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10 Mar 2017

Hackney - Late Night Levy - update

Further to our previous news on this, Hackney Council has now launched its consultation the adoption of a Late Night Levy (LNL). The consultation runs until 7 May 2017 and seeks views on proposals to introduce a LNL on premises serving alcohol be...

09 Mar 2017

Alcohol licensing: a guide for public health teams issued

Public Health England has produced a guide to health teams to ‘make sure that licensing policy and applications consider the health and wellbeing of local communities’. The guidance is intended to inform on how directors of publi...

07 Mar 2017

Gambling - 2016 prevalence study issued

Each year the Commission publishes, as part of its role as regulator, a report regarding the public participation in Gambling over the previous period. The rise of participation generally and online specifically can be charted through the previou...

07 Mar 2017

Scotland – Licensing Board dates 2017

Operators familiar with the Scottish licensing system will be aware of the importance of when a Board sits to consider a particular application. This is particularly significant for dates from May onwards, given the hiatus to the fixing of such d...

07 Mar 2017

Gambling - Commission going 'online' only

With effect from the 6th April the Gambling Commission will only accept application for new licences through their online portal. The portal has been available for some time; however it will be overhauled by the Commission in anticipation of the ...

06 Mar 2017

Immigration Act 2016 - and its implications for licensing - update and commencement

We refer to our previous news outlining proposed changes to the Licensing Act 2003 being introduced by the above Act (https://www.john-gaunt.co.uk/news/immigration-act-2016-and-its-implications-for-licensing) The amendments to the Licensing Act i...