Pubs facing licence-fee lottery
10-Aug-2006 By John Harrington
Licensees will face a postcode lottery over when to pay their annual premises licence fees for at least another eight months. The Department for...
09-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
FAPL wants all foreign satellite channels to print warnings on the back of their smartcards NEW COMMENT
09-Aug-2006
Mid Devon District Council has postponed collecting annual charges for licensed premises until November 24.
07-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Licensees warned not to install Arabic channel ART to show Premiership football after company prints warnings about its legality in the UK.
01-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Outstanding prosecutions dropped as Sky and Premier League look for 'fresh start' this season.
31-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Drinkers in Preston could be asked to remain seated in a bid to beat drink-fuelled violence. Police and health officials in the Lancashire city say...
Licensing Act has not increased crime
27-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Critics of the new licensing regime are continuing to be confounded as new government research shows it is not causing a rise in crime. Latest Home...
Changes to Northern Ireland's licensing laws prove popular
26-Jul-2006
The Federation of the Retail Licensed Trade Northern Ireland (FRLT) has welcomed government plans to reform the country's licensing laws.The plans,...
Councils hail benefits of new licensing laws
24-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
A group of local councils has hailed the Licensing Act as a success, according to a new report published today.But the 10 Scrutiny Councils, who...
Pub-goers ignore negative press over Licensing Act
20-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Pub-goers have ignored the negative press that greeted the start of the new Licensing Act and are going out just as often, according to a new survey....
20-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
Trade leaders are to urge the head of the panel that is looking at licence fees to sort out the fiasco surrounding billing dates for annual fees....
20-Jul-2006 By Peter Coulson
Are painted signs binding? QI took over this pub after Christmas and have been struggling to retain staff. Recently, I had a visit from a council...
Legal advice: An end to court hopping
19-Jul-2006
The Court of Appeal has recently made two important decisions that will affect employers and employees alike. The first deals (hopefully once and for...
19-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A Manchester nightclub manager and two of his doorstaff have received medals from the police. Keith Ifield and door supervisors Abid Hussain and...
14-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Female drinkers in Suffolk are being warned by police to wear nice underwear and wax their legs before going out to get plastered.
13-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
An influential group of councils is calling for premises licences to be renewed annually and for the licences to be automatically revoked if the...
Councils split on licence fee dates
13-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
Councils are split on when to ask for annual fees for premises licences, a straw poll by the Morning Advertiser has found. The MA contacted 20...
12-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Sky and the FA Premier League have dropped charges against three Portsmouth licensees who showed foreign satellite football in their pubs. Derek...
12-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Trade bodies have told a group of MPs that one of the big issues threatening the viability of community pubs is the cost of Sky Sports. Martin...
07-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A licensee has spoken of his anger after a man who glassed him was spared jail when he cried in front of a judge. Daniel Hardman, 21, from Leigh,...
06-Jul-2006 By Peter Coulson
Young waitresses poser QCan my 16-year-old waitress take orders and serve drinks at tables in the bar area or anywhere in the premises if the patrons...
Kent Police launch crime reduction scheme
05-Jul-2006
Kent Police has launched a new campaign to help licensees reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.The Safer Socialising Award, launched in partnership...
Westminster City Council leader speaks out over licensing
05-Jul-2006
The leader of Westminster City Council has called on the government to review the fee structure, guidance and emporary events notices under the...
04-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Sky and the FAPL are considering dropping charges against three Portsmouth licensees after suffering defeat in the courts again. Andrew Cornwall of...
04-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A campaign group which is seeking to overturn the Government's proposed smoke ban has been "astounded" by the financial support it has been pledged....
29-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson]
Much play is being made of the recent letter by Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to South Yorkshire MP Eric Illsley about the police insisting on a personal licence-holder always being on premises
29-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Confusion still reigns over the question of whether it is legal to use foreign satellite stations to show Premiership football in pubs. IAIN O'NEIL examines the issues
South Yorkshire Police clarifies its position on licence-holders
29-Jun-2006
South Yorkshire Police has backtracked over its policy of forcing personal licence-holders to remain on the premises during holidays. Following the...
Council praised for its approach to licensing
29-Jun-2006
A Dover licensee has heaped praise on his local council for its handling of the new licensing regime - including dating all licences from November...
28-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
After suffering a high profile defeat in the courts yesterday Media Protection Services has today succesfully prosecuted a Lanchashire licensee for...
'Don't just wait for the ban to happen'
27-Jun-2006
The smoking debate has raged in England and Wales for some time, but with the decision now made it is clearly time for the industry to begin...
27-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A Portsmouth licensee walks free from court after judge says she had not acted dishonestly in showing Premiership football via a foreign satellite system.
Legal advice: Problems with holidays and holiday pay
26-Jun-2006
It appears that summertime is at last with us, and no doubt people will soon be off on their holidays.For several years there have been statutory...
New guidance clarifies position on personal licence-holders
22-Jun-2006
Licensees have been given the green light to leave their pubs for holidays without facing prosecution after intervention by Culture Secretary Tessa...
22-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Supplementary guidance to the Licensing Act issued by the Department for Culture Media and Sport says Personal License Holders can be off site while...
22-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson
It is interesting to note that NALHM, the pub managers' union, is taking up the cudgels on behalf of members whose personal licences may be under...
22-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson
No licence to display QCan we be prosecuted if we are not displaying our premises licence because we have not yet received it from the council?...
Licensing chief left fatigued by pub life
22-Jun-2006
A licensing chief has gone on to the shop floor to sample pub life at the sharp end. Scarborough licensing officer Una Faithfull spent four days at...
Match times help kick off pub business boom
22-Jun-2006 By A public auction in London next month sees the com
Favourable timing of England games means pubs are continuing to report bumper sales during the World Cup. And more is to come after victory over...
22-Jun-2006
Manager Janet Johnston-Godfrey, the Headlands, Northampton PUB OWNERSHIP: Charles Wells. ACTION TAKEN: A new cover was installed over the patio area...
20-Jun-2006 By Lucy Britner
Police have threatened to close a Norwich pub for serving drinks in bottles after a mix-up on its licence.
20-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A Manchester councillor has called for a Tesco supermarket to have its licence reviewed after trouble flared at a World Cup big screen event in the...
20-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Glasgow City Council has decided against a blanket ban on pubs using glasses and instead will target certain premises. Under the new plan, venues...
20-Jun-2006
Since news broke of Sky's 13% subscription rise from next season, licensees have been contacting Morning Advertiser in their droves to say they will...
19-Jun-2006 By Tony Halstead
Trade groups and licensees have condemned Sky's latest subscription hike which will see charges rise by more than 13% from next August. NEW COMMENT
NALHM to fight against loss of personal licences
16-Jun-2006 By John Harrington
A pub managers' union is promising legal backing to members who face losing their personal licences due to unfair treatment by police and councils....
15-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson
Inconsistency still rife in licensing system
15-Jun-2006
We've had a huge response from licensees up and down the country over Sky's price increases - click here to see more and add your comments.
15-Jun-2006
Police chiefs want to take a tougher approach to underage sting operations with children allowed to use fake ID and dress to look older than they...
15-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson
Relief manager licence QI operate for a pub company as an assistant manager, and have always done the relief when the manager goes on holiday. As I...
