Licence offences - press round-up

I've been meaning to do this for a little while now and might make it a semi-regular feature. Stories about people being caught carrying on licensable activities other than in accordance with their Premise Licence (or any licence) appear in the press on an almost daily basis.

The main alcohol-related offences are selling to under 18's, selling without a licence and tipping (substituting branded spirits for cheap, unbranded ones).

The following stories have been harvested from a search of Google News using the search term 'alcohol licence'. Stories are from the past 7 days only. Even a fairly limited search turned up the following:

• Pubs face checks on cheap spirits swop (Coventry Telegraph)
• Shop banned from selling alcohol (Basingstoke Gazette)
• Shop loses licence for selling booze to teen (Reading Chronicle)
• Walton store loses booze licence after underage sales (Wimbledon Guardian)
• Neighbours bid to cut club's hours (News & Star, Carlisle)
• Brothers' shop closes after booze sale ban (icBerkshire)
• Off-licence caught out in underage booze crackdown (The Asian News)
• Shop loses drink licence (Milton Keynes Citizen)

A gentle reminder, in case one were needed, that operating outside the terms of a Premises Licence is a really bad idea. Publicity of this kind is bad but it's the loss of livelihood in several of these cases that should really drive the point home.

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