Licensing Law

Family brewers in support for licensing bill campaign

18-May-2001

Support is growing for the trade group campaigning against Government plans to move licensing control from magistrates to local authorities.The...

Supermarket's licensed café a success

17-May-2001

A new restaurant and bar concept launched last month by supermarket chain Safeway is proving very popular with customers.The first Café Fresco, at...

Crime Bill gets the green light

17-May-2001

Parliament passes controversial Criminal Justice BillThe controversial Criminal Justice and Police Act, which has been slammed by the trade for its...

Jennings demands public cash for rural pubs

17-May-2001

Jennings Brothers has called on the Government to pump cash into helping rural pubs as it continues to be hit by the foot-and-mouth crisis.Although...

Out of control? The trade's concern over licensing reform remains

09-May-2001

The Government's plans for licensing reform have been welcomed by the public, however, the trade still has many concerns. It seems the traditional...

Straw: "very unlikely" magistrates will retain licensing control

26-Apr-2001

Home Secretary Jack Straw has confirmed it is "very unlikely" that magistrates will retain licensing control.In the biggest indication yet that...

Human rights in the licensed trade

18-Apr-2001

Suzanne Davies of The Publican Newspaper's expert legal team offers advice.Licensing applications sees rise in implementation of legislationI have a...

Magistrates vow to fight for licensing control

18-Apr-2001

Magistrates have vowed to continue their fight against plans to move licensing control to local authorities despite reports that ministers have...

Licensing control fight faces set-back

10-Apr-2001

Accusations of inconsistency could undermine the fight by magistrates to retain control of licensing under planned reform.Licensees in Brighton &...

Licensing reform

03-Apr-2001

We take a look at what change licensing reform may bring for licensees.Licensees can be forgiven if they develop split personalities over the next...

Licence Applications

03-Apr-2001

Setting foot in the door of your new pub is an exciting experience - the decorators have put down their brushes, the chefs are preparing the steak...

Late licence milestone as venue is granted 12.30am Sunday extension

29-Mar-2001

Bakersfield Entertainment's Mood Café and Bistro in Carlisle has become one of the first venues to be given one of the government's new Special...

Health and Safety responsibilities for publicans

22-Mar-2001

Food safety continues to figure high on a licensees list of responsibilities. Recurrent food scares have not only brought a tough response from the...

EPOS systems introduce a wealth of possibilities to publicans

22-Mar-2001

Technology in pubs falls into three camps - the Good, the Boring and the Really Quite Useful.For most licensees Good Technology is considered to be...

Occasional Licence

14-Mar-2001

I recently applied for an Occasional Licence for a garden fete for the hours of 2pm until 10pm. I sent the application to court six weeks before the...

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