What People Are Saying

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Duncan Dick, Culture Director, Farsight Collective

“City Halo's guidance on how best to engage authentically with local residents and other stakeholders like police and the council was key to securing the licence for our proposed music venue. And by helping us put together the best possible team they saved us potentially thousands of pounds and hundreds of hours we could easily have' wasted.”


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Alistair Turnham, Founder - MAKE Associates

“Liam is outstanding at understanding the politics of a situation, navigating competing stakeholder demands, focusing on the bigger picture and getting the client's end result, whilst never letting go of the details. Without Liam’s support and leadership, many licences and night-time businesses simply wouldn’t exist today.”

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Jett Glozier, Head of UK - Sound Diplomacy

“I consider Liam the first port of call with regards to premises licensing in London and would always recommend him to clients and partners.
His experience running venues and large operations is demonstrated through meticulously planning and strategy.”

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Greg Wells, Founder - We Are Beer, Craft Beer Festivals

“Liam has been expertly guiding our business through various licensing and stakeholder engagement workstreams for a number years. Calm, strategic and able to work to some incredibly tough timelines - he's given confidence in an industry, large events, that is often uncertain. This was especially key during the pandemic and with the shifting sands of licensing conditions and broader stakeholder interest.”

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Richard Vivian, Director - Big Sky Acoustics

“When things do go wrong, which sometimes they do, Liam's ability to rapidly troubleshoot, to educate, and to improve the operation of a premises, is second to none.”

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Jack Spiegler, Partner - Thomas & Thomas

“It has been a pleasure delivering a number of successful projects with Liam over the last few years, including an unprecedented grant of 50 new premises licences in a central London cumulative impact zone despite 100+ objections”

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Daniel Sylvester, Founder -  We are Beer, Oval Space & Pickle Factory

“Over the past 10 years we have beaten the odds and made the impossible possible more times than I can remember. Liams' quick thinking, breadth of industry knowledge and extensive contacts coupled with his problem solving ability and lateral thinking have got us through a number of sticky situations.”