Sarah Clover: Last News

it was announced that The Leadmill was facing a threat of closure due to its landlord issuing a notice of eviction. The news sparked an outcry from music industry figures and gig-goers alike.The building’s owners, Electric Group, who bought the site’s freehold in 2017, previously told music fans that they had no intention of closing the venue at the end of the current occupiers’ lease in 2023.“The management may change but the song stays the same,” Madden, CEO and co-founder of Electric Group, wrote on Twitter at the time.However, management at The Leadmill claimed they were being “exterminated by the landlord” before launching a fresh appeal online.On Monday (September 18) councillors considered an application for a shadow premises licence – a second licence landlords can obtain for a premises that already operates under one – during the hearing.Per the application, the two licenses “will not operate at the same time” but would allow the landlord “to have his own licence to protect his position should the tenant do anything to put the premises licence in jeopardy”.We've been a part of the Sheffield community for 43 years and we are not ready to say goodbye.

A shop surrounded by student accommodation in Manchester will be allowed to sell alcohol until 4am every day despite strong opposition from neighbours. Residents of the Aquarius and Loxford estates in Hulme have branded the Spar, which already opens until 2am on Saturdays, as a 'beacon of badness'.

crowded and chaotic scenes on public transport and in off-licences at kicking out time. Mr Joseph operates four prominent LGBTQ+ bars across the UK, including Canal Street's G-A-Y, since launching in London more than 40 years ago.He has instructed leading barristers to challenge these restrictions, supported by The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA).Barristers at Kings Chambers, including Sam Karim QC, Sarah Clover and Leo Charalambides, along with Dan Rosenberg of Simpson Miller Solicitors have now served a pre-action protocol for judicial review.The action is also supported by G-A-Y's legal advisor Kirsty McShannon, of Azorra Ltd.The legal team has written to Matt Hancock with a formal challenge to the curfew.