Bartending Licence Requirements In The UK
For hundreds of years, pub culture has played a significant role in the U.K. society, with cities teeming with everything from independent gastropubs and trendy bar chains to little towns with pubs that can barely hold fifteen patrons. The laws governing the consumption and sale of alcohol have been altered over time, most notably in 2005, to fight perceived ‘binge drinking’ to take into account changes in how society regards alcohol, or “booze,” as the Brits call it. Many restaurants now stay open until the wee hours, with some not even closing, replacing the traditional ‘eleven p.m. last orders’ with the striking of the bell behind the bar and subsequent ‘closing time’. Premises Licence Under the previous Licencing Act of 1964, pubs and clubs in the United Kingdom had to possess a Justice Licence in order to serve alcohol to patrons inside the establishment. Everything was changed by the Licencing Act of 2003, which went into effect in 2005. Now, to serve alcohol o...