This isn't directly about the trade, but have seen a few articles about this kind of thing. But it's mostly virtue signalling, or whatever, and nothing concrete. Not sure if it could actually be made a legal requirement.
But that's what gets me about all this - they're granting more late licenses, and then wondering why the streets are unsafe, and why staff and the like can't get taxis home. Can't speak for everyone, but one of the reasons I've largely given up waiting for the pubs and clubs to chuck out is because it all happens a couple of hours later than it used to back in the day
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A year-and-a-half until I get my bus pass. Getting too old for this kind of thing
Was in Dundee a couple of weeks ago on Sunday morning about 5am. Saw some 'lads' brawling outside Dundee's all-night drinking venue (aka the Grosvenor 'Casino') in broad daylight. Went up Law hill for some exercise, and could clearly hear the bass thumping from some sort of event in the central area. Think that was the graduation ball, which went on till 6am. And I could clearly hear it from a mile away
Council agrees on policy for late night workers to get taxi home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-62093142
Free transport could be offered to late-night staff in Newcastle after the council agreed to protect workers.
The City Council wants to develop a policy which would mean new late-night licences were dependant on venues providing transport for staff.
It is aimed at protecting those who cannot afford a taxi fare from harassment and violence.
Council leader Nick Kemp said sexual assault was "sadly all to common" for night-time workers.
He wants to ensure venues help their employees get home safely after their shifts and said the council would actively encourage all employers in the city to commit to the safe travel offer.
Councillor Lesley Storey, cabinet member for public safety, said she was "sickened and broken" by the death of Zara Eleena, who was killed on her way home from a night out in east London in June.
She recalled her experiences of harassment and sexual assaults and said her entire life "has been lived in the shadow of the fear of what could happen to me".
The Local Democracy Reporting Service said the council also pledged to call for improvements to late night public transport provision and help employers with funds from the Government's Safety of Women at Night Fund to supply taxis.
Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuinness, said: "An employer's duty of care doesn't just stop when someone clocks off. No employee should have to worry about walking home alone in the dark.
"No employee should have to worry about scraping enough money together to get home just because their shift finishes when the buses have stopped or their salary just isn't enough to cover a taxi.
"Our city's employers have to step up with this. They have to take responsibility."
