20-Jun-2006 By Lucy Britner
Police have threatened to close a Norwich pub for serving drinks in bottles after a mix-up on its licence.
NALHM to fight against loss of personal licences
16-Jun-2006 By John Harrington
A pub managers' union is promising legal backing to members who face losing their personal licences due to unfair treatment by police and councils....
Watching over us - John Harrington speaks to Pubwatch founders
18-May-2006
For almost a decade, National Pubwatch has striven to cut disorder in pubs. In an interview with JOHN HARRINGTON, the founders reflect on the body's achievements and look to the future
18-May-2006
Furious hosts in Lincoln have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket after police restricted their opening hours and forced them to hire...
Police deny acting drunk to catch out licensees
16-May-2006
Leicestershire police have denied claims that they will be trying to catch out licensees by pretending to be drunk in pubs. The Leicester Mercury and...
Pubwatch chiefs plead for help to cut disorder
11-May-2006 By John Harrington
Police and the Government must do more to help licensees stamp out disorder at pubs by supporting local pubwatch schemes. That is the message from...
03-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Fears that bar staff and licensees would be put in a vulnerable position when enforcing smoke bans have proven true for at least one Scottish pub...
06-Apr-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Manchester licensees are being urged not to allow their doorstaff to use handcuffs to restrain violent customers. Concerns over the practice were...
NALHM chief calls for fair deal from police
23-Mar-2006 By John Harrington
A pub managers' union is calling for more consistency in how police forces deal with pubs. The National Association of Licensed House Managers...
09-Mar-2006 By Ewan Turney
The trade has reacted angrily to a new paid-for-policing scheme being mooted by the Home Office.
First proof Act is hitting crime
09-Feb-2006
The pub trade is backing up claims that the new Licensing Act is having a sweeping effect on reducing violent and alcohol-related crime.Serious...
07-Feb-2006
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Gloucestershire licensee. South African Jacqui Bisset, 30, was found dead in the upstairs flat at...
BBPA boss joins call for random breath testing
19-Jan-2006
A trade leader is calling for random breath testing after police called Christmas drink and drug-driving levels "unacceptable". A four-week crackdown...
Police brand Christmas drink-drive figures 'unacceptable'
11-Jan-2006
Police have branded the latest drink-drive figures as "unacceptable" despite a slight drop in the number of drivers involved in accidents testing...
Recovery needed after a strip-search police raid
05-Jan-2006
Advice and feedback after a police raid leaves a Basingstoke landlady shaken
BEDA chief in call for even-handed policing
05-Jan-2006 By Lucy Britner
A trade leader is asking the Home Office to step in over inconsistent and unfair policing around the country. Some police forces have adopted the...
My Shout - Stepehen Oliver MD of Union Pub company
05-Jan-2006 By Stephen Oliver
What will 2006 bring? Stephen Oliver hopes the police will put more effort into cutting crime and less into haranguing hosts
Police are so out of touch
10-Nov-2005
Sometimes it looks as though the police are not so keen on best relations with the trade If you've been following the terrorist bill and Tony Blair's...
Nightclubs cop backlash
27-Oct-2005
Large nightclubs make very large targets for a police force looking to make a point The PMA Team, Deputy Editor A nightclub boss who shall remain...
Fears police will be stretched by late-night drinking
12-Oct-2005
Police officers will be forced off the street during the day in order to provide more patrols at night under the new licensing regime, according to...
Street drinkers escape £80 fine in council blunder
31-Aug-2005
Anti-social drinkers in a London borough have escaped fines despite a pledge from licensing chiefs to crack down on disorder.Enfield Council extended...
Police fail to deliver on anti-drunk laws: BBPA
25-Aug-2005
by John Harrington The British Beer & Pub Asso-ciation (BBPA) has backed Government claims that police are failing to crack down on problem pubs....
Trade leaders question alcohol-related crime
30-Jun-2005
by Tony Halstead Trade leaders have poured scorn on new police figures that claim alcohol-fuelled violence linked to pubs has soared 15% in a year....
Home Office denies summer disorder crackdown
22-Jun-2005
The Home Office has denied reports that it plans to extend last summer's crackdown on alcohol-related disorder nationwide.Instead, it is being left...
Police told to use existing powers on disorder
02-Jun-2005
Police have come under fire for failing to use their existing powers to target irresponsible operators.Lee Le Clercq, regional secretary for the...
SIA crisis eases but key is held by police: BEDA
26-May-2005
by Tony Halstead The crisis which threatened to engulf the new doorstaff licensing system has abated with successful applications slowly creeping...
Murdered girl met gang in pub car park
12-May-2005
The 16-year-old girl whose body was found at Prospect Park in Reading met a group of men in a pub car park on the night of her death, police believe....
Profit warning at Ultimate Leisure
05-May-2005
Ultimate Leisure has issued a profit warning and claimed some customers will now be put off visiting town and city centre because of negative...
Heavy-handed tactics anger trade
05-May-2005
by John Harrington Police forces across the country are increasingly applying inconsistent and heavy-handed tactics to deal with pubs. A number of...
Clampdown on troublemakers in Bournemouth
29-Apr-2005
A scheme to keep troublemakers away from bars and clubs in Bournemouth has been launched by licensees and police.Dorset Police and Bournemouth's Town...
Yates ups ante in funding police to tackle alcohol-related d
14-Apr-2005
by John Harrington High-street bar operator Yates is to increase its annual "community fund", to help local authorities tackle problems caused by...
Latest blitz finds pubs still selling to under-18s
07-Apr-2005
A higher proportion of pubs sold to under-18s during the latest Home Office crackdown, according to early figures released this week.A large number...
Police on wrong foot if forcing hand on hours
24-Mar-2005
Two very worrying trends are emerging during the pre-application "jousting" in the transition period. Licensees are understandably vulnerable,...
Coming out fighting
10-Mar-2005
Daniel Pearce hears both sides of the arguments over SIA licensing.There were high hopes a month ago that the licensed trade could broker a peace...
Yates to pay for police in responsibility drive
10-Mar-2005
New plans aim to show commitment to safety By Ewan Turney High-street bar operator Yates Group has offered to pay for policing in Swinton in...
Mark Jones' move to pay for policing at two of his Yates's b
10-Mar-2005
Jones will not have made the decision to stump up lightly. And, no doubt, he'll argue that bolstering police resource in a fewlocalities is no...
Make the guilty pubs pay, says ACPO chief
24-Feb-2005
by John Harrington Pubs should contribute to local policing or medical costs but only those venues that are known to cause problems ACPO...
Legal advice: Caught in the act
18-Feb-2005
Christmas blitz finds many pubs selling to under-18s.By thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.The second...
Though the Daily Mail hysteria has abated, its malign effect
17-Feb-2005
Levying taxes on a whole swathe of pubs if one of them is consistently misbehaving seems the logic of the madhouse. Why should those who retail...
Muddle over doorstaff licences may shut bars
10-Feb-2005
by John Harrington Pubs and clubs across London and the south east could be forced to close because not enough doorstaff have applied for the new...
Trade up in arms over Alcohol Disorder Zones
27-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney Pubs and bars in problem areas could find themselves "yellow-carded" and dumped in Alcohol Disorder Zones, with the prospect of...
Trojan Horse of reform reveals its true nature
06-Jan-2005
This is set to be the most crucial year for licensing in the modern generation, yet it begins with so many uncertainties. These have been stimulated...
United police blitz sets sights on rogue traders
25-Nov-2004
by John Harrington Almost every police force in England and Wales is set to take part in the Christmas alcohol enforcement campaign, according to...
The Seale Arms
28-Oct-2004
Facing issues as a community Dartmouth's old town nestles at the foot of soaring hills on Devon's south coast. The cliff walks attract plenty of...
Blair pledges support for 24-hour licensing
28-Oct-2004
by Ewan Turney Prime Minister Tony Blair has confirmed his support for 24-hour licensing despite police chiefs warning Britain faces an epidemic of...
A nose
30-Sep-2004
for trouble Pubs that hire sniffer dogs demonstrate zero drugs tolerance. But are dogs bad for business? JOHN HARRINGTON investigates one such scheme...
Anyone who saw last week's article in the Daily Mail by Step
30-Sep-2004
For a man who is supposed to be in touch with what's going on, Green displayed a disturbing lack of insight. For example, he blamed the Beer Orders...
Under 18s crackdown promised
23-Sep-2004
by John Harrington The Home Office has promised tough action against irresponsible pub and club operators following the "horrific" results of the...
Security: Beat thieves at their own game
27-Aug-2004
Information-sharing system alerts licensees that thieves are in the area robbing gaming machines.Earlier this summer a spate of thefts from pub...
Pubs pass Home Office test
05-Aug-2004
The vast majority of pubs visited during the first month of the Home Office's summer crackdown have been given a clean bill of health.Despite TV and...
