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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 ...
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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...
Pub news or Gambling news....or both!
Earlier this year Greene King applied for and was refused the grant of an Operating Licence as the first step to offer wider Bingo in its Pubs. There is of course the ability for all pubs with the appropriate alcohol premises licence to offer bi...
Business Rates revaluation - update
The Government has initiated the 2017 business rates revaluation, by laying an Order which specifies 1 April 2015 as the valuation date for the new assessments. From 2017 business rates bills should therefore reflect property rental values as at ...
JDW innovative LNL approach 'rejected' in Newcastle
Following recent success in Nottingham (see "JDW innovative LNL approach 'approved'"), the Newcastle Licensing Committee have rejected the innovative approach adopted by JD Wetherspoons (JDW) where a Late Night Levy (LNL) is about to come in...
Scotland - Drink drive limit to be reduced before Christmas
Previously we have reported on the Scottish Government's intention to reduce the drink drive limit and it has now been reported that the proposed reduction may be in introduced on 5 December 2014. The legal limit in Scotland is currently 80mg of ...