What is the future of London nightlife? Getting late licences in the capital is becoming increasingly difficult, putting businesses at risk, or forcing them to move to the edge of the city.
Rob Star of Electric Star pubs once held warehouse parties for thousands of ravers until finding licenced spaces became too difficult, prompting him to run venues with earlier closing times. “Everybody knows in London the licencing environment is always getting tougher. As areas get gentrified, people start taking over what were industrial areas, making them residential,” he tells us.
