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news & jobs at www.leisureopportunities.co.uk May to target 'failed' drinking culture


Home Office plans overhaul of Licensing Act to combat on alcohol-related issues By Pete Hayman


Home secretary Theresa May has announced new plans to overhaul licensing legislation that could see local authorities handed increased powers in a bid to help crack down on alcohol-related disorder. A number of measures will


be put to consultation as part of a bid to reform the Licensing Act, including the introduction of a fee for late-night licences and a ban on the sale of below-cost alcohol. Other proposals include a


limit on the number of Temporary Event Notices that can be applied for in a year and ensuring police and health concerns are considered when assessing license applications. May said: "The benefits promised by the 24 hour


May: Efforts to introduce a 'café culture' of drinking have failed


drinking 'café culture' have failed to materialise and in its place we have seen an increase in the number of alcohol related incidents and drink- fuelled crime and disorder. "We know that the majority of


pubs and bars are well run business but the government believes that the system needs


to be rebalanced in favour of the local communities they serve with tougher action taken to crack down on the premises which cause problems." The consultation is due to run


for six weeks, with the Home Office revealing that nearly one million of all violent crimes last year were alcohol-related.


Leisure schemes affected by NWDA funding cut By Pete Hayman


A number of leisure schemes across North West England have been dealt a blow after the government reduced the regional development agency's budget by £52m. The Northwest Regional


Development Agency (NWDA) confirmed that all un-commit- ted projects will not receive funding in the current financial year, while there will be no new commitments during 2011-12. Plans for the creation of a


new National Football Museum at the Urbis Centre in Man- chester; the Roman Maryport project in Cumbria; and Talbot Gateway in Blackpool are among the schemes that will not receive NWDA support. Liverpool's Everyman and Playhouse theatres; the Sands


tion budget but we now need to re-examine all existing projects and programmes to identify where further savings can be made. "We will use all available


Blackpool's Talbot Gateway is to lose out on NWDA funding


Centre in Carlisle; and the Sportscity major destination site in Manchester will also miss out on support ahead of the agency's dissolution in 2012. NWDA chief executive Steven


Broomhead said: "We have made a start by cutting non-contracted projects and reducing our own administra-


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flexibility to try to meet these challenging reductions but the reality is that this is a substan- tial reduction to our in-year budget and there is bound to be an economic impact." The £220m Talbot Gateway


scheme will no longer receive a £23m contribution from NWDA; a decision that Helen France – Blackpool Council's executive director for places – said did not reflect the development's viability. France said: "We are looking


at alternative methods of supporting the scheme and will be looking to bid to the new £1bn Regional Growth Fund."


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