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'Look before you book' this Christmas - Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling on people to check the food hygiene ratings of restaurants before booking Christmas meals out with family and friends. A poll released yesterday found that almost half of the UK public (46%) never check f...
Gambling Commission advice for Society Lotteries and External Lottery Managers
The Gambling Commission (GC)has recently issued updated guidance and advice to lottery promoters and External Lottery Managers(ELM). This is aimed at raising awareness of the principles the GC will be likely to apply when considering applications...
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Essence - What's in a name?
It has been reported through the Institute of Licensing that on the 3rd November 2014, District Judge Henderson sitting at Wimbledon Magistrates' struck out a licensing appeal regarding the Essence Nightclub in Kingston-upon-Thames. Following the...
Gambling - and the Fourth Money Laundering Directive - Update
The EU is currently (and has been since early 2013) consulting on the latest set of recommendations. One thing which are certain of is that Gambling is to move into the regulated sector which will include operators ensuring that they have various...
Scotland - Non Payment of Annual Licence Fees - Reminder
Under the Licensing Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2007, payment of the annual Premises Licence fee is due on 1st October each year. Payment of that fee is a mandatory condition on all Premises Licences. We have seen press reports which suggest tha...
Fixed Odds Betting Terminals - The story continues
News reaches us of two interesting developments in relation to the area of FOBT's - these appear regularly in the press and are an area of some controversy. It has been announced that the UK's major Bookmakers and machine suppliers will from the ...
Alert - "Anonymous Global Event" - Wednesday 5 November 2014
The protest group, Anonymous, is apparently planning a ‘global event’ on Bonfire Night and will include a protest march through parts of London by Operation Vendetta. A briefing note has been issued by the Metropolitan Police a...
Food hygiene enforcement 'on the increase'
The Food Standards Agency has just published their "annual report on UK local authority food law enforcement" across the UK. This shows a small increase of 1% in the number of instances of formal enforcement actions carried out on food establishme...