Areas of Practice

Licensing

 

Have your business plan and ambitions scrutinised by an ENTE specialist with over 30 years experience in the field. We will establish a cogent and thoughtful licensing strategy and process your application from submission to grant of license guiding you with an operator’s pragmatism and an agent’s understanding of your licensing authority, the Police and their Licensing policy. Our background in hospitality make us uniquely placed to address the issues surrounding your residents, transforming them from objectors to advocates. City Halo specialise in Cumulative Impact Zones (C.I.Z) and have achieved over 80 successful applications in the last 2 years in Central London C.I.Zs.

Hospitality Support

 

City Halo have access to 85,000 hours of coalface hospitality experience as well as direct access to the finest brains in hospitality support. Together we can deliver to any business a compliance culture which essentially instills a “Get Licence, Keep Licence” mindset from top down in your business. Our packages range from training for senior management, junior management, security and staff to developing policies around, noise management, dispersal, drugs, waste management and anything else relating to supporting the 4 Key Licening objectives relevant to your business.

Security

 

Having managed a security team for a 1000 capacity nightclub for 14 years in London’s West End, Liam O’Hare understands how to build a team that cares about the business they are being paid to protect, and that places value on the customer experience.

Placemaking

 

Purple Flag - Liam has served on the Purple Flag accreditation panel since its inception in 2009, judging applications from Cities, Towns and Market Towns across the UK & Ireland.

Hawley Wharf - Liam was in charge of developing a Licensing Strategy for a 555,000 sqft mixed retail, F&B, leisure and residential development in the heart of Camden Town’s Cumulative Impact area. Liam with his LLP and QC Philip Kolvin successfully applied for 50 licenses in the development in 2019.

Expertise

 

City Halo do not profess to know everything but we know enough experts who collectively do! We have worked with industry experts across all disciplines for decades to navigate any problems your business may come across in setting up or in day to day operation.

Leasing

 

HOT’s, valuations, negotiation

Liability & Risk

 

Whether you run a 5000 capacity nightclub or a 50 seater restaurant, all businesses need to minimise their legal liability and risk. Our team will assess the structure of your operation, such as its physical setting and digital space, the types of products you sell, who your consumers are, and how you interface with the public in a safe and compliant fashion.

From there, we will tailor the right operational risk assessment, complete with relevant negotiated insurance, ensure all relevant licenses are covered and appropriate fees established and reviewed on your behalf - enabling you to worry less about liabilities and concentrate on growing your business. Together we can deliver to any business a compliance culture which essentially instills a “Get Licence, Keep Licence” mindset.