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British Summer Time
British Summer Time (or as it may be more properly called Daylight Saving Time) starts at 1am Sunday 25th March 2018. This means that at 1am on that Sunday, the time becomes 2am. Unless you have a specific provision on your licence to cover ...
Revocation of Personal Licence/Immigration
Slough Borough Council Licensing Su- Committee revoked a Personal Licence flowing from the Review of a Premises Licence heard before Hillingdon Borough Council. In June 2017 a multi-agency operation took place with the Metropolitan Police, HM...
Taxi - Knowsley Policy Quashed
On 7th February the High Court quashed Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s Policy for private hire drivers. The Council had experienced an increased number of applications for drivers from outside its geographical area and in March...
Old £10 note imminently ceasing to be legal tender
A reminder that the old paper £10.00 note ceases to be legal tender this week with retailers no longer obliged to accept them. These notes will cease to be legal tender on and from 1 March 2018. The old note was replaced by a new polymer &...
Gambling – Changes to Advertising Rules
The Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) earlier this month published new tightened standards concerning gambling advertising which will come into force on 2nd April 2018. These standards will be enforced by the Advertising Standards Aut...
Gambling – William Hill to pay £6.2m penalty
It is being reported that following earlier examples such as BetFred and Paddy Power, William Hill Group have been made subject to a penalty package of at least £6.2m (second largest fine issued by the Gambling Commission) following an inves...