New Premises Licences

Hackney approves licence refusal policy

31-Jan-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Hackney Council has approved proposals for a special policy area (SPA) to be implemented in Dalston – meaning new licence applications for pubs and bars in the area will be automatically refused.

Licensing Law: Bog standards

03-Feb-2011

Towards the end of last year I reported that an increasing number of Environmental Health Officers were asking applicants for new premises licences...

Pubs close in Scotland over licensing chaos

08-Dec-2009 By John Harrington

More pubs in Scotland are being banned from selling alcohol as the chaos over licensing reform continues. A deadline of 1 December was set for...

Legal advice: Order of the day

15-Sep-2005

After all the trouble with licensing applications, will everything else run smoothly up to November 24?By Anna Mathias of thePublican.com's team of...

Staff training is key to avoiding under-age trap

10-Mar-2005

It still surprises me just how many licensees are failing test purchase operations which are being carried out by the police and trading standards...

When the law's a song 'n' dance

23-Oct-2003

Earlier this year I mentioned that the two-in-a-bar entertainment rule still applied to pubs and would not change until the new premises licences...