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PubAid research shows disconnect between pubgoers support for local pubs and appreciation of the support pubs give to charitable causes
Those of us involved in the industry on a daily basis understand the support pubs give to charitable causes day in and day out. However Industry body PubAid has published interesting research that reveals a disconnect between pubgoers support for...
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Pub Code Adjudicator Strategy
The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is a body which sits between the pub companies and tied premises and seeks to help balance the relationship between the 2 entities. Today the PCA has released its strategy for delivering its priorities over the nex...
A new Specially Featured Entertainment Tariff to apply in the new year
Music Licensing company Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) has made an announcement that a new Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) Tariff will come into force from January 2023. PPL has agreed this new SFE tariff in consultation with trad...
Pavement licensing regime extended for further 12 months
Earlier this month we reported on the proposed Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 that would extend the temporary/streamlined pavement licence system created by the Business and Planning A...
Spiking - Government response to Ninth report of Home Affairs Committee
On 26th April the Home Affairs Committee published its Ninth Report of session 2021 -22 which dealt with Drinks Spiking. The Government has now published its response to this report. The initial report made 12 recommendations and the full Govern...
Loot Boxes to Remain Unregulated
The Government has decided that so called computer game “loot boxes” will not fall under the scope of the Gambling Act 2005. Despite finding a link between loot boxes and gambling harms, the Government has suggested that the video gam...
‘Swift, Certain, Tough: New Consequences for Drug Possession’ white paper
The Home office yesterday published a consultation regarding proposed reforms to the criminal justice system and how it deals with adult drug possession offences and proposed changes to ‘drug testing on arrest’ powers. The consultatio...