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14 Oct 2014

'A Day in the Life' - Stratford on Avon - 14 October 2014

  We are very pleased to have been part of the first "Day in the Life" licensing training initiative today, organised by Sarah Clover of Kings Chambers in conjunction with Stratford and Warwick Councils. This took place at The Falcon Hotel ...

11 Oct 2014

Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act - Cleared for Implementation

An application for Judical Review of the new Act was rejected on Friday 10th October by the Mr Justice Green sitting in the High Court in London.   The new legistlation which will require all remote gambling operators offering services ...

10 Oct 2014

New advertising rules for e-cigarettes - from 10 November 2014

The Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published new advertising rules for                   e-cigarettes, which will come into effect on 10 November 2014. From that date e-cigarettes will act...

09 Oct 2014

Scotland - Carrier Bag Charge goes live 20 October 2014

A reminder that a new law that will require ALL retailers (food and non-food) to charge a minimum of 5p for each new single-use carrier bag (including paper, those made from some plant based materials and plastic) will come into effect on 20 Octob...

09 Oct 2014

Responsibility for Noise Attenuation - who was there first?!

When noise nuisance arises from a licensed premises the Enforcement Agencies and Licensing Sub Committee have generally been reluctant to take into account the argument as to who was there first. However in the recent hearing for the Night & ...

09 Oct 2014

Scunthorpe - Next to try for an EMRO? Apparently not!

It has been reported that North Lincolnshire Council was looking at possible proposals to introduce an Early Morning Restriction Order (EMRO) which, if successful, would have affected premises trading beyond 3.00 or 4.00am. We have now been ...