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11 Feb 2016

Scotland - South Lanarkshire Licensing Board Dates Released for 2016

It has just been confirmed that the Board dates for the South Lanarkshire Licensing Divisions are as follows: Licensing Division No. 1 (Clydesdale area) Date of meeting Final date for submission of applications Friday, 12 February 2016 n/a F...

10 Feb 2016

Breaking News: Policing and Crime Bill

The Policing and Crime Bill was introduced today, Part 7 of which relates to potential changes to the Licensing Act 2003. In brief, proposed changes include: The ability for Licensing Authorities (and not just the Courts) to suspend or revoke pe...

10 Feb 2016

Sunday Trading - Possible Relaxation - Update

Originally published 3rd February 2016. Further to our previous news that the proposed relaxation in Sunday trading laws had become ‘stalled’ - the Government have now made it known that they are intending to press ahead with these pl...

10 Feb 2016

Gambling - Commission Wins Greene King Appeal

We have previously reported that Greene King had been successful in their appeal against the refusal of the Gambling Commission for an Operating Licence to authorise bingo (and therefore higher jackpot gaming machines) in its pubs. The Gambling C...

09 Feb 2016

LGA and CIPFA Consultation on Locally Set Fees

The Institute of Licensing is reporting that the Local Government Association (LGA)  and CIPFA (the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) have launched a local authority consultation on locally set fees. They have jointly wr...

09 Feb 2016

Best Bar None Sheffield 2016

We have been delighted to have sponsored the Sheffield BBN for another year, which reaches its climax with the annual awards ceremony on Thursday evening - which we will be attending and indeed presenting at least one award. Congratulations to th...