We get asked this question every week several times over

"What Training Do I Need to Run a Pub?"

Legally you need training on the current licensing laws so you can hold a personal licence which will allow you sell alcohol under the pubs premises licence. A personal licence will also allow the holder to be named on the premises licence as the designated premises supervisor or DPS as it is commonly known. To obtain a personal licence to work in England and Wales you will also be required to attend a one day training course for the Award for Personal licence Holders (APLH) Level 2 qualification. If you intend to run a pub in Scotland or Northern Ireland you will need to hold the reliant licensing qualification for that region. A pub company will normally hold the premises licence for the pub in their company name. Once you have obtained your personal licence your name can then be added to the premises licence as the Designated Premises supervisor (DPS). A premises can only sell alcohol under it's premises licence when there is a DPS named on the pub's licence. Selling alcohol with no DPS is subject to fine under the licensing Act 2003 and or 6 months imprisonment.

Example; Dragon Inns & Taverns Limited hold the premises licence for The Bull & Gate at Redditch in Worcestershire. The premises licence number is PLR/0071A. The premises licence was issued by Redditch Borough Council. The public house is currently closed and has no DPS on the the licence.

Mr Bill Smithfield from Bromsgrove is looking to become the new licensee or DPS. Bill is required to take a personal licence training course for his new licence to allow him to sell alcohol from the Bull & Gate if the pub company allow him to take over the premises as the new licensee or DPS. Once Bill has completed his licensing law course and completed a simple multiple-choice exam of 40 questions he will be given a certificate to say he has passed. Bill will also need to submit a basic criminal records bureau check with his APLH licensing certificate together with some signed photographs of himself endorsed by a Solicitors or a person with a reconsigned qualification. Because Bill lives in Bromsgrove he comes under Bromsgrove council for his personal licence. So he must submit his personal licence application to them, once his personal licence has been issued he then needs to inform the pub company so they can give his written consent in writing to be added to the premises licence.

Once the up-date licence has been received a Bill displays the licence summary at the premise he then can legally sell alcohol again from the Bull & Gate.

If all of that sounds to complicated then don't worry! Personal Licence Training Ltd process hundreds of personal licence applications every month we can even help with the transfer of the premises licence or adding a new DPS to a licence.
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