Welcome to National Pubwatch
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National Pubwatch is a voluntary organisation set up to promote best practice through supporting the work of local Pubwatch Schemes. Its aim is to achieve a safer drinking environment in all licensed premises throughout the UK.

See what people are saying about National Pubwatch on our YouTube page:

Emma McClarkin CEO British Beer & Pub Association – “National Pubwatch is an extraordinary scheme”. “We know it makes a real difference on the ground”

Daniel Davies CEO Rockpoint Leisure and Chairman of Institute of Licensing – “Pubwatch is an amazing scheme” “It helps to make a place safe and vibrant”

Tim Martin Chairman of JD Wetherspoon – “Pubwatch is a no brainer” “A great way of improving standards of social behaviour”

News in brief

Reading Pubwatch – The Milk Bar receives accreditation as a Best Bar None venue

Left to right: Connie Cain and Andy Turner from Milk and Mark Worthington, Auditor BBN 29/6/22: Milk Bar in Merchants Place has become the first licensed premises to become accredited in the prestigious Reading Best Bar None scheme for 2022. The recently launched scheme is open to all licensed venues in the Reading area to […]

Pub bans spread to Herefordshire towns

25/6/22: Story and photograph courtesy of Hereford Times www.herefordtimes.com Chair of Ross-on-Wye HAND Pubwatch scheme Nicky Coles, inset, says the town has now issued 13 bans in four months MORE than a dozen people have been banned from Herefordshire’s pubs and nightclubs in just four months. Pubs and night-time venues across the county are now […]

National Pubwatch Star Award – Durham

Left to right: Dave Lawson -Professional Security, Zoe McGill, Gemma Martin and Bill Sproates 24//6/22: Bill Sproates North East Regional Representative presented a Star Award to SIA front line door supervisor Gemma Martin, after her employer, Professional Security received an amazing heartfelt tribute and testimonial from Zoe McGill, the mother of a young man murdered […]

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