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10 Aug 2022

Public Sexual Harassment Offence Consultation

In late July the Government launched a consultation on the creation of a criminal offence of public sexual harassment, if such an offence were to be created, what it should look like, and whether the government should take additional non-legislati...

08 Aug 2022

Gambling - 2022 Statistics Published

The Gambling Commission have recently released its findings from the quarterly telephone survey: Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to June 2022. The telephone survey is conducted on the Commission’s behalf by Yon...

04 Aug 2022

ProtectUK app / NaCTSO guidance

ProtectUK was created to support organisations to evaluate and manage risk posed by terrorism. It was developed by the Counter Terrorism Alliance, a focussed collaboration of three leading organisations: NaCTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security...

04 Aug 2022

PubAid research shows disconnect between pubgoers support for local pubs and appreciation of the support pubs give to charitable causes

Those of us involved in the industry on a daily basis understand the support pubs give to charitable causes day in and day out. However Industry body PubAid has published interesting research that reveals a disconnect between pubgoers support for...

03 Aug 2022

Pub Code Adjudicator Strategy

The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is a body which sits between the pub companies and tied premises and seeks to help balance the relationship between the 2 entities. Today the PCA has released its strategy for delivering its priorities over the nex...

27 Jul 2022

A new Specially Featured Entertainment Tariff to apply in the new year

Music Licensing company Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL)  has made an announcement that a new Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) Tariff will come into force from January 2023. PPL has agreed this new SFE tariff in consultation with trad...