Openings
Fuller's plans for closed former music venue given go-ahead
Southwark council have given the green light to Fuller’s plans to renovate former live music venue the Half Moon in Herne Hill, south-east London.
Archives for April 5, 2016
Legislation
How to make sure your pub is welcoming to someone with a disability
The issue of disabled access in pubs hit the headlines again recently in a damning House of Lords report that found many pubs are still failing to provide up-to-scratch facilities for people with physical and mental disabilities, with even basic services...
Trade concern at disability report
Concerned licensees have hit back against a House of Lords report which argued that pubs breaching the Equality Act by not providing facilities for disabled people should be refused a licence or be shut down.
People
Crowdfunding campaign for story of first woman to become sole licensee
Author Laura Thompson has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a book telling the story of her grandmother, the first woman to be given a publican’s licence in her own name.
Illegal football: pubco fined £120,000 and three employees face criminal records
A pubco and three of its employees have been ordered to pay a record total of more than £120,000 for broadcasting Sky Sports illegally in three pubs.