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06 Aug 2021

Wales - COVID Update

Following the announcement by the Welsh government that Wales will move into Level 0 on 7th August from 6am, the government has now issued formal guidance A link to the guidance can be found here. The following is an extract from the guidance ar...

05 Aug 2021

Covid 19 - Resolving Commercial Debts arising out of the pandemic period

A policy statement has been issued today by the government clarifying the extension of the existing moratorium on commercial property evictions until 25 March 2022.The statement confirms that the extended period will provide time for governme...

04 Aug 2021

Covid 19 - Scotland Beyond Level 0

The First Minister announced yesterday the move to Beyond Level 0 on the 9th August. The First Minister confirmed that the move Beyond Level 0 will mean that the legal requirement for physical distancing and limits to the size of social gathering...

03 Aug 2021

Covid 19 -Ventilation

As we start to get into the new rhythm of work following on from Freedom Day the government are already thinking about the next horizon in the pandemic and what will occur as we go into the winter months and the willingness to have doors and windo...

22 Jul 2021

Covid 19 - Pending off sales extension (Alcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021)

  Further to our recent article on the extension of the Covid pavement licence scheme until 30 September 2022, we flagged that those Regulations did not extend the automatic temporary modification of premises licences to permit off sales. T...

20 Jul 2021

COVID19 | Pavement Licence scheme extended

As previously reported in June, the Government announced plans to extend the life of the Covid pavement licence scheme, the necessary Regulations, namely the Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations ...