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Scotland: 'Don’t Buy It, Don’t Supply It' to prevent alcohol supply to under 18s
Preventing Adults buying Alcohol for under 18's is the focus of a new campaign in Scotland. The initiative is to make Adults aware that they are committing an offence, if they are buying alcohol for an underage person. The Air Weapons and Licens...
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Scotland – All the fun of the fair!
Richard Lyle MSP has launched a consultation on removing travelling fairs from the licensing regime created by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 with a view to establishing a new licensing system for them. The outcome of the consultation w...
Scotland – Minimum Unit pricing start date
A commencement Order has been laid before the Scottish Parliament to enable the implementation of the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 S1. This will amend the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and the premises licences grante...
Budget News Snapshot; What does it mean for the hospitality sector?
Philip Hammond MP, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has delivered the second Budget today. A number of factors announced will impact on the Hospitality Sector, the areas of impact initially noted in the industry are: Excise duty A Fr...
Sheffield City Council Consultation on CIP to end on 13th December 2017
A consultation survey, opened to gain views on options for The Devonshire Green/West Street area of Sheffield is to close on the 13th December 2017. The survey by Sheffield City Council is part of “ongoing plans to improve the ar...
BREAKING NEWS - Scotland – Minimum Pricing Supreme Court dismisses appeal – victory for the Scottish Government
The long running saga over the Scottish Government’s intention to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol of 50p has today been the subject of another key decision. In May 2013, the Court of Session in Edinburgh determined that minimum p...
Old Ten Pound Notes cease to be legal tender on 1st March 2018
Further to our September news article on the introduction of the new Ten pound notes the Bank of England has confirmed that the date at which the ‘old’ paper 10 pound notes will cease to be legal tender is 1st March 2018. Li...