The griffin strip pub london - Strip

This has been on the cards for several months {it was first reported in this column in September 2010} but seemed to be held up while the Hackney and other license situations resolved themselves.

Licensing issues for the pubs and clubs have regularly been in the news in recent years, including a 30-strong Fight the Strip Ban protest outside in December 2010.

Many strip pubs and clubs now insist that the women do not work at rival venues, despite being freelance performers; and there are issues about women paying to dance in public as adverts for the paid private dances that follow.