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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...

27 May 2016

Gambling - Test Purchase Warning

The ALMR’s Amusement Machine Working Group are warning of further test purchase operations by the Gambling Commission concerning gaming machines in licensed venues. The need for proper staff training in this area, like alcohol sales and oth...

27 May 2016

Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme - update

HM Revenue and Customers has produced updated the Excise Notice relating to the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme. This scheme required all existing wholesaler businesses who wholesale alcohol at or after the point at which excise duty is pa...