Trade outcry as Crime Bill opens door to ADZs
09-Jun-2005
by Ewan Turney Trade leaders have accused the Government of "sheer arrogance" and declared they are "bitterly disappointed" with its decision to...
Police warn: check ages or risk action
09-Jun-2005
West Yorkshire Police force has warned pubs and nightclubs in Leeds that they have until 1 July to make sure all bar and doorstaff ask for ID from...
Police avert door crisis says BEDA
09-Jun-2005
by Ewan Turney Police pragmatism has averted a national doorstaff crisis that could have led to thousands of club and bar closures, according to Bar...
Police clear up toilet message
09-Jun-2005
Pubs in London have been hit by a bout of toilet humour. Licensees have been sent letters on Metropolitan Police-headed paper warning them to ensure...
Get 'em in: just eight weeks to go to licence deadline
09-Jun-2005
Trade groups are calling on licensees and bar operators to move immediately to get new licence applications lodged with local councils. With the 6...
Licence requests start to trickle in
08-Jun-2005
Pubs are beginning to have their applications for extended opening accepted under the new Licensing Act.Despite the huge backlog of applications, a...
'Too old' licensee's time with Sheps is now up
02-Jun-2005
The 67-year-old licensee who last year won the right to stay in his Shepherd Neame pub after a battle with the brewer is to retire at the end of the...
Police told to use existing powers on disorder
02-Jun-2005
Police have come under fire for failing to use their existing powers to target irresponsible operators.Lee Le Clercq, regional secretary for the...
GK licence bids dogged by setbacks'
02-Jun-2005
by John Harrington Greene King has taken a swipe at the "lack of consistency" from Government and councils and the huge costs of licensing reform,...
Licensing bureaucracy will drive us to the wall
02-Jun-2005
To avoid all the hassle, as I am quite satisfied with my existing hours, I planned to just submit for grandfather rights. However, when I spoke to...
Pub's TV soccer solicitor must pay costs
02-Jun-2005
A solicitor has been ordered to pay £646 in "wasted costs" after failing to appear in court to represent a licensee charged with illegally screening...
New premises licence could give best deal
02-Jun-2005
We are now just into the fifth month of the six-month transition period and only the most incurable optimist, a member of the Department of Culture,...
Senior fights £45,000 policing bill
02-Jun-2005
Nightclub operator Ultimate Leisure is expected to tell Nottinghamshire police that it is to refuse to continue paying £45,000 a year for extra...
Why an absent seller can delay a licence transfer
02-Jun-2005
QWe are concerned as the transfer of the licence for the pub we have bought has been delayed by the clerk because he says we have not notified the...
MSP calls for smoking licences for Scottish pubs
01-Jun-2005
A plea for pubs in Scotland to be allowed to apply for smoking licences have been put forward by an MSP. Margo MacDonald, an independent MSP for...
Legal advice: Birth of a new era
01-Jun-2005
Assessing the possible impact of the Queen's Speech.By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson...
Help with Licensing Application
26-May-2005
We have agreed a takeover date of 7th June with Punch for our first pub. My husband has been to see the Licensing Sergeant and has completed all the...
SIA crisis eases but key is held by police: BEDA
26-May-2005
by Tony Halstead The crisis which threatened to engulf the new doorstaff licensing system has abated with successful applications slowly creeping...
LGA fires up bid to ease licensing form delays
26-May-2005
by John Harrington The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling on ministers to let councils take a more relaxed approach to licence...
Local authorities in crisis meeting over licensing
19-May-2005
Local authorities are coming together at a crisis meeting today to discuss ways of averting the looming disaster surrounding licence...
Forging a justices' licence
19-May-2005
QSomeone has told me that the crime of forging a justices' licence has been repealed. How will this affect people trying to get a new premises...
Rebel footy TV host loses court appeal
19-May-2005
An Essex licensee who attempted to ban broadcasting copyright inspectors from his pub has lost an appeal against a conviction for illegally screening...
Bankruptcy - Can I keep my licence?
14-May-2005
It is inevitable that we are going to declare bankrupt within the next few weeks. This is because trade takings are not enough to keep the business...
Legal advice: Will the law alter again?
13-May-2005
Now that Labour has been voted back in, what employment legislation can licensees expect?By Martin Donoghue of thePublican.com's team of legal...
Paid police haven't cut disorder' says Ultimate
12-May-2005
by John Harrington Nightclub company Ultimate Leisure has poured scorn on a police claim that the £800-a-week paid-for-policing scheme it has been...
Pressure mounting for licensing reform delay
12-May-2005
BII leads the campaign urging the Government to take action by John Harrington The Government is coming under intense pressure from both the trade...
Apply for licences now says BBPA
05-May-2005
by Ewan Turney Local councils are reporting that at the halfway point of the transition phase fewer than 5% of all premises licence applications...
A licence at short notice
05-May-2005
QHow much notice do you have to give to the police for an occasional licence? I need to run a bar at an event next week. Would it be easier for them...
Exploding the myths on TV soccer
05-May-2005
I need to set the record straight once again on the question of screening football matches in the bar. This is because two separate issues are being...
Licensing chaos is being swept under the carpet
05-May-2005
I have doubts that all the venom currently being targeted at local councils in respect of the Licensing Act is properly aimed. There is, in my...
Tackling Sky's unfair' pub subscription rates
05-May-2005
by John Harrington Sky subscriptions for pubs should be set at twice the level of domestic users, based on VAT returns, or reflect the capacity of...
Clampdown on troublemakers in Bournemouth
29-Apr-2005
A scheme to keep troublemakers away from bars and clubs in Bournemouth has been launched by licensees and police.Dorset Police and Bournemouth's Town...
Cabinet Office to study implementation of Licensing Act
28-Apr-2005
The spiralling amounts of paperwork and bureaucracy surrounding the new licensing regime have prompted an investigation by the government's red tape...
Legal advice: Working arrangements for parents
28-Apr-2005
Are you aware that staff can request more flexible working arrangements to care for a child?By Martin Donoghue of thePublican.com's team of legal...
Which political party do you think wouldbest suit the licens
28-Apr-2005
Graham Rowson Plungington Tavern Preston, Lancs "In terms of duty and tax, all parties tend to hit the brewing and pub trade, so I do not believe...
Talks begin to get fairer Sky charges
28-Apr-2005
Trade wants end to rateable value banding system by Tony Halstead Satellite broadcaster Sky is being urged to sit down and hammer out a fairer...
Irish trade fears plans for cafe bar licences
28-Apr-2005
by MA reporter A major row is brewing between Irish publicans and the Irish government over planned new legislation that will see the creation of a...
Licensees join fight to tackle pirate TV footy
28-Apr-2005
by Tony Halstead Licensees are helping soccer bosses win their battle against pirate TV screenings of Premier-ship football. More than 50 calls are...
Licensee furious with council over licence application
27-Apr-2005
A furious licensee says he has been forced to put his application for a licence variation on hold after his local council threatened to "solicit...
Legal advice: Pubs' responsibility for agency doorstaff
26-Apr-2005
Case redefines pubs' liability for door supervisors.By Niall McCann of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson...
Kent licensee makes last stand to save local
21-Apr-2005
An irate Kent licensee has vowed to fight on to save his popular Victorian watering hole despite losing an appeal to developers who want to turn the...
Hosts accuse police of hours vendetta'
21-Apr-2005
Licensees at a west Wales pub have accused police of deliberately exaggerating the problem of crime on their premises, causing the venue to have its...
SIA's phones jam in licensing rush
21-Apr-2005
by Ewan Turney The Security Industry Authority (SIA) switchboard has become gridlocked as it tries to deal with more than 150 calls an hour from...
Time for pubs to strike' over licensing shambles
21-Apr-2005
Am I living on a different planet to everybody else in the licensed trade? The Licensing Act 2003 is a disaster for the pub trade and everybody who...
Babushka's banned directors are back
14-Apr-2005
by The PMA Team Four company directors banned from holding directorships for 40 years have all found work with the company that now owns their...
Council in climbdown over licensing policy
14-Apr-2005
A head-on clash between licensees and a West Yorkshire local authority has been averted after the council backtracked on plans for its new licensing...
Yates outlet tops police call-out list
14-Apr-2005
A councillor has used the Freedom of Information Act to discover the 10 bars in his part of London that have prompted the highest number of Met...
Yates ups ante in funding police to tackle alcohol-related d
14-Apr-2005
by John Harrington High-street bar operator Yates is to increase its annual "community fund", to help local authorities tackle problems caused by...
Urbium buys twolate-licensed bars
14-Apr-2005
London bar operator Urbium has bought two bars trading as "One of Two" located in Wood Street and Old Broad Street, in the City of London. The Wood...
None of us desire a police state
14-Apr-2005
If you pick apart the latest Home Office initiative on the issue of penalty notices for selling to someone who is drunk, it does not make too much...