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Guidance on the licensing of late night refreshment
The Home Office has today issued guidance on the licensing of late night refreshment to reflect forthcoming changes to the Licensing Act 2003 made by the Deregulation Act 2015. As a reminder, the changes will allow Licensing Authorities to exempt ...
Scotland - Government rules out 'Social Responsibility Levy' consultation - for now
According to reports we have seen through the Instsitute of Licensing (for which, thanks!), the Scottish Government has indicated that it has no current plans at the moment to consult on the introduction of a possible 'Social Responsibility Levy'....
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Scotland -SPICe issue Bill briefing
In April 2015, we reported on the introduction of the Alcohol (Licensing, Public Health and Criminal Justice) (Scotland) Bill (a Member's Bill, introduced by Dr Richard Simpson MSP). As a reminder, the 10 main proposals relate to: minimum pricin...
New Gambling Guidance to Licensing Authorities
The Gambling Commission has published its 5th edition of Guidance to licensing authorities. A link to the Commission's website notification can be found here. The document states the importance of partnership working between licensing authorities ...
British Summer Time ends at 2am Sunday 25 October!
British Summer Time ends at 2am Sunday 25 October 2015. This means that at 2am on that Sunday, the time becomes 1am and premises entitled to trade to 2am or later can enjoy an extra hour of trade (unless there is something specific on your l...
Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) - delayed to 1 January 2016
We have previously alerted you to and provided reminders about the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesale Registration Scheme previously due to commence in October 2015. It has now been confirmed that due to technical issues with the online regist...
Liverpool to Consult on Late Night Levy from Today!
Liverpool City Council today launched a consultation on the possible introduction of a Late Night Levy. All responses to the consultation must be submitted by 20th November 2015. The consultation can be undertaken on line the link to which c...
Employment - and illegal immigrants - update
Last month we reported that the Government’s new Immigration Bill included a range of new powers including measures to deal more effectively with businesses offering employment to those here illegally. On the 17th September the Bill receive...