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14 Oct 2016

Surprise retirement dinner for John Saunders QC

The “great and the good” of the legal licensing community (including our own John Gaunt) gathered last night (Thursday, 13 October) to throw a surprise retirement dinner for “formidable licensing advocate” John Saunders QC,...

14 Oct 2016

National Minimum Wage Statistics

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) sets minimum hourly rates of pay and those rates (which are based on recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC)) vary by age group. AS previously reported, the introduction of the ‘National Living Wage&r...

05 Oct 2016

Gambling - Scottish and Welsh Gambling Survey results issued

The Scottish Government has published the “Scottish Health Survey 2015” and this shows that overall gambling participation in Scotland has increased slightly from 65 % in 2014 to 67.8% in 2015. However the statistics also show that pro...

05 Oct 2016

Gambling - Licensing Authority statistics published

The Gambling Commission has published various Licensing Authority statistics in relation to gambling for the period 2009 – 2016. A link to the article and two documents (one in word and the other an Excel spreadsheet) can be found here:&nbs...

30 Sep 2016

National Minimum Wage - increases from 1 October 2016

A reminder that the National Minimum wage rates increase from 1 October 2016, as previously reported.  These rates are next due for review in April 2017, to align them with the review date for the National Living Wage.  Current level F...

27 Sep 2016

Cumulative Impact Policy and the Late Night Levy - changes afoot?

The Government have tabled proposed changes to the Policing and Crime Bill which impact further on licensing, particularly in terms of Cumulative Impact Policies and the Late Night Levy, if adopted. These include: Putting the possible adoption o...