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Home Secretary to Make Licensing Hours Order for Coronation
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has confirmed that she will make a Licensing Hours Order under Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 for the Coronation of King Charles III. The order will extend licensing hours from 11pm to 1am in certain ci...
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Street Trading Courses for the Institute of Licensing
Luke Elford is delivering a Street Trading Course for the Institute of Licensing. You’ll need to get in there quickly as 30 spaces have already been taken. These one-day street trading training courses will be delivered online...
Consultation on Licence conditions and codes of practice
The Gambling Commission launched on Tuesday a new consultation concerning proposed changes to licence conditions and codes of practice. The Consultation which will close on 23rd May covers the following topics: Extending the multi-operator self-...
Legal age of marriage and civil partnerships raised to 18
The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 has now come into force (27th February 2023). This is an important change and one which anyone having the benefit of a permission to undertake marriages or civil ceremonies at their s...
Rotherham Reviewing Cumulative Impact Policy
Rotherham’s Wickersley Cumulative Impact Policy, adopted by the full Council on 3rd June 2020 is now approaching its third anniversary. The Rotherham Policy is unusual in that Rotherham’s town centre, which is the largest urban centre ...
A Licensing Regime for Non-Surgical Aesthetics?
The Joint Council for Cosmetics Practitioners (JCCP), the British Beauty Council, and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) have received assurances from the Government that it is committed to introducing a licensing regime for no...
Walsall EMRO Update
Further to our recent article on the consideration of the adoption of an EMRO, Walsall licensing Committee met on the evening of 22nd February. For those who are interested, here is a link to the relevant page on Walsall Council website which prov...