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National Counter Terrorism Awareness week - 24th November 2014 to 30th November 2014
Next week (24 - 30 November 2014) is National Counter terrorism week. This involves a number of different agencies and is aimed at deterring and detecting potential terrorist threats.We will all be aware of the terrorist threat having been raised...
Food Safety Offences - new sentencing guidelines consultation launched.
The Sentencing Council for England and Wales is a body which promotes greater consistency in sentencing, whilst maintaining the independence of the judiciary. The Council produces guidelines on sentencing for the judiciary and aims to increase pub...
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Personal licence renewals - Home Office update
The Home Office has today updated on the developing issue of the need for certain personal licence holders to renew their personal licence next year, despite the Government intention that such renewals will eventually be scrapped (if and when the ...
Community and Ancillary Sellers Notice consultation launched
The Government announced its intention to introduce a ‘Community and Ancillary Sellers Notice' (CAN) in its ‘Next steps' document in July 2013. The CAN - if introduced - will allow particular low-risk businesses and community groups t...
'Unauthorised' Premier League broadcasts - be aware
We have alerted on this before. See our articles 'Premier League Season... for Prosecutions!' and 'Premier League again 'targets' foreign football broadcasts' Whereas there may be some uncertainty on the fringes as to what operators may ‘ge...
Business Improvement Districts - and the Late Night Levy
As part of the town centre announcement in December 2013, a commitment was made by Department for Communities and Local Government for a review of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). The review was undertaken during the spring and summer 2014 i...
'Look before you book' this Christmas - Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling on people to check the food hygiene ratings of restaurants before booking Christmas meals out with family and friends. A poll released yesterday found that almost half of the UK public (46%) never check f...
Gambling Commission advice for Society Lotteries and External Lottery Managers
The Gambling Commission (GC)has recently issued updated guidance and advice to lottery promoters and External Lottery Managers(ELM). This is aimed at raising awareness of the principles the GC will be likely to apply when considering applications...