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'Consultation on aides memoire for food law enforcement officers' - 'game keepers' guides
For those of you who are operator ‘poachers’, you may be interested in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation below. New guidance to help food law enforcement officers assess approved premises is under review and the FSA are see...
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Breathalysers in pubs and clubs - now Weymouth?
We have previously expressed our concern at the trend of seeking to introduce breathalyser testing on entry to licensed premises – see for example our article: 'Breathalysers in pubs and clubs - a cause for concern?' We are now seeing...
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) (as opposed to Late Night Levies)
As you will know, BIDs are increasingly being adopted in town and city centres - and also in preference at times to the possible implementation of a Late Night Levy. For those interested, a Parliamentary Briefing Paper has recently been published...
Gambling - In-play (in-running) betting position paper published
The Gambling Commission have just updated their position on ‘in-play’ betting to reflect changes in the market, technological advances and our experience in regulating the industry. In-play betting (or in-running or live betting as it...
Gambling - Commission issue 'crane' machine reminder
Operators are being reminded by the Gambling Commission that crane grab machines must follow gambling rules and regulations. They are not automatically exempt from gambling control. The reminder follows a series of cases in which crane grab ...
Cheltenham to abandon Levy?
A consultation opens today (5 September) on the future of the Late Night Levy in Cheltenham. The consultation is seeking views on the council’s proposal for the Late Night Levy (“levy”) to cease to have effect in Cheltenham from...
Planning - Wandsworth Council 'to remove permitted development rights' from its pubs.
With thanks to Stephen Brooker (Walsingham Planning) who reports that the London Borough of Wandsworth is seeking to introduce an Article 4 direction to almost wholly remove permitted development rights for pubs in the Borough. Using the ju...