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03 Jun 2016

Pyschoactive Substances Act - Guidance

Further to our recent news confirming that this Act is now in force, guidance on the Act for councils has now been produced by the Local Government Association. The Act introduced a blanket ban on the production and distribution of psychoactive s...

03 Jun 2016

New £5 note announced

The Bank of England has announced that a new polymer £5 note will be issued on 13 September 2016 (it is already in production) and has released details of the design and security features of the new note. A dedicated Bank of England website...

01 Jun 2016

Sheffield - Tramlines Festival - Inner City Music - 22 - 24 July 2016

The annual Tramlines Music Festival is running in central Sheffield between 22 and 24 July 2016 - http://www.tramlines.org.uk/ The Sheffield Authorities have issued some ‘good housekeeping’ guidance which can be found here. The Guida...

01 Jun 2016

Gambling - Consultation on digital advertising

On the 9th May the Gambling Commission launched a consultation on the proposed wording of a new licence condition entitled “Placing digital adverts responsibly”. It is intended that the final condition(s), which deals with the placing...

01 Jun 2016

Costs recovery - 'Hemmings' in the European Court of Justice

The long running case of Hemmings which concerns the ability of Licensing (and other) Authorities to recover enforcement costs reaches the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today – although judgment is not expected until later in the year. Fo...

31 May 2016

Blackpool reject Late Night Levy

At a meeting held on 25th May Blackpool’s Licensing Committee voted against the implementation of the Late Night Levy (LNL); although a review of this decision is anticipated in six month time. In 2014 Blackpool also rejected an application...