29-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney
Plastic glass is bigger threat than smoking ban, says JDW, but police push on with national blanket ban
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29-Mar-2007
Good Friday restrictions QWhat is the position regarding Good Friday under our new licence? We applied for conversion and variation and just put down...
Police chief calls for more training to curb under-age drinking
23-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Training licensees to say 'no' is the key to tackling under-age drinking, according to a senior police officer in the West Midlands. Speaking at the...
22-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Premier League responds angrily to claims that last week's foreign satellite football case has added to the confusion
FLVA calls for ban on supermarket newspaper ads
22-Mar-2007
A trade association is calling on the government to ban supermarket alcohol advertising in newspapers.The Federation of Licensed Victuallers'...
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22-Mar-2007
Enforcing drinking-up Q If there is no drinking-up time on the new-style licences, what legal right do I have to enforce a drinking-up time for...
Getting the Scottish licensing facts right
22-Mar-2007
A couple of weeks ago I commented rather dismissively on a row which erupted in Scotland over admission of the public to members' clubs in Scotland...
Licensee's satellite conviction upheld
22-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk
A Portsmouth licensee who appealed against a conviction for showing foreign satellite football has lost her case. Karen Murphy, of the Red, White and...
Daphne, 73, fails personal licence test
21-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
The licensee who had to take her personal licence exam despite running a pub for over four decades has vowed to keep pulling the pints despite...
Legal advice: Whistleblowing close to home
19-Mar-2007
To most of us the image of a 'whistleblower' is probably quite grand. We think of employees who are taking great risk to expose the wrongdoings of...
15-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil
£12,000 hit after Judge says she "hid" behind legal advice
15-Mar-2007
Glass bans are a facile way for the police to score publicity points - that's the view of Jon Collins.
Gastro rise threatens darts
15-Mar-2007
In the week that saw the Prince of Wales expressing an interest in darts, a new survey says that the rise of the gastro- pub is killing the game....
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15-Mar-2007
Police smoking ban QAt a recent meeting of our Pubwatch, the police representative informed us that, following the smoking ban, customers would not...
Chris Maclean: repeal licensing laws now
14-Mar-2007 By Chris Maclean
Whose idea was it to have these new extended licensing hours? For all I can see things are pretty much the same as before. None of the pubs around...
Legal advice: FSA's food safety inspections stats published
12-Mar-2007
The Food Standards Agency has recently published the annual statistics for 2005-2006 food safety inspections carried out by local council...
SNP wants to ban off-trade promotions
12-Mar-2007
The Scottish National Party (SNP) will ban off-trade deep discounting drink promotions north of the border if it wins power in Scotland's May...
Legal advice: Best practice for an EHO's visit
09-Mar-2007
Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) can demand entry to premises carrying out business functions "at all reasonable times" and without prior...
Licence to grill
08-Mar-2007
Nothing grabs customers quite like a BBQ and this is your chance to become a real champion of the grill This year is set to be a great one for al...
Bolton dismay over licence review veto
08-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil iainoneil@william-reed.co.uk
Bolton Wanderers is to seek legal advice after its local council refused its applications for licence reviews at foreign satellite football pubs....
08-Mar-2007 By Garth Williams
This year's first ever Holsten National Pub Darts competition attracted more than 10,000 players, with nearly £10,000 up for grabs.Garth Williams...
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08-Mar-2007
Sign of the times Q Our pub is off the main road and I want to put up a sign at the end of the lane to direct people to the pub. The landowner is a...
Legal advice: Applying for a licence under the new regime
05-Mar-2007
The legal steps required to open a pub, bar or restaurant are, in parts, perplexing and often cause frustration and annoyance to those new to the...
02-Mar-2007
FACT says a total of around 600 prosecutions have been brought for using Sky domestic contract to screen football in pubs.
Making your one-day ban go with a bang
01-Mar-2007
Hosts are urged to ban smoking on national No Smoking Day, 14 March, to see what lessons can be learned and have some fun. TONY HALSTEAD offers...
The riddles of the new Licensing Act
01-Mar-2007
There is no doubt that the Martians, if they landed, would find it difficult to believe that we could operate to the letter of our licensing laws....
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01-Mar-2007
Child labour in pubs QWe own our own pub and our eldest child, aged 14, would like to help out behind the bar on an occasional basis. We saw a news...
Thwaites urges rethink on casino licence
28-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Lancashire brewery Thwaites has urged culture secretary Tessa Jowell to reconsider Blackpool's credentials for a supercasino licence. Despite being...
Legal advice: What's the deal with asbestos?
23-Feb-2007
As with many buildings, asbestos is common in pubs. It can be in almost any part of the building, from the floor tiles to the roofing material, and...
22-Feb-2007
Bolton Wanderers applies for licence reviews of five foreign satellite pubs around the Reebok Stadium
Lone husband in double jeopardy
22-Feb-2007
Another disturbing story, which I am sure has a slightly more rational explanation than I have received, implies that a pub manager can be sacked if...
Police should not exceed their powers
22-Feb-2007
Along with many others, I do not think for a moment that we live in a police state. There are far too many checks and balances to ensure that...
Bolton FC initiates pub licence reviews
22-Feb-2007 By Iain O'Neil iain.o'neil@william-reed.co.uk
Screening of illegal satellite matches prompts backlash from attendance-hit football club Premiership club Bolton Wanderers has applied for licence...
Legal advice: Stakeholder pensions
20-Feb-2007
Employers who have at least five relevant staff members must have a minimum stakeholder pension scheme in place. These are money purchase schemes...
Licensees frustrated over big screen supplier
15-Feb-2007 By James Wilmore
Floods of licensees have contacted The Publican still desperate for information about big screen supplier Satvision. As news broke of the company's...
Police threaten Reading pubs over glassware ban
15-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A senior Reading policeman has threatened to call for licence reviews at late night venues that won't ditch glass containers. Reading's inspector...
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15-Feb-2007
Changes of address Q We have recently moved pubs in the same district. The premises licence is held by the same brewery. In all the pressure of the...
13-Feb-2007
Licensee gets 100 hours for showing on a domestic card.
Legal advice: The right person for the job
09-Feb-2007
As employers we all want our employees to be competent to do the jobs they are employed to do. In the pub trade we want people to be able to pour...
Legal advice: Working at heights
08-Feb-2007
The issue of fire fighters not being able to use ladders and step ladders due to 'health and safety' has featured in the press recently. If true, we...
Door staff sign petition to fight SIA licence hike
08-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Hundreds of door staff have registered their anger at the 29% hike in door-staff licences by signing a petition that will be sent to Prime Minister...
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08-Feb-2007
Eject with care Q I have been told that you can still use force to eject someone from a pub but a friend in the trade has said that I could be in...
Legal advice: Licence application fees set to rise by 7%
07-Feb-2007
The Independent Fees Review Panel has submitted its final report on the fees introduced by the Licensing Act 2003. As you may be aware, many...
05-Feb-2007
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) says thousands of Scottish doorstaff have already signed up for the new SIA licence in Scotland.
01-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead
Trade groups are "concerned" and "disappointed" that pubs face a 7% hike in annual licence fees over the next three years, following publication of...
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01-Feb-2007
Restaurant and off-sales QNow that the new licensing laws are in place and restaurants have the same licence as pubs, can a local restaurant near...
26-Jan-2007
Portsmouth licensee faces £8,000 fine
25-Jan-2007 By Mark Wingett
The Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel, recommends that local authorities pay the £97m shortfall created by the implementation of the licensing regulations last year.
25-Jan-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Premiership club seeking licence reviews of pubs that show foreign satellite football on matchdays.
Local authorities should pick up licensing regs tab
25-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Local authorities should pick up more than half of the near-£100m in extra costs inccurred while implementing the licensing regulations, the...
