Retailers caught selling alcohol and cigarettes to children
FIFTEEN retailers in North East Lincolnshire are being dealt with for serving alcohol and cigarettes to children.
The premises, which North East Lincolnshire Council will not name, all failed test purchases for age-restricted products between April and September.
Further action is now being taken, including alcohol licence reviews, two-week closure notices, formal cautions and prosecutions.
Although the 17.5 per cent failure rate is higher than the same period last year, it is lower than the test purchase failure rate of 2007, which was more than 22 per cent.
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The latest raft of tests revealed purchasing of products such as fireworks and knives found a 100 per cent compliance rate.
Councillor Dave Bolton, portfolio holder for community safety and neighbourhoods, said: “These results show that there is still a need to check businesses that sell age-restricted products such as alcohol and tobacco to ensure that they are complying with the law.
“If they do fail a test purchase it is important that they are provided with advice on how not to sell to young people.
“Reducing the availability of alcohol and tobacco to young people is a high priority for this council to reduce the risk of harm to children.”
Head of improved health, Beverley Compton, added: “These results for alcohol and tobacco are disappointing, but the public can rest assured that action is being or has been taken against these businesses to ensure that they are punished for breaking the law and aware of their responsibilities and how to get this right.”
North East Lincolnshire’s public protection department, which includes Trading Standards, licensing and environmental health, conducts test purchasing in conjunction with Humberside Police using volunteers under the legal age for the product concerned.
If you have concerns about traders in your area selling age-restricted products to young people or would like to be a test purchase volunteer, call Trading Standards on 01472 324770 or trading.standards@nelincs.gov.uk
Comments
by adegy61
Wednesday, January 02 2013, 1:16AM
“Wilderness
That explains a lot, I once posted a less than complimentary comment about NELC and within a minute it went from +6 to minus 17 rating.
The GT just appears to be a mouthpiece for the council and wont accept that not everyone is happy with the "service" they provide.
All the ratings are positive now, all green, wait till they come back to work in the morning then see how it looks then”
by ambidou
Monday, December 31 2012, 12:26PM
“How about the underage kids who wait outside shop intimidating older shoppers to buy them fags and booze - which they do...THATs where the damage is done...I have watched it time and again when I wait in the car park ....there are cctv's set up which focus on the shop doorway, where the kids congregate... doesn't anybody look at the footage?...would that be too easy...??”
by justsaying
Sunday, December 30 2012, 7:16PM
“If you are caught without a TV licence you will have your name and address publihed in the Telegraph. Why not for serving people who are under age?”
by Wilderness
Sunday, December 30 2012, 2:53PM
“@Intolerant
It's the same person who manipulates most of the voting on the comments, when they relate to NELC, Council Tax, etc etc.
Just set your browser to block all cookies, then write yourself a small piece of script (or download it if you don't know how to write it), or just click the voting buttons as many times as you like.
The resident GT troll has his script set to 13, so it either increases the red or green arrows 13 times for each button click.
As the advert says "simples".”
by Big-Hat-Harry
Saturday, December 29 2012, 10:11PM
“Remove their licences to sell alcohol and tobacco. That would solve the problem and, hopefully, remind the shop owners that the law on this is to be obeyed.”
by b17583
Saturday, December 29 2012, 9:57PM
“These businesses should be publicly named so that customers can decide whether they want to patronise businesses that do not observe the law. It would make a start on making our towns better places for law-abiding people to live!”
by Wilderness
Saturday, December 29 2012, 9:38PM
“So none payment of Council Tax will get your name emblazoned across the GT, you're sent to prison, and they'll even refer to you in derogatory terms like "tax dodger".
Serve a child with booze and fags, and we'll "review" your licence.
Unless there is court case pending we should be told who these people are. The withdrawal of the licence to sell these products should be removed immediately.
Another typical example of this council's "two tier" justice system.”
by Brutto
Friday, December 28 2012, 6:11PM
“The reason the NELC will not disclose details is simple - Political Correctness.”
by davendogs
Friday, December 28 2012, 1:40PM
“Where do thet get these 'young people' from to carry out this entrapment? How many where told to get lost in this adventure?”
by porcelainblak
Friday, December 28 2012, 1:04PM
“Name and shame these shops - it's not rocket science, no ID, no serve!!!”