Scotland
Edinburgh Licensing Board plans to reduce Festive Trading Hours
Proposals by the Edinburgh Licensing Board could see the extended festive hours cut. Under the current Edinburgh Licensing Board policy, Licensed venues in the city are currently able to operate for two additional hours between 18 December and 13 ...
Summary of the Scottish Government's Findings on the Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for Alcohol
The Scottish government have released their findings following the consultation on of the operation and effect of the minimum pricing provisions during the first five years of the provisions under the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 ...
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Scotland Report on Impact of Hospitality
The Fraser of Allander Institute has released a report on the future of hospitality in Scotland. The report highlights the importance of the hospitality sector to the Scottish economy but also notes that workers in the sector are often underpaid a...
Scotland Deposit Return Scheme Update
The saga of the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme continues but we believe everyone will be relieved to hear that the scheme is now delayed until at least October 2025. Due to the rules on deregulation between the 2 jurisdictions of Wes...
Scottish Police Campaign to Crack Down on Adults Buying Alcohol for Under 18 Year Olds
Police Scotland has announced a crackdown on Adults illegally purchasing alcohol for Minors. The Campaign launched this month across Scotland is called “It’ll cost you”. It is aimed at preventing proxy purchases, which is where ...
Scotland | Visitor levy legislation introduced
On the 25th May 2023, the Scottish Government introduced a Bill to create a Visitor levy. A copy of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill, can be found here. In their 2022-2023 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government committed to intro...
Scotland to delay Deposit Return Scheme until March 2024
Further to previous news on Scotland’s proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) (see link below), Scotland’s First Minister Mr Humza Yousaf MSP, has announced that the DRS will not be launched until March 2024. The DRS planned to see 20p a...
Edinburgh Nil-Limit SEV Policy Declared Unlawful
A Scottish Court has declared Edinburgh City Council’s decision to implement a “nil-limit” on Sexual Entertainment Venues (SEVs) unlawful following a judicial review brought by the United Sex Workers Union (USW). USW hopes that ...