Industry News

17 Jan 2020

UK pub numbers rise for the first time in a decade

A new report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) - Economies of ale: changes in the UK pubs and bars sector, 2001 to 2019 – indicates that the number of pubs and bars ‘has bounced back after more than 15 years of decline&rsquo...

14 Jan 2020

Drinkaware Nightlife Crew expands to Essex

In November 2019, Drinkaware (an independent alcohol education charity) relaunched its Drinkaware Crew scheme with a new name - Nightlife Crew. The first local areas to sign up for Nightlife Crew were Hackney and Cardiff and it has just been repo...

14 Jan 2020

John Gaunt & Partners team up with Propel

We are delighted to announce our link up with Propel Hospitality to provide a monthly legal briefing. Propel is the leading source for industry news with a huge daily readership of industry decision makers and regularly includes exclusive comment...

13 Jan 2020

Commission on Alcohol Harm

Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA), which is a group of 50 non-governmental organisations who work in cooperation to promote evidence-based policies to reduce the harm caused by alcohol have announced their support for a new Commission on Alcohol Ha...

08 Jan 2020

Martyn's Law - Manchester City Council

At a meeting on Wednesday 15th January, Manchester City Council’s Executive will be asked to take steps to adopt ‘Martyn’s law’, making them the first Council in the Country to do so. On 22nd  May 2017, 22 people trag...

07 Jan 2020

Criminal Justice Statistics (England and Wales) – penalty notices

Towards the end of last year, the Ministry of Justice published its Criminal Justice Statistics for England and Wales, part of which show the number of penalty notices issued for certain offences. The relevant overview tables (which can be found ...