Publicans still in the dark over licence costs
15-Jul-2004
Pubs are not expected to discover the cost of the new licensing regime until the autumn - despite publication of the timetable for the new law...
Tribunals rule licensees' dismissals unfair
15-Jul-2004
A licensee who took on a pubco when she lost her job has won her claim for unfair dismissal.Lilian McNaughton took the Barracuda Group to an...
Operators fight licence conditions in court
17-Jun-2004
Pub operators in Newcastle under Lyme are taking the local authority to court over its policy of forcing pubs to search customers for drugs. Yates...
Legal advice: The right to know
10-Jun-2004
Soon, all employees will know business decisions.By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.In...
Police launch shatterproof glass campaign after attack
09-Jun-2004
Eldridge Pope is to start using shatterproof glasses in all its late-night venues following the blinding of a 21-year-old girl in one of its...
House of Lords passes Licensing Act guidance
09-Jun-2004
The House of Lords has passed the guidance to the Licensing Act, paving the way for the way for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to set...
Police call for more support from trade
07-Jun-2004
Lack of support for Pubwatch schemes threatens to undermine relations between the police and the trade in many town centres.The organisation is...
New moves to end Murrayfield alcohol ban
03-Jun-2004
The booze ban at Murrayfield rugby stadium in Edinburgh faces a new challenge.A number of politicians, including MSPs and Edinburgh councillors, are...
SIA warns over licence deadline
01-Jun-2004
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has warned that the deadline for door supervisors to apply for new licences is fast approaching in Hampshire...
Westminster rapped over licensing policy
27-May-2004
Westminster Council has been forced to rethink its blanket-ban approach to new licences in the busiest parts of London after a rap on the knuckles...
Tax relief granted on SIA licences
25-May-2004
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has gained an agreement from the Inland Revenue for its licence fee to be tax deductible.The Inland Revenue has...
Legal advice: Stress in the workplace
20-May-2004
Not knowing your staff are suffering from stress or not attempting to help if they are is no defence.By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of...
Welsh fears over SIA licence
18-May-2004
A television documentary has highlighted fears that door staff will be reluctant to get the new Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence.The S4C...
Recruitment: Just a click away
13-May-2004
More people than ever job hunt on the web - but are pubcos ready for them?When it comes to finding a new job, people are increasingly turning to the...
Police deny scapegoat claim after licence is revoked
13-May-2004
A Pontypridd pub has been shut down after magistrates upheld an application by South Wales Police to revoke its licence.Geoff and Angela Skinner,...
Home Office drink-related crime figures contradiction
06-May-2004
The latest Home Office figures which link nearly half of all serious assaults to drink have been contradicted in separate Home Office reports.Crime...
Barracuda faces tribunal in licensee age row
05-May-2004
A devastated licensee is seeking to take a pub operator to employment tribunal, claiming she was thrown out of her pub because of her age.Lilian...
Council to raise tax to cover cost of licensing regime
22-Apr-2004
Camden Council plans to cover the cost of new licensing administration by asking residents to cough up.The controversial plan puts the council on a...
ASH to support smoking legal actions
19-Apr-2004
Anti-smoking lobby group ASH has pledged legal support for court actions brought by bar staff affected by passive smoking.Law firm Thompsons, which...
Licensed to thrill
16-Apr-2004
Longer opening hours means pubs must step up their entertainment.In less than six months, publicans who want to take advantage of longer opening...
Licensed to thrill: Going for a song
16-Apr-2004
Licensees are providing something for everyone with multimedia entertainment.Multimedia entertainment is hitting the pub trade in a big way....
Licensed to thrill: Not just a jukebox
16-Apr-2004
New music broadcast technology can help licensees find the perfect mix of sound and vision for their establishment. Phil Mellows investigates.Music...
Licensed to thrill: Music to your ears
16-Apr-2004
Live music can be a really good way of attracting new custom to your pub, whether you organise gigs yourself or use an agency, writes Phil...
Licence for a guitarist?
15-Apr-2004
QWe are thinking of hiring a guitarist to play at the pub. He plays acoustic guitar but has a small amplifier. As this is live music, would we need...
Police launch probe into man's death
08-Apr-2004
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man died following disturbances at a Torquay pub. Michael Duffy, 31, who is from the Torbay area, died...
What the future holds for unused licences
01-Apr-2004
One of the questions that has been raised concerning the forthcoming transitional period is the status of licences which are not being used. This may...
NY ban remains the burning issue
01-Apr-2004
One year on and New York's smoking ban continues to have far-reaching consequences for the trade as Claire Hu discovered when she visited the Big...
Police split over licensing
31-Mar-2004
A police split has emerged over licensing reform after London police claimed extended licensing hours will lead to an upsurge in crime and disorder....
Weekend ban for under-21s buying off-trade alcohol
25-Mar-2004
Publicans in Wiltshire have welcomed a new scheme to ban under-21s from buying alcohol from shops.The ban will apply to off-licences and supermarkets...
Legal advice: NMW for 16 and 17-year olds
10-Mar-2004
How would a national minimum wage for 16 and 17-year-olds affect the licensed trade?By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from...
Northern Ireland welcomes reform of licensing laws
10-Mar-2004
Northern Ireland's licensees have welcomed the promise of a much-needed overhaul of the province's licensing laws.Social development minister John...
Buy PPL licence or stop music, host told
04-Mar-2004
Peterborough licensee Carl Bloor has been ordered by London's High Court to stop playing music at the Verve pub until he acquires the necessary music...
Licensing Act delayed again?
04-Mar-2004
Speculation is growing that the new Licensing Act could be delayed until after the next election in 2005.Rumours are circulating that it could be...
Licensee hit with music licence fine
04-Mar-2004
A Shropshire publican faces a legal bill of more than £1,000 after being fined in his absence for not having a music licence.Pubmaster tenant Gareth...
Licence crisis for the nation's pubs
04-Mar-2004
by Tony Halstead Confusion over the introduction of the new Licensing Act is being blamed for the unprecedented number of failures to apply for...
Licensing minister hits out at his critics
26-Feb-2004
Richard Caborn, the minister responsible for licensing, has refuted claims that he has failed to speak to the trade about licensing. In an exclusive...
Beware joint licences
19-Feb-2004
QLast year we were approached by two localmusicians to obtain occasional licences for disco events which they were running. They now want to run the...
Death of a licence-holder
12-Feb-2004
Q Last week, in court, someone raised a question over a licence renewal, because they had heard that the holder of the licence had died in 2003....
JDW's late licence bid thrown out
05-Feb-2004
by MA Reporter A bid by JD Wetherspoon to win back a late licence for the West Kirk pub in Ayr, Scotland, has been thrown out by licensing chiefs who...
POLICE5
05-Feb-2004
Host jailed for trying to strangle wife A pub landlord has been jailed for a year by Worcester Crown Court for trying to strangle his wife. Alan...
Alcohol free zones for Borehamwood and Greenwich
28-Jan-2004
Two more towns in England are to introduce Alcohol Free Zones in an effort to crack down on drunken behaviour on the streets.Hertsmere Borough...
Legal advice: Rising cost of sacking staff
23-Jan-2004
Higher limits for employment tribunal compensation set.by Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson...
Host loses licence after drinker falls into coma
22-Jan-2004
by Phil Pemberton A Loughborough landlord has been stripped of his licence after a drinking game involving a "dentist's chair" left a student in a...
Violence puts paid to Lloyds No1 late licence
22-Jan-2004
By Phil Pemberton and The PMA Team One of JD Wetherspoon's busiest pubs, the Lloyds No1 in Glasgow's West George Street, has been forced to shut...
Crime slashed in blitz on under-age drinkers
22-Jan-2004
by Claire Hu A wristband scheme aimed at combating under-age drinking in pubs and clubs has seen a 50% reduction in town-centre disorder. The...
Dentist's chair game costs publican his licence
20-Jan-2004
A publican has lost his licence after a student went into a coma following a 'dentist's chair' drinking game.Eighteen-year-old Ian Overton collapsed...
Westminster City Council slams Licensing Act guidance
15-Jan-2004
Westminster City Council has slammed the government over the final version of the national guidance to the Licensing Act claiming it is "not worth...
Police shut down Brum club
15-Jan-2004
Police have used their powers under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 to close a Birmingham nightspot, the Plazza Café in Lozells Road,...
Colin Wheeler, chief executive of the Society of Licensed V
08-Jan-2004
Over the last 210 years the Society of Licensed Victuallers (SLV) has had to change and alter to enable it to adapt to the ever-changing licensed...
Boat and train licensing
18-Dec-2003
Q Under the existing laws, certain moveable objects such as boats and trains gain an exemption from licensing, and from permitted hours. What will be...
