Vittoria Wharf, a new club and arts space in Hackney Wick, faces licensing challenges restricting its operation until 1am. Initial complaints about noise were misattributed to the venue. Stuart plans to resubmit for a late-night license after addressing neighborhood concerns. Mayor Sadiq Khan's nightlife taskforce aims to improve the situation, but Stuart believes more consideration is needed for the positive contributions nightlife venues make to the community, including job creation and cultural engagement. He notes the significant number of staff required for each event and emphasizes the importance of venues in local culture.
"We've just had a few issues of licensing, so we've only got a license till 1am apart from temporary events notices, which makes it a little bit tricky."
"I think that the major thing they've got to do is really look at the balance of what venues provide compared to the negatives, and look at the positives. Because, for example, we sometimes have like 50/60 bartenders on, we've got like four or five sound engineers on, managers, supervisors."
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