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Night-time economy


With just under just 400 licenced bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants in the City, the night-time economy is booming, and bringing with it associated issues such as anti-social behaviour, parking difficulties and drink driving.

To tackle the negative impact of the Night Time Economy it has been set as a Safer City Partnership priority because of the importance of:

  • The safety of residents, workers, visitors and tourists
  • Crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour
  • The operational resources of partners
  • The image of the City and its institutions
  • The quality of life of residents and workers
  • Potential to create an environment for other crime to be committed.

The associated activities contained within the Partnership Plan are:

  • Set up Night Time Economy Thematic Group
  • Alcohol Strategy to be implemented in six areas: Health Treatment, Health Education, Community Safety, Licensing, Workplace, Children and Young People.
  • Continue to develop information sharing and protocols and to further develop related targets and measures regarding alcohol-related problems
  • Working closely with the London Ambulance Service (LAS) to instigate and progress a survey to find out more about the patterns of those who drink and socialise in the City
  • Accredited e-based learning package to be developed with British Institute of Innkeeping Advisory Board (BIIAB) to provide key police messages to all staff of licensed premises
  • Continue to support the Taxi Marshalling scheme
  • Night-time parking services with parking attendants and police officers – Thurs, Fri and Sat nights – and review Parking restrictions
  • To gather evidence of overcrowding on night buses and to investigate the possibility of initiating discussions with TfL regarding some late night buses starting their journey in the City, eg Liverpool Street Station
  • ‘Safer Night Life’ – to develop an event for late-night venues to disseminate good practice information
  • To continue supporting the Safety Thirst Scheme
  • Work to improve understanding of the overlap between alcohol and drugs for the whole city community including the Workplace – plan information and seminars and make available to City businesses and the wider City community
  • Christmas and summer Safer City Campaigns – continue to include sensible drinking advice (including drink driving)
  • Personal Safety Advice Training – continue to offer sensible drinking advice within this training for City Companies and also the link between alcohol and domestic violence
  • Brief Interventions in the City – Campaign for the PCT to allocate sessions for brief interventions at a GP practice in the City
  • Alcohol Conditional Cautioning Scheme – Develop the potential of a link with Criminal Justice System for conditional cautioning on attendance at alcohol education
  • Alcohol Arrest Referral Pilot Site – Investigate the potential of becoming a Home Office Pilot site
  • Increase the number of City residential units fitted with smoke alarms from 3176 by 700 by 2010
  • Parental Alcohol Misuse – to identify whether there are issues related to this within City families which impact on City children and young people
  • Proof of Age Scheme – CH&YP to take this to City and Hackney Local Children Safeguarding Board (LCSGB) to discuss possibility of their providing this via the City Police for all young people buying alcohol in the City
  • Develop alcohol education programmes for City young people
  • Develop links with the Strategic Youth Forum regarding any additional diversional activities and needs of young people through survey/consultation among young people, parents, and professionals.

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