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26 Jul 2019

Scotland - Edinburgh Consult on Sexual Entertainment Venues.

Earlier this month Edinburgh City Council launched  a public consultation regarding Sexual Entertainment Venues in the city and how they will be regulated in the future. This follows the Scottish Government introducing legislation which allo...

22 Jul 2019

Scotland - Consultation on Occasional Licences – Health Board responses

We have previously reported on the consultation undertaken by the Scottish Government on occasional licences which has recently closed - see https://www.john-gaunt.co.uk/news/scotland-consultation-on-occasional-licences The Times is reporting tha...

19 Jul 2019

Southwark - Unanimously approve introduction of Late Night Levy

We have previously reported on the progress of a proposed Southwark Late Night Levy Scheme (Levy).  On Wednesday evening (17th July), at a full Council Assembly, Southwark councillors unanimously approved the introduction of a Levy in respect...

19 Jul 2019

Gaming - DDCMS publish response to society lottery reform consultation.

As previously reported, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media  & Sport (DDCMS) last year  undertook a consultation to explore a number of proposals relating to Society Lotteries including raising the annual limit of  sales ...

18 Jul 2019

Gaming - DDCMS publish response to society lottery reform consultation

On Tuesday (16th July) the Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DDCMS) launched a  consultation regarding the minimum age for playing the National Lottery ahead of the competition to run the 4th National Lottery licence. Since ...

11 Jul 2019

Gambling - Interim report into gambling advertising and marketing published

In March 2018, GambleAware commissioned two independent consortia to assess the extent, nature and impact of gambling marketing and advertising on children, young people and vulnerable groups in the UK.  On the 9th July they published an inte...