Underage Sales

Underage alcohol sales in UK pubs hit record low

06-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

A survey of more than 12,000 schoolchildren has revealed that the number of underage alcohol purchases taking place in the UK’s pubs is at an all-time low.

Training bodies team up to tackle underage sales

03-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Three of the UK’s top licensing-training organisations have teamed up with Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (HABC) to help staff tackle the issue of underage sales.

Pub consultant backs larger penalty fines for underage sales

18-Jan-2013 By Adam Pescod

A pub trade consultant believes the problem of underage drinking in the UK could be solved by instant fines of up to £700 for bar staff who serve under-18s.

Pub standards slip on underage sales

14-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Publicans have taken their eye off the ball over underage sales as the sector reported the worst test-purchasing pass rates in two years during 2011.

Underage sales overkill concern

21-Mar-2012 By Peter Coulson

Other controversial changes due to come into force next month, according to the Home Office, concern sales to children. First of all the maximum fine (not the actual fine) has been doubled to £20,000 for underage sales, if they are prosecuted in the magistrates’...

Pubs 'in limboland on underage sales'

22-Jul-2011 By Ewan Turney

Pub operators are in an "impossible" situation because of the inconsistent approach taken by local authorities to tackling underage sales....

Tighter controls urged on underage sale stings

19-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Police and local authorities need to up their game to deal with underage drinking, according to a leading test purchasing company. Serve Legal,...

Call for fairer approach to underage stings

03-Sep-2010 By John Harrington

A powerful alliance of different industries has called for a fairer and more consistent approach by authorities for tackling underage sales. A...

Welsh pubs to shut after sting failures

10-Dec-2009 By John Harrington

Three North Wales bars are to shut their doors over one of the busiest pre-Christmas weekends to avoid prosecution for underage sales. The venues in...

Council leaders call for cigarette vending machine ban

30-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney

Call comes after a 50% rise in test purchase failure rates

Council removes lessee's DPS role

26-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Pub failed two underage sales A council has stripped a lessee of his role as designated premises supervisor (DPS) after two underage sales. The...

Police seize 6,500 pints in underage sales crackdown

03-Jan-2008

Police seized the equivalent of 6,500 pints from underage drinkers during a crackdown on drinking in public places in the Autumn.There are now plans...

Pubs praised as underage sales dive

11-Oct-2007 By James Wilmore

The pub trade's efforts to stamp out underage sales have been hailed after government figures revealed a major drop in the number selling to...

Call for more protection from violent customers

30-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore

A trade chief has reignited calls for the government to look at the protection the law offers licensees in dealing with underage sales and violent...

Wednesday July 11: Analyse this

27-Jun-2007

If you only take the time to do one thing during Proud of Pubs Week then take the opportunity to stand back from the coalface of your business, even...

Underage sales DVD launched

25-May-2007 By James Wilmore

A new DVD has been launched to help publicans tackle the problem of underage sales. "Teenage Kicks", released by licensing solicitors Poppleston...

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17-May-2007

Underage sales penalties QWhat penalties and/or imprisonment can follow from underage sales? AImprisonment does not follow from any of the underage...

May 4: Underage clampdown to hit

05-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore

Pubs are being warned to be on their guard when the strictest ever national clampdown on underage sales sweeps across England and Wales from May 4....

Back to basics: don't be caught out serving underage drinkers

25-Mar-2007

As The Publican.com exclusively reported last week pubs are to face a crackdown on underage sales from Easter.Under a new 'three-strikes-and-out'...

Pubs face £10K fine in new underage clampdown

15-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore

Pubs could be forced to close for three months or pay a £10,000 fine following a tough new clampdown on underage sales expected to be brought in...

Blackburn hotline prompts underage sales reporting

18-Jan-2007

A telephone hotline has been launched in Blackburn for residents to report licensees who sell alcohol to children. The local council, police and...

Nationwide campaign on underage sales launched

06-Jul-2006

A nationwide campaign to crackdown on underage sales is being launched in Doncaster. The initiative, part of the industry's Challenge 21 campaign,...

Trade leaders vow to do more to stop underage drinking

16-May-2006 By John Harrington

Trade leaders have vowed to go "further, faster" to stop underage sales during a top-level meeting with Government. NEW COMMENT

BBPA: trade comes out well in underage blitz

12-Aug-2004

by Nigel Huddlestonand Tony Halstead The on-trade's record on underage sales of alcohol has been defended by the British Beer & Pub Association...

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...