Places at the first national Best Bar None conference are being snapped up fast, even before the formal agenda has been announced.
The conference will take place on 23rd September 2008 at Doncaster Racecourse. Best Bar None is the national awards scheme for licensed premises. The conference is free to all delegates and open to anyone with an interest in Best Bar None including existing schemes, those interested in starting a scheme, local authorities and police, licensees and other licensed trade bodies. Don’t miss out, book your places today, click here. For more information about Best Bar none email
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The Royal Borough celebrated its first Best Bar None winners on Monday 30 June. More than 100 guests attended the presentation at the 20th Century Theatre, Westbourne Grove including many local licensees, police and councillors.
37 premises within the pilot area were awarded BBN status and the winners of the awards were:
Best Pub and Overall Winner – Coleherne, 261 Old Brompton Road
Runner-up best pub - Drayton Arms
Best nightclub - Blag Club
Runner-up best nightclub - Raffles
Best Hotel Bar - Millennium Bailey’s
Runner up best hotel bar - Carlton Tower
Best Bar - Art Bar
Runner-up best bar - Cactus Blue.
After the success of this year’s pilot we hope to roll out Best Bar None to the whole of the Borough in 2009 so watch this space!
Best Bar None is a recognised award scheme supported by the Home Office and aimed at promoting responsible management and operation of alcohol-licensed premises. It was developed and piloted in Manchester in 2003 and found to be a huge success with premises now competing to participate.
It has since been adopted by many towns and cities across the UK and is even now being taken up in parts of Europe, USA, New Zealand and Australia.
The level of professionalism of assessors of recognised award schemes, such as Best Bar None (BBN), has increased since the launch of the BIIAB Level 2 Award in Assessment of Licensed Premises (Social Responsibility) (AALP(SR)), with over 200 candidates sitting the qualification since October 2007.
The BIIAB (AALP(SR)), developed in conjunction with Best Bar None, aims to provide a universal quality hallmark of the assessment approach taken by assessors of recognised award schemes for licensed premises across the country. The qualification is available now, through over 50 BIIAB approved centres across the UK.
