Nightclub

Almost two thirds of late-night venues risk going under by October without Government aid

25-Aug-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

A group of leading late-night operators including the Deltic Group and the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) have called on the Government to save the sector from collapse before the furlough scheme ends.

MA500

Late-night operators ‘desperate for clarity on reopening’

17-Jul-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Two wet-led late-night businesses have voiced their concerns about not having any Government guidance on when or how they can reopen.

Eviction threat for award-winning music venue

02-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Roadhouse, one of the oldest live music venues in Covent Garden, London, faces eviction if planning permission is given to developers looking to revamp the site.

Industry praise for London's Night Time Commission consultation and support for pubs

21-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Industry leaders have emphasised the importance of London's late-night hospitality businesses while thanking them for their contribution to the Night Time Commission's call for evidence into London’s night-time economy.

My Pub: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham

05-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Around 10 years ago Adam Regan and his partners rescued the Hare & Hounds from disrepair. Since then, acts such as Ed Sheeran and Ellie Goulding have graced the pub – helping it to win Best Entertainment Pub at last year’s Great British Pub Awards....

Pub’s five-a-side pitch scores with community clubs

15-Aug-2017 By Fred A'Court

There are plenty of pubs that sponsor the local kids’ football team but a pub in Leeds has gone one better – it has built its own community pitch.

MA500: top tips on holding live music events

09-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Music maestro Ethan Allen gave delegates at last month (May)'s MA500 meeting in Liverpool, his top tips on how best to use live music in their venues:

Music in pubs: playing to win

12-Apr-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Music maestro Ethan Allen will be giving delegates the benefits of his expertise in helping pubs tap into live music at the next MA500 meeting on 18 May in Liverpool. He shares some of his top tips ahead of the event. Nikkie Sutton reports. 

Gallery: Fuller’s reopens the Half Moon, Herne Hill

22-Mar-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

London pubco Fuller’s reopened the Half Moon in Herne Hill this week after three years of closure. 

BBPA and ALMR call on pubs to get involved in live music census

15-Mar-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has urged pubs to get involved in a first-of-its-kind live-music census to measure its cultural and economic value.

Licensing

No ‘pleasure or relief’ at Fabric’s reopening tonight, says boss

06-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Legendary London nightclub Fabric’s reopening has not made director Cameron Leslie feel either pleased or relieved.

London Nightlife

Mayor of London appoints new chair of Night Time Commission

16-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Sadiq Khan has appointed top lawyer Philip Kolvin QC as chair of the Night Time Commission to “protect” London’s night-time economy. 

FABRIC CLOSURE

Fabric to reopen: deal agreed to resurrect iconic club

21-Nov-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Famed nightclub Fabric is set to reopen just months after it was closed and had its licence revoked.

FABRIC CLOSURE

Fabric “could re-open” after drug-deaths closure

18-Nov-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Talks are underway to re-open iconic London nightclub Fabric, which closed earlier this year following the drug-fuelled deaths of two teenagers, The Morning Advertiser (MA) understands. 

LONDON NIGHTLIFE

Mayor of London appoints city’s first ‘Night Czar’

04-Nov-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Sadiq Khan has revealed the identity of London's first night czar to champion the capital’s night-time industry.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment finalist - Blues Bar, Harrogate

30-Sep-2016 By MA

In a great location, two doors down from the famous Bettys tea rooms and overlooking a spacious green, the Blues Bar is part of a terrace.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment WInner - The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham

30-Sep-2016 By MA

The Hare & Hounds is a thriving entertainment venue and very much the community hub for Kings Heath.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment finalist - Salsa!, Charing Cross, London

30-Sep-2016 By MA

Well-known South American-inspired bar, restaurant and late-night venue Salsa! is located a stone’s throw from Leicester Square.

London

London Mayor vows to protect music venues

29-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has vowed to protect London venues with an agent-of-change principle, following a row over a Mayfair cinema.

London

Petition to reopen iconic London nightclub Fabric signed by 95,000

30-Aug-2016 By Nicole Sutton

A petition to save iconic London nightclub Fabric, which was closed recently, has received more than 95,000 signatures. 

George Tavern

Courts protect famous music pub in landmark victory

05-Jul-2016 By Oli Gross

A famous live music pub has won a legal battle against the development of nearby block of flats, in a decision which has been hailed as a landmark victory for grassroots music venues.

Petition to save live music pub attracts worldwide interest

17-Jun-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The Barrels Alehouse in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, has received almost 3,000 signatures including some from Australia, Canada, America and Norway to save live music at the pub.

Openings

Fuller's plans for closed former music venue given go-ahead

06-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Southwark council have given the green light to Fuller’s plans to renovate former live music venue the Half Moon in Herne Hill, south-east London.

PMA campaign

Make Some Noise: Music venues protected against nearby developments

15-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross

Music venues have been given much-needed protection against potential nearby developments thanks to new Government legislation.

Petition started for ‘test case pub’ in battle against developers

01-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Music Heritage UK has launched a petition calling on the Court of Appeal to rule in favour of the George Tavern, an east London pub and live music venue fighting a nine-year battle with developers. 

Planning

Licensee wins right to appeal flat development after lengthy battle

19-Feb-2016 By Emily Sutherland

An East London licensee is celebrating after winning the right to appeal against a decision allowing flats to be built next to her pub.

Pub with “unprecedented level of support” finds new home after being threatened with closure

15-Feb-2016 By Emily Sutherland

A Norwich pub that received an “unprecedented” level of support when it was facing closure is celebrating after finding a new home.

Food

Anger over Fuller's plans to reopen former live music venue as food-led pub

25-Jan-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Fuller’s has come under fire from campaigners fighting to keep a South East London pub as a grassroots music venue.

Flowers laid outside former south east London pub in memory of David Bowie

11-Jan-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Floral tributes have been placed outside the former Three Tuns pub in Beckenham, South East London today following the death of music legend David Bowie.

Fuller's saves the day for iconic pub closed for more than two years

06-Jan-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Locals fighting a spirited and long-running campaign to save an iconic south-east London pub are celebrating after it was bought by Fuller's.

Make Some Noise

Legal advice: Hope for pubs in noise debate

22-Oct-2015 By Poppleston Allen

Most people reading this article will at some time have bought a house and would not have done so without having a good look around the area.

Make Some Noise

Boris Johnson gets behind campaign to save music venues

22-Oct-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has thrown his weight behind the ‘agent of change’ principle in an attempt to put a stop to the “catastrophic” loss of London’s live-music venues, including scores of pubs. 

Make Some Noice

Boris agent of change backing could be sweet music to venues

22-Oct-2015 By Ed Bedington

It’s a tough business, the pub trade. Margins are tight, competition intense, consumer demands mercurial and challenges rife.

Enterprise publican raises a glass after racking up 35 years at his pub

01-Sep-2015 By Emily Sutherland

An Enterprise publican is celebrating with regulars after notching up 35 years at his Surrey pub.

Operators

Publican Awards 2015 winner to open new venue in Liverpool

15-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

New World Trading Company (NWTC), the Chris Hill-led group, is set to open new bar and restaurant concept the Club House on Liverpool ONE’s Chavasse Park.

Operator news

Disco Bars Group expands to six sites

23-Apr-2015 By James Wallin

Midlands-based nightclub operator Disco Bars Group has acquired two new sites and plans to add another two this year.

Legal

Advice: What licences do you need for music?

24-Mar-2015 By Poppleston Allen

Music in your bar or club is one of the most important elements of the entertainment you provide to your customers — you wouldn’t visit a nightclub if there was no music.

Only half of pubs compliant with fire safety regulations

24-Feb-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Pubs and clubs have been warned that they could be losing money through out-of-date fire assessments, after a Government report outlined that only half of licensed premises are complaint with the Fire Safety Order.

How the Government thinks theatres, nightclubs and launderettes are more important than pubs

02-Feb-2015 By Greg Mulholland

Up and down the country, communities are up in arms at the fact that their local pub as been or is going to be turned into a supermarket and that they do not even have the right to object to the council. Constituents who approach their councillors or...

Make Some Noise: Petition calls for residents near venues to 'waive right to complain'

02-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A live music campaigner has launched a petition calling for anyone who buys or rents a property near a music venue to be forced to waive their right to complain about noise from the business.

Late-night levies 'will reduce property values'

02-Oct-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The introduction of late-night levies is leading to a “modest” decline in property values and favours nightclubs at the expense of pubs, agents have warned.

Singer-songwriter Frank Turner urges Gov't to save live music pubs

12-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Musician Frank Turner has urged the Government to introduce legislation to protect live music pubs in order to prevent an “avalanche” of venues closing down.

Pubcos ‘not fit’ to own music venues

02-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Pubs and venues with a key focus on live music should be owned by the charity and arts sectors rather than large pub companies whose main interest is selling beer, according to a lobbyist.

Noise law changes urged to save live music pubs

20-Aug-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The Government must relax noise abatement legislation and pass the responsibility for minimising disturbance away from pubs and clubs and on to residents and developers, lobbyists have urged.

Luminar announces its ’national champions’

23-Jun-2014 By James Wallin

Nightclub operator Luminar handed out awards to staff members at its annual conference.

Pub that has hosted live music since 1854 closes after neighbour noise complaints

19-May-2014 By James Wallin

A pub that has been playing live music for 160 years has closed down after neighbours complained about the noise.

Publican Awards 2014: Party pics gallery

26-Mar-2014 By Mike Berry

The Publican Awards is the biggest and best night of the year in the pub industry calendar, attended by 1,300 people. Couldn’t make the event? Then scroll through our gallery to get a flavour of the night. If you were lucky enough to be there, then see...

Norwich bars welcome voluntary breathalyser scheme

19-Dec-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Bars and clubs in Norwich have broadly welcomed a police initiative calling for venues to use breathalysers before allowing customers to enter their premises.

Nightclub visits continue to fall while spending increases in pubs

12-Dec-2013 By Mark Wingett

Britain may be falling out of love with nightclubs but continues to up its spending on eating out at pubs, according to the latest study into leisure-spending habits.

Max Property Group reports rise in portfolio value

12-Dec-2013 By Mark Wingett

Max Property Group, the company that acquired 29 Enterprise pubs in a £44.4m sale-and-leaseback deal in January 2011, has reported a 6.6% uplift in the value of the portfolio for the six months to the end of September.