The liquor licence business

There has been rise in incidents relating drunk public misbehaviour. Drunk people around pubs and bars and on the streets create a lot of nuisance. Police is having hard time controlling them. Some people insist that the govt’s liquor licence policy has to be blamed.


Easy availability and superstore offers

With the holiday season around the police had a hard time dealing with drunk people on the streets of London. A lot of them were fined a few arrested as well. Social thinkers feel that the easy and round the clock availability of liquor all over the city is to be blamed for this situation. The cheap superstore offers on alcoholic beverages makes it even more tempting.


The alcoholic beverages is today easily available outside bars and pubs in superstores. Most of the time the liquor licence owners abuse the rights to sell it beyond the legal timing for extra profit. It is difficult for the police to control this abuse as they function behind the scene.

The money on stake

The Uk liquor market is worth £37 billion. A report on bbc suggests that if the people in the uk consume liquor within the prescribed limits, the market will shrink 40%. Different liquor companies and Assotiation does not find merit in the arguement they believe that the consumption habits of liquor among people does not relate to their free distribution policies. They insist that the amount to be consumed is clearly stated on every product and it is for the consumer to drink responsibly and consume within limits. Some consumers feel that there should be additional cost attached to buying liquor as in the case of cigarettes.

The need of the hour

Today, the liquor policy and regulations need amendments. There needs to be more government control over the distribution of alcohol. But considering the liquor company’s lobbies and the amount of money on stake, its not an easy game to control the regulations for the government.

Until that happens eat, drink and merry.