Oct 20th, 2010
by Maria Guida.
With the half term school holiday nearly at an end now, many of you will be returning from having hopped on a plane to enjoy some sun. Did you know that any airside venue at an international airport, selling an alcoholic drink to a person, who is already drunk, cannot be prosecuted (even for this most obvious breach of the licensing laws)?
This is because such venues enjoy immunity from the Licensing Act. Sussex Police recently carried out a “test purchasing” spree at Gatwick Airport and uncovered some sales to underage drinkers. Sadly for them, due to the fact that any bar, restaurant or pub selling alcohol on the airside of International Airports in England and Wales do not need a premises licence, they were unable to prosecute. Now Sussex Police are lobbying for change.
Jan 15th, 2010
by Maria Guida.
Is this the end of the Happy Hour, as we know it?
According to a Report published by a cross-party Health Committee, on 8 January 2010, the U.K. Government should introduce minimum prices on alcoholic drinks, independent and tighter regulation of promotions, a rise in taxes on spirits, and mandatory health warnings on labels.
The Home Affairs Select Committee wants to end cheap drinks promotions thought to encourage binge-drinking.
It criticises Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s administration for being too sympathetic to supermarkets and drink producers and not paying enough attention to doctors. The report says that the Government is guilty of a “failure of will and competence” over alcohol policy.
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Nov 9th, 2009
by Maria Guida.
The Labour Government promised that the Licensing Act 2003 would foster a ‘continental-style’ cafe culture and bring an end to binge drinking.Has it actually worked?
Er……not yet!
Police chiefs think that the changes have simply moved alcohol-related disorder into the early hours of the morning and have increased or, at least, failed to change, levels of drink-fuelled incidents.
