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07 Apr 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Letter from MHCLG to Local Authorities

On Monday (6th April) Paul Roswell (Head of the Governance Reform and Democracy Unit at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) wrote to the Chief Executives of Local Authorities in England explaining two sets of regulations made un...

07 Apr 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Renfrewshire implement new measures

We recently reported on the passage of the Scottish Coronavirus Bill through the Scottish Parliament.  Prior to the implementation of the next Act, at an meeting of their Emergency Board on Friday Renfrewshire Council took steps under the te...

02 Apr 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - The Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill

On Wednesday (1st April), the Scottish Parliament unanimously supported the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill moving closer to becoming law. The Parliament agreed that the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill should be treated as an Emergency Bill allowing the ...

02 Apr 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Business Support Website

The Government have now launched a Business Support website to help with the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) on business. The website aims to help businesses find the “right support, advice and information”. The information on the w...

31 Mar 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - College of Policing

The College of Policing, the professional body for everyone who works for the police service in England and Wales has recently published guidance regarding the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020. This guidanc...

30 Mar 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know -PPL/PRS payments

Following discussions between UKHospitality and the  PPL/PRS (who are responsible for collecting licensing fees from UK businesses who play or perform music subject to copyright protection), they have made the following announcement: PPL and...