Pub smoke campaigner fined £500

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Title – Pub smoke campaigner fined £500
Source – Metro
Date – 6th November 2007

In everyone's lifetime laws change and this change alters the status quo for those affected, but all too soon we accept changes and wonder how we ever put up with things the way they were before.

Who would ever accept someone lighting up a cigarette on a tube platform in London or on a transatlantic flight? Yet it was only in 1987 that the Kings Cross fire that killed 31 and resulted in enforcement of the smoking ban throughout the London Underground and only since the 1990’s since smoking was banned on all flights. How long will it be before not smoking in pubs and restaurants will be entirely normal to all of us?

Those who oppose the ban are fighting a loosing battle as are their businesses. Protest is the right of everyone in our society, but not when it involves breaking the law.

Surely no one can be in any doubt who the winners and losers are in the retail licensed sector, following the ban. Those outlets that embraced the ban as an opportunity, have been rewarded in the most part with success. In many cases they have increased trade by simply providing suitable facilities to accommodate smokers and benefiting from the smoke free environment by increasing sales on their improved food offering as well as making their venue more accommodating to a wider audience, specifically female friendly.

At Beyond The Blue we provide a comprehensive portfolio of BIIAB accredited licensed retail sector courses including the Award in Responsible Alcohol Retailing (ARAR), National Certificate for Personal License Holders (NCPLH), National Certificate for Designated Premises Supervisors (NCDPS), National Licensees Certificate - Drugs Awareness (NCLDA), Professional Barpersons Qualification (PBQ) as well as the Award in Conflict Management (ACM).

We can also help you with consultancy projects that can examine your business and help you become more profitable. We examine those systems in place that require change and strengthen those that may have slipped. Many managers end up being so close to their businesses that they simply can’t see the problems staring them in the face, we can all identify with that situation; but the brave ones ask for help to see them and realise the rewards.

If the smoking ban has hurt your business, it is never too late to embrace the opportunities it provided and to re-claim your old customers from your competitor.



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