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...

Spearmint Rhino Tottenham Court Rd has now introduced fully nude stage dances

Spearmint Rhino Tottenham Court Rd has now introduced fully nude stage dances into its product offer at this the companies UK flagship club. There has also been stories of management sackings at both the Colnbrook and Sheffield clubs in the last few weeks which seem to be part of a consolidation strategy as the previous rash of new club openings ...

Spearmint Rhino´s has succeeded in overturning a council ban on full nudity after a legal appeal

Spearmint Rhino´s southern outpost at Bournemouth has succeeded in overturning a council ban on full nudity after a legal appeal. This may be quite a significant decision nationally as I suspect similar arguments could be used throughout the UK where towns are insisting on topless only licenses for reasons of prudery. It´s certainly a signific...

Westminster council have dropped a court case against Peter Stringfellow

Westminster council have dropped a court case against Peter Stringfellow regarding some touching {sitting on men´s knee etc} that their fearless investigators had spotted during one of their apparently non stop undercover operations at the club. The borough has several totally unlicensed " rip off the unwary " hostess bars which continue to ...

Right at the end of last month Spearmint Rhino were subject to a winding up petition

Right at the end of last month Spearmint Rhino were subject to a winding up petition for a relatively small bad debt by the London listings magazine " Where to go in London ". They are of course still trading but as a further sign that things are not going completely perfectly for them at present I have been told that the Vauxhall site which ...

The {so far} only magazine about the UK industry Pole Position has been refinanced

The {so far} only magazine about the UK industry Pole Position has been refinanced and a 3rd printed edition finally appeared during April. Apparently there is to be a 6 part documentary about the magazine on terrestrial TV starting in May and the magazine is also organising a sponsored national exotic dancer of the year competition " Miss Pole ...

the Metropolitan Police wanted to close down Spearmint Rhino´s Tottenham Court Rd club

The most significant news of the month is that the courts have rejected the determined attempt by Camden council and the Metropolitan Police to revoke the alcohol license of Spearmint Rhino´s Tottenham Court Rd club and close it down. This was after the Police spent no less than 9 nights under cover trying to find something to complain about. ...

new licensing system for pubs and clubs is being introduced to enable 24 hour opening

In the UK a new licensing system for pubs and clubs is being introduced to enable 24 hour opening and remove the last vestiges of the old licensing laws introduced to stop ammunition workers getting too drunk in WW1. A side effect of this is that the new licenses include everything in one {alcohol, music, dancing, and nudity} and this will make ...

The expansion of strip venues in London goes on at a considerable pace

The expansion of strip venues in London goes on at a considerable pace , near the new Spearmint { due to open itself early in the new year} in Vauxhall a large club and live music venue, the Clapham Grand in St John´s Hill , Wandsworth has started putting on strip shows on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. If this is a success I would expect the ...

Luton´s first lap dancing club which opened in October has already been successful enough to expand it´s openings from 3 days a week to 6 as of early December

Luton´s first lap dancing club LAPD { see www.club-lapd.co.uk } which opened in October as reported in this column has already been successful enough to expand it´s openings from 3 days a week to 6 as of early December. The girls here are supplied by Promises { see www.promises-agency.co.uk} The Entertease agency { see www.entertease.com } ...