Preston

Pubs forced to close as staff required to isolate

01-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Pubs across the country have been forced to close after staff have been asked to self-isolate.

TV Show

Channel 5 show stars employees from the Withy Arms Group

06-Sep-2016 By Tom Lawson

An email received out of the blue has landed one licensee and his team a starring role in a Channel 5 documentary.

Caught on camera: Drunk councillor threatens to shut pub down

08-Jun-2016 By Oli Gross

A councillor has been suspended after pub door staff caught him on camera seemingly drunk, swearing and threatening to close the venue down – which he doesn’t have the power to do.

Luminar sells Preston site freehold

27-Jun-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Nightclub operator Luminar Leisure has sold the freehold of a 1.13-acre site, featuring a former Odeon cinema and a Lava & Ignite club, in...

M&B pub fined over electric shock

04-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £10,000 after a three-year-old boy suffered an electric shock at one of its Lancashire pubs....

Police offer drink spiking help

06-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney

Police in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire are supplying pubs and off-licences with devices aimed at preventing drink spiking. The device, called Spikey, is...

BII seminars put gambling on the agenda

12-May-2008

Licensees in the North West are being shown how to take advantage of the recent change in the gambling laws at three seminars taking place in the...

InBrief

22-Nov-2007

Passing-off rate falls dramatically There has been a massive fall in the number of licensed premises substituting branded spirits with cheaper ones....

Kathy swops Black Pudding for Big Apple this summer

03-Apr-2003

Licensee Kathy Officer will swap Lancashire for the Big Apple in a couple of months' time. Kathy, who looks after the Top House at Bamber Bridge, won...