Almost 30% of pubs in England won’t pay any business rates over the next five years, starting from April 2017 when new property valuations come into force, according to figures from rates experts CVS.
The decision to demolish two Dudley pubs has been labelled a ‘disgrace’ after a planning inspector overruled the local council’s rejection of a proposal to replace the venues with shops.
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, in West Yorkshire, has passed a motion to close the planning loophole that allows pubs to be converted or demolished without planning permission.
A South Yorkshire licensee has said his privacy was “compromised” after email exchanges with local authorities were used as evidence against him in a licensing hearing without his consent.
Rogue publishing firms that con pubs are getting a final warning to stop the scams. Letters are to be sent to suspected rogue publishers to coincide...
By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Rogue publishing firms that con pubs are getting a final warning to stop the scams. Letters are to be sent to suspected rogue publishers to coincide...
Huge inconsistencies have been revealed in councils' approaches to the Licensing Act - with some licensees being left drowning in red tape. A survey...
A trading standards boss has called for pubs to get more protection against scammers who claim to be selling ads in magazines for emergency services....
Freehold licensee Rowena Smith, of the Old China Hand in Clerkenwell, London, has been named Best Individual Operator at the third Responsible Drinks...
A planning officer has threatened legal action if a South Yorkshire pub remains open after 11pm - even though it is licensed to trade past midnight....
A Tameside licensee has been told she is trading illegally after a barrage of red tape left her without a new licence. Sue Oswald, owner of the Seven...
A row has erupted between Punch Taverns and Oldham council after it shut five Punch pubs on the first day of the new Licensing Act. Punch accused the...
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has been accused of making it impossible for pubs to extend their hours by producing an "absolute minefield" of a...
A head-on clash between licensees and a West Yorkshire local authority has been averted after the council backtracked on plans for its new licensing...
