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Gambling - Betting shops: licensing requirements - briefing paper
This Commons Library briefing paper, just released, looks at the licences needed by betting shops – and provides a useful overview of the law in this area. Under the Gambling Act 2005, a betting shop needs an operating licence, issued by th...
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British Summer Time (and Easter) - be aware and be prepared!
British Summer Time (BST) (or more properly Daylight Saving Time) starts at 1.00am Sunday 26 March 2017 when 1.00am immediately becomes 2.00am. If you are proposing and are able to trade beyond 1.00am, you need to be aware and have hopefully the ...
Child Sex Exploitation (CSE) Avoidance – a brief
This is an area of increasing concern for society - but also for the leisure and hospitality industry in particular. We are seeing increased attention (including ‘test purchasing’) being given to operators by the authorities who expec...
Taxis - Access for wheelchair users to taxis and PHVs
Sections 165 and 167 of the Equality Act 2010 fully come into force on the 6th April 2017. This will make it a criminal offence for drivers of designated taxi and private hire vehicles to refuse to carry passengers in wheelchairs, to fail to...
Gambling - Commission service levels
The Gambling Commission has recently published details of the service levels to which they will seek to adhere. As it appears on their website, these indicate that ‘timescales in processing applications are dependent upon the application be...
Policing & Crime Act 2017 - Licensing Provisions to come into force
Following conversations with the Home Office we can confirm that with the exception of the provisions on cumulative impact and the late night levy (LNL) the provisions in part 7 of the Act will commence on 6 April 2017. Matters coming into force i...
Sheffield Best Bar None 2017 Winners Announced
At an awards ceremony held last Thursday night, the winners of the Sheffield Best Bar None Scheme 2017/2018 were announced. Big winner of the evening was the Benjamin Huntsman who picked up 3 awards for People’s Choice award, Best Pub and O...