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15/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 As Pride Month reaches its halfway point, we're taking a moment to celebrate Pride and recognise the importance of creating places where everyone feels welcome.

Pride is a time of celebration, visibility and coming together. It's an opportunity to recognise the diversity that exists within our communities and the value of creating environments where people can feel comfortable being themselves.

At Best Bar None, we're proud to work with licensed premises and local schemes across the UK that are committed to creating positive experiences for everyone who visits them.
Happy Pride Month from everyone at Best Bar None. 🏳️‍🌈

12/06/2026

📢 Today is Day 5 of , celebrating Business and Licensing.

The relationship between businesses and licensing is an important one. Effective licensing helps create the conditions in which businesses can operate with confidence, while positive engagement between businesses and licensing professionals supports strong standards across the licensed sector.

At , partnership working is at the heart of what we do. Our accreditation scheme brings together licensed premises, local authorities, police and industry partners in a shared commitment to recognising and celebrating best practice.

As we mark Business and Licensing Day, we recognise the positive relationships that help support high standards, successful licensed premises and thriving local areas.

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11/06/2026

📢 As the Men’s Football World Cup gets underway, it's important to recognise that reports of domestic abuse often increase during major football tournaments.

Research shows that reports of domestic abuse increase during these periods. This highlights the importance of ensuring that those affected know where to access support and that communities remain aware of the signs of abuse.

Domestic abuse charity, Hestia has launched its campaign for the World Cup season. They also offer the Bright Sky app, a free and confidential tool that can help people recognise the signs of domestic abuse, find advice on supporting someone safely, access local and national support services, and locate safe spaces in their community.

In preparation for the tournament, Bright Sky has also been updated with guidance on supporting people during major football events.

🔗 Find out more: https://www.hestia.org/support-is-a-team-sport

Hestia Charity

Through the campaign, Hestia is raising awareness of the heightened risk of domestic abuse during men’s international football tournaments, helping people recognise the signs, and equipping them with practical actions to support those at risk.

11/06/2026

📢 Today we're celebrating Day 4 of , highlighting the Night-Time Economy.

🌃 Licensed premises are at the heart of the UK's evening and night-time economy, providing spaces where people can socialise, connect and enjoy a wide range of cultural and leisure experiences. From pubs and bars to clubs and entertainment venues, they play an important role in supporting vibrant town and city centres and contributing to local communities.

🚀 Behind every successful night-time economy is a network of businesses, licensing professionals and local partnerships working together to create places that people want to visit and return to. Licensing plays an important role in supporting this, helping to provide the framework for well-managed venues and positive customer experiences.

💚 At , we are proud to recognise licensed premises that demonstrate a commitment to excellence through our nationally recognised accreditation scheme. By encouraging and celebrating best practice, Best Bar None supports venues in achieving standards that benefit businesses, customers and local areas alike, while supporting the shared goal of .

⚡ As we celebrate the Night-Time Economy today, we recognise the important contribution that licensed premises and the wider licensing community make to creating successful places after dark.

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09/06/2026

📢 With the FIFA World Cup approaching, White Ribbon UK has launched its campaign, encouraging everyone to play a role in creating safer and more respectful matchdays, both on and off the pitch.

🚀 As part of the campaign, White Ribbon UK has developed a free Match Day Kit designed to support individuals, venues, workplaces and communities in promoting respect and positive behaviours throughout the match and after the final whistle.

💚 With many licensed premises expected to welcome customers for World Cup fixtures, the campaign provides a timely resource for those looking to support safe and welcoming environments.

Find out more about the campaign and download the Match Day Kit:

🔗 https://www.whiteribbon.org.uk/world-cup-2026

Download White Ribbon UK’s World Cup Match Day Toolkit to help venues, organisations and communities promote safer, more respectful match day experiences.

09/06/2026

📢 We're celebrating Day 2 of National Licensing Week, celebrating Tourism and Leisure.

💚 Tourism and leisure are an essential part of what makes places attractive and vibrant. From welcoming visitors and supporting local economies to enhancing the appeal of town and city centres, the sector makes a significant contribution to communities across the UK.

🚀 Licensed premises are at the heart of many of these experiences. Licensing plays a vital role in supporting the sector, providing a framework that promotes high standards, responsible operation and positive experiences for customers and visitors alike.

⚡ At , we are proud to recognise licensed premises that demonstrate a commitment to excellence through our nationally recognised accreditation scheme. By encouraging and celebrating best practice, Best Bar None supports licensed premises in achieving standards that benefit businesses and customers as well as local areas.

➡️ As we celebrate Tourism and Leisure Day, we recognise the important contribution that licensing and local partnerships make to the success of the UK's tourism and leisure sector.

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08/06/2026

📢 To celebrate day one of National Licensing Week, we're giving a shoutout to the amazing partnership working across the National scheme!

🚀 As the national accreditation scheme and the gold standard in , we know that the best results come from people and organisations working together. From local authorities and police forces to BIDs, venues, assessors and industry partners, collaboration is what drives positive change across the night-time economy.

💚 Every successful scheme is built on strong national and local partnerships, with everyone playing their part to create safer, more welcoming places for people to socialise.

⚡ Today, we're recognising and thanking the many partners who support, champion and help develop . Your commitment, expertise and collaboration continue to strengthen the scheme and make a real difference in communities nationwide.

‼️ Together, we're raising standards, sharing best practice and helping to create safer socialising environments for everyone.

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03/06/2026

📢 Reminder: The Licensing Act 2003 (FIFA World Cup Licensing Hours) Order 2026 has now been published.

The Order provides for extended licensing hours in England and Wales for certain FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout-stage matches involving England or Scotland.

🔗 For more information, read the full article from Poppleston Allen: https://www.popall.co.uk/news-publications/news/the-government-finally-published-the-licensing-act-2003-fifa-world-cup-licensing-hours-order-2026

The Order only extends to premises in England and Wales, and only when England or Scotland are playing in one of the games listed in the Order.

14/05/2026

🥳 Congratulations to the fantastic finalists of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Licensee of the Year Award! Wishing you all the best of luck from 💚

We are excited to announced our six finalists for our Licensee of the Year Award!

Following site visits by our head judges to our twelve semi-finalists, they have narrowed it down to the final six. This year has been a tough and rigorous competition, and all twelve operators in our semi-finals were amazing.

We can't wait to meet our final six for the final judging day at Sky HQ on June 15th, before we announce our winner at our Summer Event on June 16th.

See our finalists at: www.bii.org/loya

Buy your Summer Event tickets at: www.bii.org/SETickets

14/05/2026

✈️ A massive congratulations to all outlets at Liverpool John Lennon Airport for achieving accreditation!

💚 is a Home Office supported accreditation scheme that recognises licensed premises committed to high standards in safety, customer service, and responsible alcohol management practices.

⚡ Between April and May, Isaac had the pleasure of carrying out the assessments and seeing first-hand the hard work and commitment from teams across the airport to create safe, welcoming, and responsibly managed environments for passengers.

🥳 This is a fantastic achievement for everyone involved and a real reflection of the standards being upheld across the airport hospitality community.

Well done to all teams for continuing to champion ! 🎉

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