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23 Feb 2016

Gambling - Commission Publish Research on Gambling Trends

The Gambling Commission has today published research folllowing data drawn from a telephone survey of 4000 people conducted during 2015. The findings include: Participation in gambling has fallen from 57% in 2012 to 45% in 2015 - this can be att...

20 Feb 2016

Propel - The policing and crime bill opinion piece by Michelle Hazlewood

This opinion piece was written for and appeared in this weeks Propel Friday Opinion which you can subscribe to here. The policing and crime bill was subject to its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2016 and seeks to cure a numb...

19 Feb 2016

Weston Super Mare - Late Night Levy

The Licensing Authority for North Somerset Council has confirmed that it will not introduce a Late Night Levy to cover the area of Weston Super Mare. The Licensing Authority in conjunction with the Council appears to have taken a broad review...

11 Feb 2016

Scotland - South Lanarkshire Licensing Board Dates Released for 2016

It has just been confirmed that the Board dates for the South Lanarkshire Licensing Divisions are as follows: Licensing Division No. 1 (Clydesdale area) Date of meeting Final date for submission of applications Friday, 12 February 2016 n/a F...

10 Feb 2016

Breaking News: Policing and Crime Bill

The Policing and Crime Bill was introduced today, Part 7 of which relates to potential changes to the Licensing Act 2003. In brief, proposed changes include: The ability for Licensing Authorities (and not just the Courts) to suspend or revoke pe...

10 Feb 2016

Sunday Trading - Possible Relaxation - Update

Originally published 3rd February 2016. Further to our previous news that the proposed relaxation in Sunday trading laws had become ‘stalled’ - the Government have now made it known that they are intending to press ahead with these pl...