Licensing Solicitors in Nottingham

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Poppleston Allen provides licensing services in Nottingham.

With offices located in Nottingham and London, we help people and businesses nationally. We are proud to be the largest firm of licensing solicitors in England and Wales. Whatever you need, you can be assured you’re in the right place.

We specialise in licensing the sale of alcohol, provision of entertainment, supply of late night refreshment, gambling and regulatory (including food hygiene, health and safety, licensing offences and fire safety compliance), working with iconic businesses in Nottingham and nationally.

Nottingham Licensing Solicitor Services

All our advice stems from the same sense of purpose: To use knowledge and hard work to get you the results you need to run your business how you want to.

If your business is based in Nottingham, we can help. 

The licence you need will depend on the type of premises you run. Not sure which one’s right for you? Our team is happy to help, just get in touch and we’ll advise on which licence is best for you. 

Or, take a look at our service pages below:

Take a look at our service page for all the services we provide.

Alcohol & Premises Licence

If you are running or thinking of running any type of business that sells alcohol, sells hot food and hot non-alcoholic drinks between 23:00 and 05:00 the next morning, or provides a form of regulated entertainment, you will need a premises licence. 

Your premises licence dictates everything from what hours you are allowed to trade, permission to play live or recorded music, the need for door staff and even tells you exactly where you can sell alcohol. 

Our specialist solicitors ensure you get everything and more, including all the specialist licences you need. 

Gambling

Thinking of providing gambling activities or services in Great Britain? Don’t fret, we’re specialists at this too. At Poppleston Allen, we can help you obtain the right licences you need for your gambling business, whether that be casinos, bingo, adult gaming, family entertainment centres, lotteries and gambling software.

Not sure where to start? Speak to our gambling team about obtaining your gambling operating licence, gambling premises licence or gambling personal licence. 

Clients we’ve helped in Nottingham

Slice N Brew

We helped operator Slice N Brew go from pop-up stand to their first brick-and-mortar site in the heart of Nottingham’s City Centre, establishing itself in what used to be Kings Walk Kitchen near Trinity Square.

The renovated space evokes a laid-back New York pizzeria and features 46 seats across two levels. Our licensing solicitors secured the new premises licence, allowing the public to truly experience the range of pizzas and drinks (beers, ciders, wines and canned cocktails) they have to offer. 

Axed Global

Competitive socialising is rapidly growing in the hospitality industry as it merges traditional drinking and dining with interactive, gamified experiences such as axe throwing, crazy golf and tech-driven darts.

Our licensing solicitors helped Axed Global secure a licence for their axe-throwing location in The Cornerhouse, Nottingham which includes 10 interactive smart lanes for off-the-wall axe-throwing experiences. By agreeing measures that would be in place by way of licence conditions to address concerns around promoting the licencing objectives, including public safety, we helped secure a premises licence to allow the venue to sell alcoholic drinks, provide entertainment and supply hot food and hot drinks throughout trading hours.   

Why choose our Licensing team?

Our specialist licensing solicitors bring extensive experience across both straightforward applications and the most complex, high-profile matters. Whatever your requirements, we guide you through every stage of the process with clarity, confidence and commercial focus. Over the years, we’ve built strong, trusted relationships across the sector, giving our clients a strategic advantage when it matters most. 

Beyond licensing, our dedicated regulatory team provides expert advice on food safety, health and safety and fire safety compliance. If you are invited to attend an interview under caution (never attend such an interview without a solicitor present), which often happens if you sold alcohol to under 18s, breached a licensing condition, committed a health and safety violation, and much more, we are there to protect your interests and support you every step of the way.

Ranked as a Tier One licensing team by The Legal 500 and Chambers UK Guide, we are praised for our “excellent execution and service from start to finish”, being “extremely knowledgeable”, and “offers impeccable customer service, is highly skilled, provides super communication and makes you feel very safe on all aspects of licensing.” Our gambling team is recognised for their deep knowledge of the sector and commercially minded and “offer proactive solutions when questions arise” and “Poppleston Allen’s knowledge and experience ensures even the most sophisticated challenges can be supported”.

If you are looking for help with licensing in Nottingham but want to visit us in person, our closest office to you is:

  • Nottingham Office
    • Address: 37 Stoney Street, Nottingham, NG1 1LS
    • Phone Number: 0115 953 8500

We do also have an office in: 

  • London Office
    • Address: The Stanley Building, 7 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG
    • Phone Number: 020 3859 7760

Get in touch!

For more information on any of our services our solicitors and legal experts would be more than happy to help. Get in touch online or you can call the offices on 0115 953 8500 (Nottingham) and 0203 859 7760 (London).