Westbury nightclub awarded sex entertainment licence
'A WESTBURY night spot will be allowed to stage more strip shows after winning a sexual entertainment licence.
Barrie White, director of Comus Leisure, which owns Venom, said it needed to run more events because it had been hit hard by the pandemic and months of lockdown.
He told Wiltshire Council's licensing panel: “We just need to do these events more frequently because my venue was closed for 18 months and costs £20,000 per month to run and I got a whole £34,000 from the Government in grants.
“We’ve got to do more of everything to survive.
"We’ve been a member of this community since 1996, and we’ve had no objections from the public.”
Under the licence the club on Quartermaster Road, West Wilts Trading Estate will be allowed to host events with lap dancing, stage strip teases and strip shows with full nudity.
It was noted by the officers that Venom had been holding such events for over 20 years with no complaints received by the Wiltshire Council.'