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Misleadingly describing food - restaurant chain received large fine
On Tuesday this week, a leading Italian style restaurant was fined £40,000 for misleadingly describing food, following the admission of the charge at Swansea Magistrates' Court last year. The dish in question was the 'Aragosta e Gamberoni' ...
Gambling - GAMSTOP to become mandatory for online Operators from March
The Gambling Commission have announced that all online gambling operators must participate in the free multi-operator self-exclusion scheme GAMSTOP by 31st March 2020. The scheme that has been developed for the online sector will allow consumers ...
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Drinkaware Nightlife Crew expands to Essex
In November 2019, Drinkaware (an independent alcohol education charity) relaunched its Drinkaware Crew scheme with a new name - Nightlife Crew. The first local areas to sign up for Nightlife Crew were Hackney and Cardiff and it has just been repo...
John Gaunt & Partners team up with Propel
We are delighted to announce our link up with Propel Hospitality to provide a monthly legal briefing. Propel is the leading source for industry news with a huge daily readership of industry decision makers and regularly includes exclusive comment...
Gambling - Commission announce credit card ban
The Gambling Commission have announced this morning a ban on the use of credit cards in all forms of land-based and online gambling. . This has been on the horizon for some time and was referenced in the Commission’s review of online g...
Redbridge to introduce Late Night Levy
At an extraordinary meeting of the Licensing Committee on Thursday (9th January) evening, the motion to introduce a late night levy was passed. The levy, which is expected to be introduced on 1st May, will apply to all premises licensed to sell a...
Commission on Alcohol Harm
Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA), which is a group of 50 non-governmental organisations who work in cooperation to promote evidence-based policies to reduce the harm caused by alcohol have announced their support for a new Commission on Alcohol Ha...
Martyn's Law - Manchester City Council
At a meeting on Wednesday 15th January, Manchester City Council’s Executive will be asked to take steps to adopt ‘Martyn’s law’, making them the first Council in the Country to do so. On 22nd May 2017, 22 people trag...