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Scotland - Consultation on fee for renewal of personal licence.
The Scottish Government have now published a consultation on the issue of the renewal fee for Personal licence holders. Those who were granted their personal licences in September 2009, as part of the first wave, are now approaching their 10th an...
Glasgow Licensing Board announce general extension of hours for inaugural European Championships
We understand that City of Glasgow Licensing Board has granted a general extension of licensed hours by one hour to celebrate the city hosting the inaugural European Championships in August this year. This is a new multi-sport event bringin...
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New additions to House of Commons Library
As our regular readers will know we like to keep you advised of items of interest that are placed in the House of Commons Library. These are usually briefing papers written to provide MPs and their staff with “ impartial briefing and e...
Gambling - Gambling advertising: regulation in Great Britain - Commons Briefing Paper
We keep a close eye on relevant Briefing Papers published by the House of Commons Library, which we believe would be of interest to our sector. We have previously highlighted the Library’s briefing paper on “Gambling advertising: regu...
PPL consultation on Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) tariff
The music licensing company PPL has this week launched a consultation relating to its Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) tariff, setting out PPL’s thinking in relation to tariff scope, tariff structure, fees and implementa...
Gambling - DCMS Consultation on Society Lottery Reform
On Friday 29th June the DCMS launched a consultation on Society Lottery Reform which will run until 11:45pm on 7th September 2018. The consultation explores a number of proposals including raising the annual limit of society lottery sales from &p...
Gambling - Gambling Commission's Enforcement Report 2017-2018
For the first time since the creation of the Gambling Commission has published a report of the enforcement action it has taken over the past year. The new Chief Executive of the Commission, Neil McArthur, states in his foreword to the repor...
Gambling - Gambling Commission's response to RGSB report.
The Gambling Commission has now published its response to the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) report ‘Trends in Children’s Gambling’. The response is qualified as it is the Commission’s initial response to the R...