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06 Feb 2015

Personal licences renewal arrangements - non progress?

We have previously reported that scrutiny by the House of Lords of the De-regulation Bill was due to take place on 3 February. This was of interest because within the Bill is the required legislation to remove the requirement to renew personal li...

05 Feb 2015

Gambling - New Regulations Relating to B2 Gaming Machine Charges

Regulations have been laid before Parliament on 4th February in relation to limiting the amounts individuals can pay to use B2 gaming machines other than where the machine is located in a casino. The regulations are scheduled to come into force on...

02 Feb 2015

Government 'not to lower drink driving limit in England'

Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has indicated in a statement that while tackling drink driving was a priority for the Government, "we have no plans to alter the drink-drive limit". Last year, the Scottish government lowered the legal limit for dri...

02 Feb 2015

Best Bar None 2015 - Sheffield

We are delighted to have sponsored once again the Sheffield Best Bar None Awards as a result of which and in which capacity we will be attending the Awards Dinner on Thursday.   Good luck to all those who have obtained their BBN accreditati...

30 Jan 2015

Gambling - Draft Legislative Reform (Exempt Lotteries) Order published

Last year we reported on the ‘Consultation on proposals to remove various lottery restrictions‘ in that the DCMS had launched a ‘fast-tracked' consultation on proposals to remove various restrictions that apply to certain types o...

28 Jan 2015

Scotland - Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and devolution

Following the Scottish referendum the Prime Minister made clear that the pre-referendum commitments made by the leaders of the three main pro-UK parties to deliver substantial further devolution of powers would be honoured. A paper "Scotland in t...