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Controlling interest

Jennifer Pattison

Jennifer Pattison is the Security Industry Authority's Head of Investigation for Scotland. NIGHT caught up with her to ask some pressing questions ahead of the security ahead of the security sector's reform. Rather than tackling door supervisors first, as happened in England, in Scotland the whole of the private security industry will move through... Read more

interviews, controlling interest, march 2007, COMMENTS

controlling interest

commander chris allison

As ACPO's lead on licensing, and Commander of the Clubs and Vice unit in the Metropolitan Police Service, Chris Allison has had a unique part to play in shaping the political context of the licensed trade as it stands in 2007. Responsible for the co-ordination of 44 forces across the UK, his main duties involve presenting the public and government with the... Read more

interviews, controlling interest, Frebruary 2007, COMMENTS

Controlling interest

Joachim ritter

During a 30-years-plus love affair with Soho - partly consummated from an office vantage point overlooking Old Compton Street - it’s hard to remember London’s bohemian district undergoing such a profound period of demographic and social change than of late. Many people won’t have memory of Old Compton Street before it became W1’s gay... Read more

interviews, controlling interest, Frebruary 2007, COMMENTS

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Shaun Woodward

NIGHT makes an appointment with Licensing Minister Shaun Woodward to discuss the transition, troubles and triumphs of the past 12 months. Despite the media’s speculation, operators were aware that the new Act would not mean unchecked, 24-hour drinking sessions and chaos on the streets. As London bar operator Jonathan... Read more

interviews, controlling interest, january 2007, COMMENTS

Controlling interest
Emily Eavis
Emily Eavis talks to Leo Batchelor about farm life, festivals and the possibility of inheriting the greatest gig on earth. Now in its 36th year, Glastonbury festival is the longest running greenfield festival in the UK. It was created in 1970 in the wake of the declining hippy movement the European student protests of 1969, and the success of two festivals the previous summer... Read more

INTERVIEWS, Controlling Interest, October 2006, COMMENTS

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Bob senior and Aaron Mellor
You might reasonably expect that any new vehicle badged ‘Utopian 3’ would be the product of NASA rather than Newcastle. But the merger of the dancebrand-rich Tokyo Industries with the Utopian Group up on the Tyne has generated a niche music-led operation that looks nothing short of inspirational – particularly given the... Read more

interviews, controlling interest, September 2006, COMMENTS

CONTROLLING INTEREST
ERIC YU
On 15 September, Breakfast Group MD Eric Yu was in court in Westminster arguing to extend the hours of his Shaftsbury Avenue venue Bar Rumba, an enduring and respected dance club that currently trades until 6am - with a liquor licence til 3am .At the same time south of the river, final preparations were being made for DJ Deep to play the... Read more

interviews, controlling interest, September 2006, COMMENTS