• The Lee Network

    The Lee Network www.TheLeeNetwork.com has over 20 years experience at the pinnacle of the strip club industry, as the world’s premier agency for feature dancers. In North America it has helped shaped the business, and with its London office now open, Strip Magazine caught up with Adam Elfin, the head of Lee Network International to see what ...
  • The implementation of the new “sex encounter” laws

    Although most English club owners {the new laws don’t apply in Scotland} seem to be blissfully unaware {or at least are showing no interest in} the situation, there are well publicised major changes of the legal framework regarding striptease/lap dancing venues taking place. The new laws have passed the various readings in parliament ...
  • 10 Celebrities Who Were Strippers

    As evidenced by his booty popping on Ellen on US TV this week, Channing Tatum as a stripper. In the late ‘90s, he danced under the name Chan Crawford for an all-dude revue called “Male Encounter” in Florida. It is a fact that we have never seen a male stripper nearly as hot as him during any of our staff outings. In honor of Chan, let’s ...
  • Lapdancing: Leisure or Sex Encounter?

    In the UK the steady increase of lap-dancing establishments over the last ten years or so has inevitably aroused public interest. There has been a tendency for media reports and public discussion to view and portray the industry as immoral and/or exploitative.   This is apparent in the recent proposals put forward under the Policing and ...
  • The 9 Worst strip club names

    If you are gonna open up a strip club picking a name can always be a conundrum. Whatever name you choose will automatically invoke thoughts about your club being either swank or skank so you wanna put some thought into it. Precious items & expensive things always seem to be a good idea, Solid Gold, Pure Platinum, Diamonds, ...
  • The idiot new lap dancing laws have gone through the House of Lords for the 2nd time

    The idiot new lap dancing laws have gone through the House of Lords for the 2nd time and have retained most of the damaging clauses and will come into force early in the new year. The effect of them will depend on how local authorities decide to enforce them plus what happens when the inevitable legal challenges occur.Various councils ...
  • New laws could cost 15,000 stripclub jobs across England and Wales,

    The Lap Dance Association has stated that the idiot new laws could cost 15,000 stripclub jobs across England and Wales, they are still expected to pass through parliament in the next couple of months although opposition in the Lords and elsewhere seems to be growing. The government has finally promised to consult the LDA before this biased farce ...
  • Simon Warr the UK CEO has Spearmint Rhino taking with him the 3 newest club

    Big changes at US giant Spearmint Rhino, Simon Warr the UK CEO has left the group taking with him the 3 newest clubs {Brighton, Norwich, and Glasgow} in the chain while the remaining long established 6 clubs {Bournemouth, Colnbrook, London TCR, 2 in Birmingham, and Sheffield} remain with the US management. I understand that Simon Warr will be ...
  • None of the sensible amendments about the new sex encounter bill have been accepted

    It seems that, while none of the sensible amendments that have been suggested in the House of Lords about the new “sex encounter” bill have been accepted as yet, the Lords may yet have an impact on the final reading in October. Several Lords have voiced misgivings about the idiot Smith’s legislation and a group of around 100 Burlesque ...
  • Anti lapdancing laws coming into force in the Autumn

    The long overdue resignation of “ deadbeat” Smith as Home Secretary is not likely to prevent the idiot new anti lapdancing laws coming into force in the Autumn. The resignation of Gordon Brown and a consequent general election could have the desired effect but despite weekly disasters he looks like hanging on as I write this. New applications ...