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Banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT - new mandatory condition delayed
Following the proposed implementation of the new mandatory licence condition by way of the Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2014 (see our previous article here), it has been reported that the Home Office has delayed the re...
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Barrow - Possible reduction in licensed hours?
In late 2013 The Barrow Alcohol Inquiry Report was published (the report can be viewed here: 'The Barrow Alcohol Inquiry Report'). This was a report commissioned by Cumbria County Council and Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group which made va...
Wales - Minimum Alcohol Price & Ban on electric cigarettes in enclosed public places
The Welsh Government has today published a White Paper which seeks to address public health concerns. The proposals include a minimum alcohol price of 50p per unit, the same price as that currently being considered by the Scottish High Court. The...
Breaking News - Government response to consultation to relax licensing hours during FIFA World Cup
Following the short consultation on relaxing licensing hours for the World Cup, the Government has today published its response, which can be found here. In brief, the Government has concluded that England playing in the World Cup is an occasion ...
Leeds SEV Operators Lose Judicial Review
Following from our article of the 19th December - 'Leeds Lap Dancing Clubs seek Judicial Review' the approved Judgement of the first hearings on the 6th & 7th March has now been released. The Applications for Judicial Review failed and the Cou...
Relaxation of Licensing Hours - FIFA World Cup - Urgent update
This consultation closes at 23.45 tomorrow, 26th March, 2014. In accordance with the consultation methods of response, we have just filed a representation on behalf of one of our national clients by e-mail. The auto-response, which we have rec...
Duty plus VAT permitted price calculator updated
We have previously reported on the Government measure to ban of the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT. This is still set to be brought into effect by the introduction of a new mandatory licence condition on 6 April 2014 (see the dra...