A B&M store at a Glasgow retail park has been refused permission to sell booze due to health concerns over increasing the ease of access to alcohol.
The city’s health and social care partnership (HSCP) objected to B&M’s bid for a licence at the Helen Street shop as the surrounding is classed as an “overprovision” area.
A HSCP representative told Glasgow’s Licensing Board that the area is “within the top 10% of most deprived neighbourhoods in Scotland” and continues to be “almost double the Scottish rate in terms of its alcohol-related hospital stays”.
