London’s best pure strip pub the White Horse

  London’s best pure strip pub the White Horse, Shoreditch High Street now has a web site:thewhitehorsepubwhich has a schedule of dancers which include the likes of Miss Shoreditch 2005 Kat. The pub is now open 12am to 12pm 5 days a week with 3 shifts of dancers plus a Sunday lunch session but closed all day Saturday   Another ...

Spearmint’s Tottenham Court Rd alcohol license was renewed

Spearmint's Tottenham Court Rd alcohol license was renewed after yet another a long and wasteful court proceedings. The Metropolitan Police Clubs and Vice squad basically had to admit in the end that it had done no undercover assignments for over 12 months and so had no up to date sensible grounds on which to object. This still leaves Camden ...

Burlesque show featuring the famous Immodesty Blaize

It’s emerged that the licence problems at Slough’s long established “Flags” Entertease strip pub seems to be as a result of a council conspiracy. The pub has had a PEL and operated openly for 8 years but early in 2005 it was encouraged by the council to apply for a nudity waiver it had never needed before only to have the ...

2 well financed North American groups are planning to make major investments in the UK

At the time of the entry of Spearmint Rhino into the UK there was a great deal of speculation that other US entertainment groups would set up in the UK but at that point none actually came. I hear though strong rumours that 2 well financed North American groups are planning to make major investments in the UK during 2005. Expect interesting ...

Inland Revenue are taking to the self employed status of dancers

Major business news of the month concerns the attitude that the Inland Revenue are taking to the self employed status of dancers. It seems that when the Revenue starts to investigate dancers earnings they often simply disappear and the latest response to this by the tax authorities is to try to hold the club they work at responsible for their ...

Yhe DeJaVu / FYEO Mayfair takeover may have fallen through

I hear on the grapevine that the DeJaVu / FYEO Mayfair takeover may have fallen through, this would leave DeJaVu still looking for a first Hustler London venue.February sees the planned opening of the long awaited 5th Secrets club {see www.secrets-clubs.com } near St Katherine´s dock which has been in the pipeline for over a year. It´s on the ...

Club called Protokol in Commercial street is intending to open as a table dancing venue

It seems that a club called Protokol in Commercial street  is intending to open as a table dancing venue despite committed opposition from Tower Hamlets council. I hear it is connected to the existing club Images on Hackney Rd. Tower Hamlet does not have a " sex encounter " license system { unlike next door Hackney} but has been against stripte...

The sale of FYEO Mayfair to DeJaVu is close to completion

I hear on the grapevine that the sale of FYEO Mayfair to DeJaVu is close to completion and that DeJaVu are still looking for further venues in the Greater London area. The intention still seems to be to brand these places all as "Larry Flint´s Hustler club". There are also stories that they are taking over the former Barclay Club in Dublin.Ex ...

More details have emerged about the sale and break up of FYEO

More details have emerged about the sale and break up of FYEO as reported in last month´s column. The buyer of the 3 operating clubs, Bournemouth, Park Royal, and Newcastle plus Croydon is the Ladhar group a very diverse private group based in Wallsend encompassing pubs, nursing homes, restaurants etc. It is owned by brothers Baldev and Amarjit ...

Problems at SFI Plc the parent company of For Your Eyes Only

Problems at SFI Plc the parent company of For Your Eyes Only { FYEO} were reported in this column over a year ago and the group has been effectively run by the banks ever since. This has stalled FYEO´s previously ambitious expansion plans but the situation finally seems to be resolving itself. I have heard that 4 FYEO clubs { Park Royal, Bourne...