Licensing Officers

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...

Mandatory alcohol code gives councillors more power

03-Dec-2009 By John Harrington

The Government has altered its mandatory alcohol retailing code to make it "quicker and easier" for councils to tackle problem premises.

Coulson: Variations become more enigmatic

14-Dec-2007

At last! One of the simplification proposals on licensing, announced by the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) fully a year ago, has...

Variations become more enigmatic

13-Dec-2007

At last! One of the simplification proposals on licensing, announced by the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) fully a year ago, has...

Trade slams 'mob-handed' policing

21-Jun-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com

Licensees and trade leaders have condemned police and licensing officers who are making "mob-handed" visits to pubs to check on premises licences and...

Has the paper pile paid off?

23-Nov-2006 By Lucy Britner reports on MA research into how counc

The last 12 months haven't been easy for the councils at the front line of licensing but there is a sense that the hard work has paid off. In an...

Licensing: they got it right

23-Nov-2006

The law of unintended consequences tends to rule the world. Human nature rarely responds to the promptings of politician and, far too often, the...