London Gossip 189 results

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 ...

2nd August 2003

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. ...

2nd July 2003

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 ...

2nd June 2003

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 ...

2nd May 2003

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 ...

2nd April 2003

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 ...

2nd March 2003

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 ...

2nd February 2003

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 ...

2nd January 2003

Problems at SFI Plc {parent company of the FYEO chain} continue with the company finding a £20m ” black hole ” in it´s accounts

Problems at SFI Plc {parent company of the FYEO chain} continue with the company finding a £20m " black hole " in it´s accounts , the chairman resigning suddenly, and the shares being suspended. Administration for the group is now a possibility. ...

2nd December 2002

Following on from the success of Stringfellow´s in getting a full nude licence

Following on from the success of Stringfellow´s in getting a full nude licence and then more recently Sophisticats getting a licence which allows girls to also strip fully while not actually on the stage, now FYEO Mayfair has obtained a full nude ...

2nd November 2002