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Focus: The demise of the once-mighty LVAs

09-Feb-2016 By Phil Mellows

Early in the new year, one of the pub trade's great institutions slipped a little further into the dustbin of history when Norfolk and Norwich Licensed Victuallers Association (LVA) was wound up after more than 160 years. Phil Mellows investigates...

Barnstaple and North Devon Licensed Victuallers’ Association in call for members

26-Apr-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Barnstaple and North Devon Licensed Victuallers’ Association (LVA) is on the recruitment trail, fearing it could face closure due to a lack of members.

A spent force?

08-May-2008

Licensed Victuallers' Associations (LVAs), once a mainstay of the pub industry, are suffering shrinking membership lists. Many fear they could soon...

Chris Maclean: two thorny issues at the LVA meeting

03-May-2007 By Chris Maclean

Yesterday's LVA meeting was dogged by two issues. The first was the smoking ban. We'd sent delegates to a regional seminar on the subject. The...

Rates shake-up hits Welsh pubs

12-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore

The Licensed Victuallers Association (LVA) Wales is fighting back against a new rate relief scheme which it claims will hit rural pubs hard. John...

Publicans face penalties over pensions

16-May-2001

Publicans could face a £50,000 fine if they fail to set up a stakeholder pension scheme for their staff - and initial research suggests that only a...