Before a venue can open it has to apply for a licence — on the public record, weeks before anyone writes about it.
Richardson Hospitality Ltd has applied to Wigan Council for a premises licence at Romey's, 3 Mesnes Street, Wigan WN1 1QP, for the supply of alcohol on and off the premises, live music, films and late night refreshment until 02:00.
One email, every Monday. Two minutes to read.
A real excerpt from this week's Greater Manchester issue:
33 venues applied for a premises licence. Six are worth a call this week.
Alcohol on and off, films, live music, food to 2am at weekends. The operating company was incorporated on 21 August — three weeks before it applied. First venue, nothing bought yet.
Alcohol on and off, live and recorded music, hot food until 4am. A late-night venue, not a café. Company formed in June, sole director's first business.
Inglenook Inns & Taverns is varying an existing pub licence to trade until 4am. A refit by a pub group, not a new opening — stock, screens and equipment all in play now.
The company behind a late-night takeaway in Ashton-under-Lyne has directors who hold six live directorships, four of them at companies in insolvency proceedings. Worth cash terms rather than credit.
…then the remaining picks, and the other 27 applications in a table with the date each consultation ends.
Each council we cover, whatever format it publishes in — pages, PDFs or email alerts.
Company age, directors, and what else they've run. A company formed last month is a first-time operator with everything still to buy.
Hours, activities, company age and director history sort the week into call, be careful, and the rest.
One territory, every Monday, £199 a month.