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13 Feb 2015

Bingo in Pubs: the Story So Far

For those of you who may not have seen it, partner Tim Shield had an opinion piece published by Propel today by way of a commentary on the current position of Greene Kings attempts to obtain authorisation to operate higher stakes and prizes Bingo ...

13 Feb 2015

Gambling - Conditions added to Gambling Premises Licences following second underage test purchase failure

In 2014 East Lindsey District Council, Brighton and Hove City Council and Hastings Borough Council working together with the Gambling Commission, reviewed a number of gambling premises licences where independent gambling operators had failed to pr...

12 Feb 2015

Personal licences renewal arrangements - latest.

It is rather like watching paint dry! As previously reported, the relevant House of Lords  Committee sat on 3 and 5 February and most recently on 11 February, but did not apparently consider or comment on the proposals within the Deregulatio...

11 Feb 2015

Breathalysers in pubs and clubs - a cause for concern?

Increasingly a ‘hot' topic for discussion with news of planned introduction of breathalysers in Birmingham (where ‘more than 40 pubs have signed up'), following trials or proposals in Croydon, Norwich, Durham and Plymouth - and elsewhe...

09 Feb 2015

Gambling - LCCP Social Responsibility - Gambling Commission response following consultation.

The Gambling commission has issued two documents in relation to its Social Responsibility Review. The process started last summer and the consultation closed on 31st October last year. There have been 141 responses to the initial consultation. Th...

06 Feb 2015

Personal licences renewal arrangements - non progress?

We have previously reported that scrutiny by the House of Lords of the De-regulation Bill was due to take place on 3 February. This was of interest because within the Bill is the required legislation to remove the requirement to renew personal li...