Newport shop fined for vapes offence now faces review of premises licence
A Newport shop where the director was handed a court bill of nearly £5,000 after a sales assistant sold a vape to a 15-year-old during an undercover operation is now having its premises licence reviewed.
A public consultation period has now ended after an unnamed ‘responsible authority’ made an application to Telford & Wrekin Council to review the premises licence of Newport Premier, at 99A High Street, Newport.
The notice of the review remained on the Telford & Wrekin Council website on Wednesday (April 30).
Premises licences are needed if businesses intend to sell alcohol or provide ‘licensable activities’.
A spokesperson for the shop declined to comment.
Telford & Wrekin Council has been asked for more information.
In a press release in March 2025 the council reported that Newport Premier Ltd was taken to Telford Magistrates Court and the company’s director, Mr Ivor Paris, pleaded guilty on behalf of the business.
The court handed the maximum penalty of a £2,500 fine, reduced to £1,666 for an early guilty plea, alongside a £660 victim surcharge and £2,266.56 investigation costs. In total, the business was ordered to pay £4,598.56.
