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No Standalone Spiking Offence to be created by the Government
We have, over recent months, reported a number of times on the issue of spiking whether by needle or in drinks. In February last year, we reported in our article 'Drink Spiking to be made a criminal offence' that, the then Home Secretar...
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Melton Mowbray Council - Another Cumulative Impact Policy is removed!
On 20th December the Full Council at Melton Mowbray met to consider the adoption of a new licensing policy for the period 2022-2027. It is reported that at the meeting the new draft policy was adopted. Perhaps the point of most interest to Opera...
Scotland - Glasgow to open until 1am?
Licensing in Scotland is controlled by the licensing Boards who set the local licensing policy, which includes prescribing the hours which can be applied for in their area. Glasgow currently has prescribed hours which for the majority of operators...
Home Secretary Updates Parliament in Sensitive Information in Licensing Applications
On 19th December when the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, announced Martyn’s Law, she also set out her intention to introduce a Sensitive Information Protocol to be applied to Licensing Applications, which will be known as SILA. The propo...
Age verification technology in alcohol sales - Call for proposals
Following on from the Home Office’s publication of key learning from their 2022 trials the Government has issued a call…. “…to encourage efforts to develop new technology to improve the experience of consumers and r...
Age verification technology in alcohol sales - Home Office Key Learning
As we have previously reported the Home Office has worked with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) to create a Regulatory ‘Sandbox’ to allow the trial of several age verification technologies. The aim was to assess and ...
Alcohol Duty set to be frozen for an additional six months
In a boost for the hospitality sector, it has been reported that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will delay increases to alcohol duty, which were to take effect on 1 February 2023, for a further six months to 1 August 2023. Alcohol Duty was du...