Overview
- Bury Council’s licensing panel let the club keep trading during Wednesday’s hearing and ordered tougher rules, including full CCTV across public areas, an incident log kept for six months, and a recognised first‑aider on duty.
- The panel set a 28‑day deadline for a fresh risk assessment plus new health, safety and safeguarding policies, and it tightened last‑entry limits at the venue.
- Police said CCTV from February 1 shows a man punch the victim just after 3am and shows alcohol being consumed beyond licensed hours, and they are investigating the case as assault causing actual bodily harm with no charges reported.
- Owner David Morley accepted responsibility, saying staff returned from a late Christmas night out and lost track of time, and he called the changes a wake‑up call at a club he says has about 500 members.
- Councillors flagged that no one moved to help the unconscious man on the video and pushed for first‑aid training, while police said they classified the offence by the injury level, which they described as minor.