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Pavement Licence Regime Extended For Another Year
With the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill taking its time to make its way through the legislative process it comes as little surprise that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities have introduced a Statutory Instrument extending...
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Scotland Deposit Return Scheme Update
The saga of the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme continues but we believe everyone will be relieved to hear that the scheme is now delayed until at least October 2025. Due to the rules on deregulation between the 2 jurisdictions of Wes...
Propel Legal Briefing - The Protect Duty – a start but not the end by Chris Grunert
First appearing for Propel Hospitality in their Legal Briefing on June 14th 2023 The Protect Duty – a start but not the end by Chris Grunert In May of this year, we saw the government publish its Terrorism (Protection of Pre...
Bristol City Council pavement licences
It is being reported that Bristol City Council will change its pavement licence policy to potentially permit premises to trade outdoor seating areas to match their opening hours, opening up the possibility of such areas being authorised ...
Pubs Code Adjudicator’s 2023 Survey
Yesterday saw the release of the annual Pubs Code Adjudicator’s(PCA) survey https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/pubs-code-adjudicator This looks at the relationship between the Big 6 pub companies and their tied tenants. I...
Scottish Police Campaign to Crack Down on Adults Buying Alcohol for Under 18 Year Olds
Police Scotland has announced a crackdown on Adults illegally purchasing alcohol for Minors. The Campaign launched this month across Scotland is called “It’ll cost you”. It is aimed at preventing proxy purchases, which is where ...
Judicial Review refused by High Court over CCTV requirement in taxis
Drivers of South Cambridgeshire have had permission refused for a Judicial Review over the Council’s Policy requiring all taxis to be fitted with CCTV. Although the application was refused, the lateness of application appeared to be the main...