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Gambling - Young People and Gambling Report released
The Gambling Commission’s Young People and Gambling Report - a newly released report - indicates that 450,000 children are gambling in England and Wales every week and also is said to show that around 9,000 of these are likely to be pro...
Gambling - Commission facts and figures guide updated
The Gambling Commission have updated their facts and figures guide to include the latest industry statistics and the Young People and Gambling Report 2016. It is a useful ‘high level’ synopsis and can be seen here: http://www.gambling...
HoL Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003: the Health objective and Scotland
At the suggestion of the Clerk to the Committee, we have filed some additional written evidence to the Committee on our experiences of the health objective, and how it works, in Scotland. This will shortly be uploaded to the HoL Committee web pag...
Soft Drinks Industry 'Sugar' Levy - policy paper published
Further to our previous article about the proposal for a soft drinks levy - 'Soft Drinks Industry Levy the Sugar Tax the Current Position' - the Government have just issued a policy paper on this. This confirms: The levy will affect all UK produ...
PPL new tariff - small hotels and guesthouses
UK music licensing company, PPL, has announced a revised tariff for Small Residential Hotels and Guesthouses. The changes will come into effect on 1st January 2017 and are the product of a consultation that was launched earlier in the year with l...
House of Lords Committee - Music Industry have their say
The House of Lords Committee considering the Licensing Act 2003, to whom John Gaunt & Partners have previously given evidence, on Tuesday they heard evidence from leading figures in the UK Music scene: Paul Latham, Chair, UK Live Music Group ...