Gloucester Liquid Nightclub to Stay Open Until 6am
A city nightclub is applying for a 24-hour licence in a bid to reduce late night anti-social behaviour.
The owner of Liquid Diva club on Eastgate Street wants longer hours to stagger the times revellers leave.
It wants to open until 4am on Wednesday and Friday nights, and until 6am on Saturday night.
The new hours will be trialled for a six-week period if they are granted an extended hours licence by Gloucester City Council.
A spokeswoman for owner Luminar Leisure said: “Working in partnership with the local police, Liquid Gloucester has applied for a 24-hour licence to help with dispersals in the area and alleviate the pressure placed upon the police with late night venue closing at the same time.
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“The proposed changes include staying open until 4am on Wednesday and Friday nights, and hosting an after show party on Saturday nights and staying open until 5-6am.
“A six-week trial, fully supported by the police, will commence upon the licence being granted.”
A Gloucestershire police spokeswoman said: “It is anticipated that the change to Liquid’s opening hours will help to alleviate the problems that can arise when everyone leaves the clubs and bars at the same time and large numbers congregate in the streets and at taxi ranks. A taxi marshalling scheme has also recently been introduced outside Liquid nightclub on a trial basis to move people away from the city centre quickly to ensure the safety of those on a night out and reduce anti-social behaviour.”
Keith Reynolds is the head of Gloucester’s Licensed Victuallers Association, the organisation representing pub and nightclub license holders in the city.
He said the move to open later was just another example of the changing face of the country’s pub and nightclub industry.
He said: “This is just another knock-on effect of the changes in opening hours.
“With later opening, people have started coming out later and drinking at home first. Therefore, pubs and clubs are being forced to open later to retain their trade levels.
“We are seeing people having to rethink their business strategy once again.”
Justin Hopwood, licensee at Butler’s on Eastgate Street, said he did not think the extended hours would be a problem for other licensed premises in the area.
He said: “I can’t really see any problem with this, and good luck to them.
“However, I’m not sure how many people will want to stay out that long really. It has always seemed to me that the street sees a lot of people milling around before going home between 2am and 3am, I can’t see anyone wanting to stay out until 6am.”
Lost Property Left In a Gloucester Taxi
All too often customers accidentally leave lost property in one of our Taxi cabs after a journey. Although our drivers always check the seats as soon as the customer leaves the cab, sometimes a mobile phone may have fallen out of the passengers pocket and slipped down between the seat and door of the Taxi.
Gloucester City Council requires all Taxi and Private Hire Drivers to hand lost property into the Council Offices at Herbert Warehouse, Gloucester. This forms part of Taxi and Private Hire Drivers terms and conditions for the grant of a licence. However, this is not always practical, as the owner almost always calls the lost mobile phone very soon after noticing they have missed placed it. Most Taxi drivers tend to hold onto lost property for a day also after finding it, in the hope that the owner will make contact with the driver to arrange its safe and prompt return, a Taxi fair will apply to the customer if the driver has to make an extra journey to pass back the lost property, or they will be able to arrange for you to collect it from the Taxi Company Offices at a suitable time.
Mobile Phones are probably the most common left items in our Taxis, if you regularly travel, it may be worth you taking out mobile phone insurance to cover yourself in the event of loss.
If you have lost some property in a Gloucester Taxi, you should contact the Environmental Department at Gloucester City Council, they may be able to help you recover your lost property. You can call them direct on 01452 396396.