Supervisor

Top tips: the key to takeaways

28-Feb-2018 By Poppleston Allen

With the rise of third-party home delivery services in recent years we are receiving more queries from operators seeking to add home deliveries and takeaways to their offering.

Legal

Legal questions answered: proof-of-age display and DPS at mutiple premises

07-Nov-2016 By Poppleston Allen

Our legal experts tackle your questions on displaying your proof-of-age policy and if you can be the supervisor at more than one site.

legal Q&A

How many personal licence holders do I need?

07-Sep-2016 By Poppleston Allen

So you've bought a pub - what are the next steps for licensing regarding members of staff?

Legal checklist: Employing under-18 staff in your pub

17-Aug-2012 By Poppleston Allen

Summer is here and students want to work — if stretched barstaff make mistakes and there is an opportunity to employ part-time barstaff they will readily become an asset to your business.

Two door supervisors sentenced for breaking security licence rules

28-May-2012

Two door supervisors have been sentenced for working without the necessary security licence and breaking the Security Industry Authority’s (SIA) licence conditions.

Don’t leave your front line exposed

24-Feb-2012 By Michael Kheng

It is interesting that the Security Industry Authority (SIA) is visiting licensees and authorities warning of the possibility of a shortage of door supervisors during the 2012 Olympics. As reported in last week’s PMA, G4S looks set to recruit around 10,000...

The importance of delegation in pubs

02-Jun-2010 By Peter Coulson

Peter Coulson explains the ins and outs of delegation by the designated premises supervisor under the current law.

What's really in a name?

11-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson

We all laughed or shrugged our shoulders when the Government announced — late in the day — that a new being was to be created under the Licensing...

Licensing@aol.com

14-Feb-2008

Gaming and private functions QA local club hired our upstairs function room recently for an event at which it was reported to me there was some...

Cracking the code

08-Nov-2007

I sincerely hope that every pub in the country has a copy of the Code of Practice for Equal Chance Gaming, issued by the Gambling Commission for...

Licensing@aol.com

23-Aug-2007

Smoking breaks for staff Q Now that the new anti-smoking law is in operation, is it permissible to allow staff a smoking break during their shift? Q...

Host faces licence loss and £10k fine

16-Aug-2007

A Cheshire licensee could be hit with a fine of up to £10,000 and be stripped of his personal licence after his nightclub served underage drinkers...

Careers: physical intervention training

28-Mar-2007

There are careers in managed houses - and now there are careers just outside the door. Yes, the bouncer has become the door supervisor, a profession...

Liable for violence

25-Aug-2006

Longer licensing hours and the perceived binge-drinking culture mean the role of the door supervisor and the licensees who employ them are firmly in...

Liability nightmare

15-May-2006

Violence against staff is an area of increasing concern across licensed retail. Most physical attacks are related to crimes such as theft and robbery...

Pubs warned as unlicensed doorstaff appear in court

07-Sep-2005

Prosecutions against unlicensed doorstaff and security firms are being stepped up, five months after the door workers registration scheme became...

Supervisors' ball and chain can be cut free

10-Mar-2005

One of the major problems that already seems to be emerging from local authority interpretation of the new Licensing Act concerns the presence of the...

Safety in numbers?

09-Dec-2004

Licensing practitioners all over the country have been very busy in recent weeks ensuring that the licences that their clients hold are in apple-pie...

Resist those daft policies

07-Oct-2004

No A-boards outside your pub. Funding for public toilets. Sound tests for every pub. One door supervisor per 100 customers. Do not laugh: these are...

Fears over door supervisor shortage

13-May-2004

Pubs could be hit with a serious shortage of door supervisors when new security regulations come into effect. The introduction of expensive licences...

Cocktails and spirit measures

04-Dec-2003

QDo the changes to the laws on measures make it legal for a cocktail barman to mix spirits freehand in an ordinary licensed bar? I do not think such...

Legal advice: Funding help for doorstaff training

05-Nov-2003

By the Publican's legal team of experts at London solicitor Joelson Wilson.It was good to read on thePublican.com that the Security Industry...

Legal advice: Secure your door position

27-Aug-2003

By April 2005 all doorstaff must be licensed with the SIA.by Richard Williams of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors...

Secure the future of your business

04-Apr-2001

The trade is getting closer to the establishment of a security authority.