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16 Jul 2018

Gambling - Commission Publish 2017/2018 report.

On Friday the Gambling Commission published their annual report for the period of 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018. The report included statements from the Chairman, William Moyes, and recently appointed CEO Neil McArthur.  In addition a nu...

16 Jul 2018

Scotland - Consultation on fee for renewal of personal licence.

The Scottish Government have now published a consultation on the issue of the renewal fee for Personal licence holders. Those who were granted their personal licences in September 2009, as part of the first wave, are now approaching their 10th an...

09 Jul 2018

Glasgow Licensing Board announce general extension of hours for inaugural European Championships

We understand that City of Glasgow  Licensing Board has granted a general extension of licensed hours by one hour to celebrate the city hosting the inaugural European Championships in August this year. This is a new multi-sport event bringin...

09 Jul 2018

New additions to House of Commons Library

As our regular readers will know we like to keep you advised of items of interest that are placed in the House of Commons Library. These are usually briefing papers written to  provide MPs and their staff with “ impartial briefing and e...

05 Jul 2018

Gambling - Gambling advertising: regulation in Great Britain - Commons Briefing Paper

We keep a close eye on relevant Briefing Papers published by the House of Commons Library, which we believe would be of interest to our sector. We have previously highlighted the Library’s briefing paper on “Gambling advertising: regu...

04 Jul 2018

PPL consultation on Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) tariff

The music licensing company PPL has this week launched a consultation relating to its Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) tariff, setting out PPL’s thinking in relation to tariff scope, tariff structure, fees and implementa...