Night-Time Economy

8 in 10 firms ‘on knife edge’

30-Jan-2023 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 82% of night-time economy firms could be under threat as the new Energy Relief Scheme from the Government will have no impact on them, research has shown.

‘Industry is in survival mode’ amid train strike action

29-Sep-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Train strikes that are taking place this weekend has been criticised by the sector amid the continuing challenges the trade is currently facing.

Night-time firms ‘being marginalised by Gov’

27-Sep-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Night-time economy and independent hospitality businesses are being marginalised by the Government, one trade body has claimed.

Rocketing inflation puts 1 in 5 firms at risk

18-Aug-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

With inflation hitting more than 10%, 20.2% of night-time economy companies have stated they are losing money.

UKH backs call for Gov night-time sector support

26-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

UKHospitality (UKH) has backed calls for a Government support package to help counter shortages in night-time sector door staff, including assistance in recruitment and training of additional security staff, especially women.

NTIA summit celebrating sector to take place in April

11-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The first edition of the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) Night-Time Economy (NTE) Summit has been confirmed to take place from 7 to 8 April 2022 in conjunction with Bristol Nights and Savenightlife.

Sector welcomes no new Covid rules in England before new year

28-Dec-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Health secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed there will not be any further Covid restrictions in England before new year.

What is the guidance for Covid passes in nightclubs?

14-Dec-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

With NHS Covid-19 Passes set to become mandatory for entry for venues including nightclubs from tomorrow (subject to a parliamentary vote later today – Tuesday 14 December), The Morning Advertiser has taken a look at the guidance for these businesses.

‘Ask for Angela’ feature launched within Zapaygo app

29-Nov-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has partnered with Zapaygo to launch an ‘Ask for Angela’ safeguarding feature within its order and pay app across participating venues.

Woman at Night Taskforce to address issues facing women at work in 'milestone' moment

26-Nov-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A Women at Night Taskforce will address issues facing women in the leisure, music and entertainment industries after a report published today revealed the gendered discrimination women faced at work.

Scottish vaccine passport scheme introduction ‘unmitigated disaster’

25-Oct-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The first weekend of Covid-status certification for nightclubs in Scotland has been slammed by one hospitality trade body.

Night-time trade body calls for drink spiking inquiry

21-Oct-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has called on the Home Office to launch an inquiry into drink spiking.

Ask for Angela poster downloaded almost 12,800 times

20-Oct-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Ask for Angela campaign poster has been downloaded 12,790 times from the National Pubwatch (NPW) website, said NPW chair Stephen Baker.

Night Tube to restart next month

15-Oct-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Night Tube services will be reintroduced from the Central and Victoria lines next month, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced.

Almost 90k jobs lost in cultural night-time sector

11-Oct-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The cultural night-time sector’s workforce has shrunk by 86,000 jobs since 2019, a new report has revealed.

Scottish vaccine passports ‘put already fragile night-time economy on dangerous path to devastation’

10-Sep-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Scottish Government’s plans to enforce vaccine passports in nightclubs has been lambasted by sector bodies about a lack of detail about how they will be implemented.

Gov’s plans to press on with vaccine passports for clubs ‘will cause enormous disruption’

01-Sep-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Government will continue with its plans to enforce vaccine passports for nightclubs has resulted in figures from the sector warning about the impact this will have on the industry.

Coronavirus recovery: Rekom UK sees 'record trading'

19-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Rekom UK, the 42-strong nightclub operator, has revealed a surge in people returning to nightclubs with trading currently 150% up on its 2019 figures.

Freedom Day boost for the night-time economy but most workers continue to remain at home

12-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Freedom Day has provided a much-needed boost to the pubs, restaurants and nightclubs in many cities, the latest data from Centre for Cities’ High Streets Recovery Tracker has revealed.

Publicans warned over door staff licence rules

06-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Operators are being warned to check they have the correct licences in place to employ door staff.

Gov threatened with legal action about mandatory Covid passports

27-Jul-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

A group of trade experts have joined forces to warn the Government of legal action over compulsory vaccine passports from September for clubs, as planned.

Restriction easing delay 'to cost pubs £400m'

15-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The four-week postponement of lockdown easing from Monday 21 June to Monday 19 July will cost the trade £100m per week, one trade body has estimated.

Roadmap delay ‘will force 1 in 4 night-time businesses to close for good’

14-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Following reports in the national media that the Government is expected to announce a four week delay to releasing all restrictions, one in four businesses in the night-time sector have stated they will not survive longer than a month without further...

Government to face challenge if ‘freedom day’ is denied

09-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) will challenge the Government if full reopening isn’t permitted from 21 June.

Door security shortages 'could risk public health'

26-May-2021 By Emily Hawkins

The recovery of nightclubs will be threatened by a shortage of door security staff unless the Government intervenes, bosses have warned.

Nightclubs face 'cliff edge' unless Government intervenes in rent crisis

14-May-2021 By Emily Hawkins

The Government has been urged to tackle the £2.5bn rent crisis hitting nightlife operators by the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA).

Immunity proof would damage 69% of night-time operators

06-Apr-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

More than two thirds (69%) of firms in the night-time sector have expressed concern that vaccine passports, requirements to provide proof of testing or immunity, would have a negative impact on their businesses, according to research.

Night-time economy ‘at risk of becoming extinct’

18-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Businesses operating in the late-night sector are facing the possibility of becoming extinct, research has highlighted.

Government ‘finally’ acknowledges nightclubs with rapid testing suggestion

16-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Prime Minister Boris Johnson “finally” mentioned nightclubs during a press briefing, suggesting the use of lateral flow testing could be used when the venues can reopen.

80% of nightclubs 'won't survive past February'

05-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

This year will see the “extinction of nightclubs” without urgent action, one trade body has warned.

Late-night leaders call for public input into pandemic impact inquiry

25-Jan-2021 By Stuart Stone

Leaders from across the night-time economy have implored the sector’s staff, giggoers and nightlife lovers to take part in a Parliamentary inquiry into British nightlife’s dire Covid symptoms.

Deltic asks Government for £1m-a-month bailout

16-Nov-2020 By Stuart Stone

Britain’s biggest nightclub operator is pushing the Government for a seven-figure monthly bailout package as private equity acquisition looms.

Analysis

Are we at the pub jobs cliff edge?

07-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Several pubcos have warned of severe job cuts as the end of furlough approaches, meaning experts' predictions at the start of the pandemic are beginning come true.

Jobs round-up

EOTHO created an extra 821 years’ worth of work, Brighton Pier Group announces layoffs, sector jobs under threat

17-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The latest hospitality jobs data has found that while the Government-backed Eat Out to Help Out scheme saw a 44% increase in scheduled hours in August, hundreds of thousands of the sector’s jobs remain at risk.

More than 700,000 jobs at risk in night-time sector

17-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Over 700,000 more jobs in the night-time industry could be lost within weeks without Government help, a trade body has warned.

£10k grants to pubs with RV of more than £51k offered by council

30-Jul-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Sheffield City Council has expanded its grant scheme to offer night-time venues with a rateable value of above £51,000 funds of £10,000.

'Diverse, multi-generational crowd’ key to thriving night time economy

12-Oct-2017 By Helen Gilbert

Alcohol alone should not be the key focus of a thriving night-time economy (NTE), a new toolkit by the Portman Group has found.

London mayor’s 24-hour vision aims to boost night-time economy

25-Jul-2017 By Claire Churchard

Pubs in the capital can expect to receive a boost in trade as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged he will plan for the city’s nightlife in the same way he does for daytime activities, as part of a newly launched 24-hour vision for London.

ALMR supports London mayor’s 'agent-of-change' stance

31-May-2017 By Georgina Townshend

In response to Sadiq Khan’s consultation on culture and the night-time economy, which recognises the importance of protecting London’s pubs, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has said the 'agent-of-change' principle should...

Night-time economy

Five ways to improve the night-time economy

17-May-2016 By Liam Coleman

"Sometimes I’ll start seminars with a game of word association and when I say night-time economy, often what I’ll get back is binge drinking or crime and disorder," Philip Kolvin QC tells the PMA ahead of the release of his report on how to...

Comment

The political narrative of 'Booze Britain' still exists - but don't make yourself an easy target

09-Feb-2016 By Paul Chase

In what sometimes seems like another life, I spent 23 years operating late-night clubs and bars on Merseyside.

Licensing officers

Exclusive interview: Police chief on horrific pubs, breathalysers and best practice

13-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

In an exclusive interview with the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, the chief licensing officer at the Metropolitan Police described the best and worst practices he’s seen at pubs, and encouraged licensees to work “as a team” with police.

Training

A training idea that's so old it feels new

19-Jul-2015 By Paul Chase

I regularly have discussions about what’s trending in training and sometimes you come across an idea that is so old that when it gets revived it seems new!

Blackpool launches night-time economy group as EMRO alternative

30-May-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Blackpool Council has formed a night-time economy working group to help tackle problems associated with excessive drinking in the town.

Late-night levy consultation for Southampton

16-Apr-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

Southampton City Council has voted to consult residents on the prospect of a late-night levy.

Hackney to consider licence refusal policy despite opposition

23-Jan-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A new policy meaning that new licence applications for pubs and bars in Hackney could be automatically refused, due to the “detrimental impact” on residents, may be introduced - despite the fact a consultation on the measure has been opposed by 85% of...

York Council to meet with trade as part of research into night-time economy

17-Dec-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

City of York Council is set to meet with the licensed trade in the New Year to feed into its campaign striving for a “safe and successful” night-time economy.

Pub trade welcomes 24-hour weekend Tube move

21-Nov-2013 By John Harrington; Ellie Bothwell

The pub trade has welcomed news that the London Underground is to open for 24 hours a day on key lines on Friday and Saturday evenings from 2015.

Bristol City Council to consider EMRO and late-night levy

17-May-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Pubs in Bristol are the latest in a string of areas to be threatened with restrictions for opening hours.

Report calls for licensing clarity in London's West End

02-May-2013 By Mark Wingett

The licensing policy for London’s West End should make a clear distinction between venues that trade in the “evening” - until about midnight – and late-night drinking outlets, and give more flexibility around licence conditions to the former.