This is not the sort of headline you read everyday, but it just goes to show how important it is to be fully licensed when supplying alcohol.

Winchester Cathedral is seeking a new premises licence to allow the sale of alcohol in church.

The council’s licensing committee are meeting consider the application which consolidates two existing alcohol licences for the building and its grounds.

But local businessman Martin Wilson, has voiced his opposition, linking the licence application to anti-social behaviour.
 
In a letter to the council, Mr Wilson said: “Despite regular reporting of anti-social behaviour and unregulated drinking to the police, it seems their already stretched resources prohibit intervention, the cathedral regularly posts a member of their security team to the area, who I have not once seen intervene to limit anti-social behaviour. ”

He added: “To open the area to a licence will seek to encourage the unregulated consumption of alcohol in what is central to the Alcohol Exclusion Zone.”

The cathedral say the licence is required to allow the holding events such as the Food and Wine Show.

No matter where the alcohol licence is for, it is essential that you are always fully licensed to retail it.

Here at beSmart we offer all the training required to become a designated premise supervisor, responsible acohol retailer and personal licence holder.

For information on our courses please visit the beSmart website.