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Title – Victim of girl gang ‘glassing’
Source – Metro
Date – 29th October 2008
This graphic image demonstrates clearly why we preach about Responsible Alcohol Retailing and why no one should be surprised if the government tighten legislation further in regard to the sale and supply of alcohol and put other measures into place to restrict ‘binge drinking’.
But even with a tightening of legislation it will still be the Licensed Retail Sector that needs to enforce standards and enforce the measures that will decrease the instances of alcohol fuelled violence. The frustration is that most alcohol retailers are already behaving responsibly and although licensing authorities recognise this, they seem powerless to deal with those that act irresponsibly without placing sanction on the sector as a whole.
From the local authority licensing officers we work with, we always hear the same story; they want to be more proactive and work more closely with the sector as a whole, but a lack of resources restricts their ability to do so. Our message to central government is not to consider more restrictive legislation, before they have resourced licensing officers to properly enforce the current ones.
This story is unfortunately not uncommon and even more tragically the incidence of violent women is on the increase and the level of the violence they use is also increasing. This means that those working in the Security Industry have to accommodate these changes and make proactive provision to deal with them. Where the risks are high, additional Door Supervisors, CCTV and the use of polycarbonate drinking vessels amongst other measures should be considered and implemented.
Cost consideration is a part of any business, but too many irresponsible alcohol retailers put cost before safety, which is not only a very short sighted business plan, but also inexcusable when such policies result in the horrific injuries sustained by this young woman.
Everyone working in the sector has a responsibility to do their bit to stamp out such assaults by whatever methods are available to them. Even one such incident is one too many. Think about this, if you have the opportunity to prevent it and you don’t, you bear some of the responsibility for it.
At Beyond The Blue we provide training in both the licensed retail sector and the security industry. Our Conflict Management and Resolution courses (CMR) and Physical Intervention (PI) Courses help our clients to adopt a proactive approach to aggression and Violence in the Workplace.
We also provide the National Certificate for Door Supervisors course (NCDS) for candidates wishing to apply for their SIA Door Supervisor Licence and a Consultancy Service for clients who need to implement new systems in order to combat problems they face with aggressions and violence in their workplace.
Please visit our website at
www.btbl.co.ukSource – Metro
Date – 29th October 2008
This graphic image demonstrates clearly why we preach about Responsible Alcohol Retailing and why no one should be surprised if the government tighten legislation further in regard to the sale and supply of alcohol and put other measures into place to restrict ‘binge drinking’.
But even with a tightening of legislation it will still be the Licensed Retail Sector that needs to enforce standards and enforce the measures that will decrease the instances of alcohol fuelled violence. The frustration is that most alcohol retailers are already behaving responsibly and although licensing authorities recognise this, they seem powerless to deal with those that act irresponsibly without placing sanction on the sector as a whole.
From the local authority licensing officers we work with, we always hear the same story; they want to be more proactive and work more closely with the sector as a whole, but a lack of resources restricts their ability to do so. Our message to central government is not to consider more restrictive legislation, before they have resourced licensing officers to properly enforce the current ones.
This story is unfortunately not uncommon and even more tragically the incidence of violent women is on the increase and the level of the violence they use is also increasing. This means that those working in the Security Industry have to accommodate these changes and make proactive provision to deal with them. Where the risks are high, additional Door Supervisors, CCTV and the use of polycarbonate drinking vessels amongst other measures should be considered and implemented.
Cost consideration is a part of any business, but too many irresponsible alcohol retailers put cost before safety, which is not only a very short sighted business plan, but also inexcusable when such policies result in the horrific injuries sustained by this young woman.
Everyone working in the sector has a responsibility to do their bit to stamp out such assaults by whatever methods are available to them. Even one such incident is one too many. Think about this, if you have the opportunity to prevent it and you don’t, you bear some of the responsibility for it.
At Beyond The Blue we provide training in both the licensed retail sector and the security industry. Our Conflict Management and Resolution courses (CMR) and Physical Intervention (PI) Courses help our clients to adopt a proactive approach to aggression and Violence in the Workplace.
We also provide the National Certificate for Door Supervisors course (NCDS) for candidates wishing to apply for their SIA Door Supervisor Licence and a Consultancy Service for clients who need to implement new systems in order to combat problems they face with aggressions and violence in their workplace.
Please visit our website at
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