office this week — as trade chiefs savage the proposals that they say will add massive burdens to pu
New LTC film tugs at the heartstrings
09-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
An emotionally-charged short film commissioned by the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) is set to get its public premiere this week as part of a fresh bid...
09-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Worrying elements still remain in the revisions to the licensing reform, says The PMA Team.
07-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
National Pubwatch has said that any partnership between the NHS and a pubwatch is ill-advised. Isle of Wight Pubwatch recently announced the...
06-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
The FLVA has called for a quick resolution to the issue of below cost sales of alcohol in the off-trade.
06-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) has accused Glasgow's licensing board of "profiteering" from the pub industry.
03-Dec-2010 By Peter Coulson
Once again an incoming minister finds himself between a rock and a hard place on the vexed question of music licensing reform. Department for...
02-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Authorities will be able to take into consideration the impact of licensing on public health, under new Government plans to overhaul licensing. The...
02-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Licensing authorities will be judge, jury and executioner under proposed changes to the Licensing Act. That's the warning from the Association of...
30-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Police in Derby are calling for a block on any more "vertical drinking" venues because of an increase in alcohol-related disorder.
29-Nov-2010 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows meets newly-elected Licensed Trade Charity chairman Annette King, who aims to make sure it's going for another 200 years.
29-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Isle of Wight Pubwatch has announced a partnership with the NHS in a bid to reduce alcohol-related disorder. Two representatives from the Isle of...
Licensing Law: Hours of confusion guaranteed
25-Nov-2010
The existence of separate licensing and planning regimes causes frequent confusion amongst both publicans and statutory authorities alike, given that...
Oldham cleans up its act
25-Nov-2010
Controversy submerged Oldham last year when the local council reviewed the licence of every single pub, bar and nightclub in the town centre as part...
Pub denied licence over noisy customers
25-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
A frustrated licensee is hoping to mobilise support from his locals to get his pub's licence back after it was refused due to noisy smokers. Sean...
23-Nov-2010 By Peter Coulson
To retire and use your pub as a home and not a business, you need to arrange change of use from commercial to residential, says Peter Coulson.
16-Nov-2010 By Peter Coulson
I read last week with a wry smile of the licensee who pleaded in this paper for less red tape in his business, says Peter Coulson.
FLVA looking to broaden its horizons
16-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Growing membership and getting industry messages across to MPs are top of the priority list for the newly-elected president of the Federation of...
15-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
New figures showing a rise in the number of pubs and clubs with 24-hour licences has been labeled misleading by one trade chief. The survey by...
15-Nov-2010 By Paul Chase
It's hard to believe in the sincerity of government when there is such a contrast between rhetoric and reality, says Paul Chase.
Fake drunks used in pub sting operation
11-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
A police chief responsible for a sting operation using drunk actors to catch out pubs has refused to apologise for the tactic and warned it will be...
11-Nov-2010 By Peter Coulson
Copyright trade protection agencies will issue warning leaflets about losing your licence but the loss of the licence is not automatic, says Peter Coulson.
08-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees are being urged to check their TV licence after three pubs were fined a total of £1,175 this week for being caught without one. The Black...
05-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
A pan-industry group of experts is to take forward the BII-led plan to establish a panel of preferred professional advisors for licensees. The...
Legal: Public convenience politics
04-Nov-2010
It was once the case that a British restaurant would have terrible food but wonderful toilets, whereas a French restaurant would have fantastic food...
03-Nov-2010 By Peter Coulson
Of all the 'assumptions' in the coalition document on re-balancing the Licensing Act, the abuse of TENs is the least explicable, says Peter Coulson.
Licensing Law: TENs to transform
03-Nov-2010
Now is the time of year when many operators start to turn their minds to whether they need to use temporary event notices (TENs) to secure extended...
02-Nov-2010 By Paul Chase
What may replace the SIA if it is axed? Paul Chase discusses the options including a licence granted locally that enables the holder to work nationally.
Former SLV governor Eddie O'Connor passes away
01-Nov-2010 By Garth Williams
Former trade-charity stalwart, trade-protection activist and long-term multiple licence holder Eddie O'Connor has died after battling a long illness...
29-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Scottish county has become the first in the country to ban new pubs, clubs and off-licences from almost every street in the area. The...
28-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
Councils have asked the Government for the right to set their own alcohol licence fees to plug shortfalls in their funding. This raises fears that...
Off-trade must be tackled too in shake-up, minister told
27-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore
Supermarkets must be better regulated for the aims of the government's licensing shake-up to work, the minister in charge of the changes has been...
25-Oct-2010 By Peter Coulson
Peter Coulson explains why airport bar operators do not need a premises licence, after the issue was raised following sting tests at Gatwick Airport.
Fears of 'double whammy' from government plans
20-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore
A trade chief has warned the industry could face a "double whammy" as councils withdraw services and local people are given more power to complain....
Licensed Trade Charity appoints new boss
18-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee of a private members club has been named as the new chairman of the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC). Annette King, who runs Boothy's in...
