If they haven't been issued with their licence to put on display, then they shouldn't be open at all. Our local has been told that if they haven't the licence on display, they have to close - even if it was stolen, they could not be open until they had been issued with a new one - and another local pub was closed down by the police as they hadn't yet been issued with their licence, even though they applied before the deadline, even if only just before.

Barbara