Officious EHO Departments

I received a call from a local licensee in a highly distressed state. The local EHO Dept had been running their traffic light scheme for all businesses selling food. Red for unacceptable, amber for questionable and green for up to scratch. He had been visited in August 07 shortly after taking over and been told [...]

Officious Power Companies

About seven years ago I bought another freehouse in Taunton, in need of restoration as usual and a good uplift. I took on a young chef who had recently left another pub on the outskirts of Taunton which had changed hands a couple of months after my purchase. Shortly afterwards I started getting electricity bills [...]

Dyslexia

The local licensing officer phoned me some time ago and said that he had a problem. He had a potential licensee who was as bright as a button, very switched on but had failed her National Licensees Certificate three times in a row and would I go and see her. I met her and she [...]