Industry News

22 Feb 2017

Child Sex Exploitation (CSE) Avoidance – a brief

This is an area of increasing concern for society - but also for the leisure and hospitality industry in particular. We are seeing increased attention (including ‘test purchasing’) being given to operators by the authorities who expec...

15 Feb 2017

Policing & Crime Act 2017 - Licensing Provisions to come into force

Following conversations with the Home Office we can confirm that with the exception of the provisions on cumulative impact and the late night levy (LNL) the provisions in part 7 of the Act will commence on 6 April 2017. Matters coming into force i...

13 Feb 2017

Sheffield Best Bar None 2017 Winners Announced

At an awards ceremony held last Thursday night, the winners of the Sheffield Best Bar None Scheme 2017/2018 were announced. Big winner of the evening was the Benjamin Huntsman who picked up 3 awards for People’s Choice award, Best Pub and O...

08 Feb 2017

New £1.00 coin is due in March - reminder

As previously reported, a new £1.00 12 sided bimetallic coin is planned to be introduced in next month. The Government has been encouraging industry to prepare for this and a Treasury website dedicated to such preparation and with...

06 Feb 2017

Langton's Leisure Review 2017

Langton Capital (Mark/Jack Brumby) has produced and just released a research paper on the outlook for 2017 – ‘It’s not all about Brexit!’ A copy of it can be found here.  Read on….

03 Feb 2017

National Pubwatch Conference - 28 February 2017

The 14th National Pubwatch Conference will be held at the Hilton, in Reading, on Tuesday 28th February 2017. The conference will address issues including conflict management, Challenge 21/25, selling to drunks and a suggested training resource on...