Underage sales tips offered at RDR summit
Expert advice on avoiding underage sales — and insights into plans to stop cheap supermarket alcohol via local bylaws — is available at this year's Responsible Drinks Retailing (RDR) Conference.
Charlie Mowat, director of Serve Legal, which is paid by operators to monitor age-check procedures across the on and off-trades, has been confirmed as a speaker at the event.
Serve Legal is also confirmed as a category sponsor for the conference, on Wednesday, 10 November at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, London.
Mike Jones, of the Greater Manchester Public Health Network, which is spearheading moves to force minimum pricing via local bylaws, will take part in the afternoon discussion panel.
The event is hosted by the Morning Advertiser and its sister title, Off Licence News. Tickets are free.
There will be sessions on specific topics, a panel discussion and the RDR Awards. Other sponsors are Diageo, Drinkaware, the British Beer & Pub Association, JD Wetherspoon and the Proof of Age Standards Scheme.
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Meanwhile, there's still time to enter the RDR Awards. Categories are available for the best licensee, pub company, pubwatch, local authority and initiative.
There are two Why Let Good Times Go Bad? awards — one for going the "extra mile" and the other for "smarter thinking", as well as the PASS award for best practice on the door.
For details, call 01293 610396 or see www.responsibledrinksretailing.co.uk.
Confirmed speakers:
• Rob Andrew and Superintendent Julie Whitmarsh, Newquay Safe Partnership
• Bill Donne, Reading Pubwatch
• Robert Humphreys, Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) chairman
• Michael Kheng, of previous RDR award winner Kurnia
•Charlie Mowat, Serve Legal director
• Neil Robertson, Best Bar None chief executive
• Brigid Simmonds, British Beer & Pub Association chief executive
• Paul Smith, Noctis executive director
• Chris Sorek, Drinkaware chief executive
• Alistair Turnham, night-time economy specialists MAKE
