Title – Moves to stop ‘vertical drinking’
Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 26th September 2009
More and more we are seeing local licensing authorities take on the licensed trade in their areas. In some town centres licensing authorities have swept through changes by taking all licensed premises to ‘review’ with the aim of restricting the hours they trade, adding sweeping conditions and in some cases reducing the number of premises operating in ‘high density’ areas.
In some cases we have seen vigorous defences being put up by the bigger operators who have the financial muscle to fight back with legal teams, but at the expense of ‘independents’ who can not afford the same ‘protection’.
In Reading’s case it will be interesting to see the approach they take. We highly recommend that those affected act proactively and make their feelings known during the consultation process, rather than just fighting the outcome.
Even more important is that businesses take a positive approach from the start and develop their business to reflect a more positive attitude to
Responsible Alcohol Retailing; work with the licensing authority to reflect their guidance and aim higher than simply feeding the binge-drinking culture. Heavy discounting has it’s place in business, but time is running out for those who rely on it within the Licensed Retail Sector; the future is going to be quality over quantity.Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 26th September 2009
More and more we are seeing local licensing authorities take on the licensed trade in their areas. In some town centres licensing authorities have swept through changes by taking all licensed premises to ‘review’ with the aim of restricting the hours they trade, adding sweeping conditions and in some cases reducing the number of premises operating in ‘high density’ areas.
In some cases we have seen vigorous defences being put up by the bigger operators who have the financial muscle to fight back with legal teams, but at the expense of ‘independents’ who can not afford the same ‘protection’.
In Reading’s case it will be interesting to see the approach they take. We highly recommend that those affected act proactively and make their feelings known during the consultation process, rather than just fighting the outcome.
Even more important is that businesses take a positive approach from the start and develop their business to reflect a more positive attitude to
Those business plans which rely on discounting seem destined to suffer a future of battling reviews, additional conditions on their premises licence and the wrath of licensing authorities; who are set to be given even more ‘power’ to reflect local sensitivities in their guidance and approach to the Licensing Act 2003.
At Beyond The Blue we run a number of courses for those working in the Licensed Retail Sector to help them sell alcohol more responsibly. These include; The Award in Responsible Alcohol Retailing (ARAR) designed for front-line staff to help them meet their statutory requirements; The National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (NCPLH) which qualifies candidates to apply for their personal licence; Our Conflict Management and Resolution (CMR) course compliments these courses to help employees deal with Workplace Violence and alcohol related disorder.
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