| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.09.2026 | The St Paul’s Cathedral Fabric outrage is a ridiculous moral panic | St Paul’s Cathedral has announced a four-year collaboration with Fabric nightclub that will see DJs being brought into the capital’s most lauded pews, designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
The four-year project has provoked outrage among groups... |
| 25.06.2026 | Burnham camp goes quiet on hospitality VAT cut | Allies of Prime Minister-to-be Andy Burnham have gone quiet on whether he would slash VAT for hospitality despite previously backing calls to do so and committing to a raft of other measures to support pubs, restaurants and bars.
The outgoi... |
| 28.05.2026 | Music venues are in dire straits: V&A show asks how we can help | As the V&A opens its Lost Music Venues exhibition, James Balmont asks we can save the grassroots institutions under threat
A trip to the V&A often conjures up images of great Renaissance sculptures, haute couture and centuries-old t... |
| 18.04.2026 | VUSE LAUNCHES ORIGINAL CONTENT SERIES CHARTING THE EVOLUTION OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND THE RISE OF REMOTE RAVING | Kickstarting with DJ Charlie Tee in the French Alps, the campaign, titled Remote Raving Scenes, explores the power of electronic music to escape, unwind and intentionally reset
BONCOURT, Switzerland, April 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Vu... |
| 27.02.2026 | Ministry of Sound: ‘industry is on the up’ as it reveals brand new take on The Box | Famous London super club Ministry of Sound turns 35 this year, celebrating the occasion with the completion of a five year, multi-million pound renovation. The final piece of the puzzle: the main arena, known to generations of clubbers simp... |
| 07.01.2026 | ‘A load of rubbish’: Pubs round on Starmer’s licencing offer | Pub and hospitality bosses have rounded on Keir Starmer’s suggestion that relaxed licencing laws may compensate the industry for business rates bills having risen at the Budget, branding the proposal “a load of rubbish”.
The Prime Minister ... |
| 21.10.2025 | Are super clubs dead? | With young people now opting for smaller, cheaper and more intimate venues, the days of the super club look numbered, writes Sacha Lord
This week, agents, managers, DJs, bookers and promoters all head to ADE, the Amsterdam Dance Event. Five... |
| 08.09.2025 | No 10 backs ‘fed up’ Londoners in tube strikes row – as pressure grows on Khan | No 10 has backed “fed up” Londoners hit by tube strikes on Monday as Mayor Sadiq Khan was urged to find a solution with the trade union RMT to end industrial action.
People across the capital have been hit by strikes stopping services on th... |
| 26.06.2025 | Glastonbury weekend: drugs testing can save lives this festival season | No matter what organisers do, there will always be drugs at festivals like Glastonbury, so why not make sure they are as safe as possible? Asks Sacha Lord
This weekend will see the doyenne of festivals, Glastonbury, will fire the starting g... |
| 11.06.2025 | I’ve dealt with gangsters and petrol bombs, but Nimbys are a bigger threat to nightlife | As founder of the world’s biggest nightclub and a festival for 80,000 punters, Manchester’s night time economy advisor Sacha Lord has dealt with guns and petrol bombs. But he says the biggest threat he’s encountered is Nimbys trying to shut... |
| 03.06.2025 | Hospitality ranks bottom for UK wages as sector struggles with costs | Hospitality workers are now the worst-paid employees in the UK as the sector continues to struggle with high costs.
A combination of high energy prices, high wholesale prices and high taxes have squeezed margins in the last two years, makin... |
| 27.05.2025 | UK nightlife economy under pressure as venues struggle | The UK’s nightlife industry, once a powerful driver of urban business, faces mounting pressures as shifting consumer habits, economic headwinds and regulatory challenges tighten the squeeze on late-night operators.
Phil Urban, chief executi... |
| 21.05.2025 | London can’t afford to let rich Nimbys block live music in Brockwell Park | Rich Nimbys are strangling the capital’s culture by blocking concerts in Brockwell Park, and the poorest Londoners will suffer the most, writes James Ford
Do you remember when London was fun? Not just mildly fun, but properly and riotously ... |
| 04.04.2025 | Last orders pushed back as government slashes nightlife red tape | The UK government is set to overhaul licensing laws to give pubs, clubs, and restaurants greater freedom to operate, aiming to revive the country’s nightlife economy and remove barriers to business growth.
Key changes, which were announced ... |
| 01.04.2025 | April’s cost hikes are ‘a step too far’ for the UK’s independent businesses | Independent retailers have warned of job losses and cuts to staff hours due to rising business costs set to come in this April.
Shops pointed to the ‘double whammy’ of increases to national insurance contributions (NICs) and the minimum wag... |
| 20.03.2025 | Is Sadiq Khan finally getting something right on London’s nightlife? | It has taken eight years – and the appointment of one disastrous night czar – but Sadiq Khan is finally listening to industry when it comes to the future of London’s after hours leisure economy, writes James Ford
As a former aide to the pre... |
| 16.04.2024 | Susan Hall announces plan to extend Night Tube to Hammersmith & City line | Susan Hall has unveiled her plan to extend the Night Tube to the Hammersmith & City line, if elected mayor of London.
The Conservative candidate, who is vying with Sadiq Khan as he campaigns for a record third term, announced her plan t... |
| 11.03.2024 | London is not a 24-hour city – and Khan needs to change that | Sadiq Khan managed to unite people of all political persuasions last week, but not in a way that he might have hoped for.
Khan came out to defend London’s under fire ‘Night Czar’ Amy Lame, who has been criticised for her international jet-s... |
| 14.12.2020 | Capital Punishment: London to enter Tier 3 on Wednesday | London is set to enter Tier 3 from midnight tomorrow, as the government scrambles to contain a sharp spike in coronavirus cases in the capital. |
| 08.12.2020 | Placing London in Tier 3 would deliver ‘killer blow’ for hospitality venues | Placing London in Tier 3 would represent a “killer blow” for the capital’s hospitality venues, the UK’s leading business bodies have told City A.M, amid fears that tougher restrictions lie on the horizon following a rise in infections.... |
| 01.12.2020 | Business bodies warn that three-quarters of pubs, bars and casinos could go bust under new tier system | The UK’s leading business bodies have slammed MPs’ decision to vote the new tier system in place from midnight tonight as the “nail in the coffin” for many businesses, warning that it will cause three-quarters of night-time venues to shut f... |
| 12.10.2020 | Coronavirus: Hospitality industry to take legal action over local lockdowns | Britain’s hospitality industry is set to take legal action against new lockdown restrictions around the country that it said will have “catastrophic” consequences for the sector. |
| 05.10.2020 | G-A-Y launches legal challenge against 10pm curfew on hospitality venues | The owner of London’s G-A-Y nightclub is set to launch a legal challenge against the government’s 10pm hospitality curfew over claims it treats the night-time economy as a “scapegoat” for the spread of coronavirus. |
| 22.09.2020 | Night-time businesses slam 10pm curfew as ‘devastating’ | Businesses in the UK’s night-time economy have slammed the Prime Minister’s announcement of a 10pm curfew on venues for up to six months as “devastating”, and warned that it will lead to wide-scale business collapse and unemployment.... |
| 31.07.2020 | Casinos blast new lockdown measures as ‘sickening’ | Britain’s casinos have slammed the Prime Minister’s decision to U-turn on plans to ease lockdown restrictions tomorrow as “sickening”, warning that business hangs in the balance with venues forced to shut over the critical summer months.... |
| 31.07.2020 | London’s bowling alleys, comedy clubs and arts venues slam fresh lockdown as life-threatening | London venues have slammed the Prime Minister’s decision to U-turn on plans to reopen tomorrow as “pulling the rug out” from underneath them. |
| 09.07.2020 | Sunak’s spending spree ‘catastrophe’ for UK’s night time industry | Casinos, comedy clubs and nightclubs have accused the chancellor of letting Britain’s night industry “slip through the cracks”, as a new wave of financial support for the hospitality industry failed to provide specific support for shuttered... |
