MARCH | TRENDING
Top left: XOYO
Bottom left: Corsica
Studios
Top right: Warm
Street’s Robin Shaw
Bottom right: NTIA’s
Alan Miller
to recognition by police and councils that
mobile phone losses on insurance and police
crime statistic reports should not be used
against venues as them being responsible
- to more broadly having a Night Time
Commission and Music Board with Mayor
of London, a newly appointed Night Time
Economy Adviser for Manchester (Sacha
Lord), a Night Time Commission in Glasgow
and a new Commission in Bristol.
“We have consistently strived to ensure
partnership and collaboration with all
stakeholders so that licensing councillors,
police, BID’s, residents and visitors all
understand the enormous value of both
night and day licensed premises to the area.
This is vital to proper management and the
ongoing health of towns and cities up and
down the country.”
Hackney, which should be a prime
candidate for flourishing night activity with
its craft beer pubs, street food markets and
nightclubs, has suffered from resident issues.
The local borough council has approved
plans for ‘core’ curfews of midnight at
weekends and 11pm during the week for all
new venues, with the onus on businesses to
prove they will not have a negative impact
on the area if they want to open later.
It also plans to double the size of the
Shoreditch’s ‘special policy area’ within
which venues must show they will not add to
anti-social behaviour, crime and noise.
Other parts of the country are more
proactive towards nighttime happenings.
Claudia Moore, chief operations officer
at Weymouth BID, supports Best Bar None,
an Accreditation Scheme supported by the
Home Office and the drinks industry which
is aimed primarily at promoting responsible
management and operation of alcohol
licensed premises.
Meanwhile, Robin Shaw, co-founder,
Warm Street, meanwhile, tells Access that
scenes are still finding ways to survice and
thrive. “Don’t believe the hype! London’s
club scene is an amorphous entity which
has always been driven by the incredible
subcultures bubbling underground out of
the mainstream eye.
“The scene may seem to be dying in areas
like Shoreditch or West Hackney whilst
it’s kicking off in another Hackney Wick,
Tottenham Hale and Canning Town.
“We’ve always told the brands we work
with (like Red Bull) to focus on what’s
coming next, avoid following the crowd and
if you see it in the mainstream media you’re
too late. Don’t be fooled, our city is as creative
as ever. You just have to know where to look.”
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