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13 Jan 2022

Propel Legal Article - Learning to live with covid by Michelle Hazlewood

This article first appeared in Propels Legal Bulletin on 12th January 2022 While we are excited to welcome in a brand-new year, we still find ourselves trapped in this pandemic era. However, this time around the situation at hand is drastically d...

12 Jan 2022

Call for proposals | Age verification technology in alcohol sales

The Home Office has recently issued a call for proposals for technological solution to facilitate digital solutions to ID verification in the sphere of alcohol sales. The Home Office has worked with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OP...

12 Jan 2022

Fans to return to Scottish stadiums next week

  The Scottish Government has announced that some restrictions which were put in place towards the end of 2021 to combat the rise is Omicron cases in Scotland, are to be lifted on Monday 17 January 2022, but restrictions on indoor events and...

10 Jan 2022

Markets and outdoor marquees allowed permanently

It has been announced, following a public consultation that the permitted development rights (PDR) introduced in 2020 to 2021  are now being made permanent. These measures will apply to England. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Commu...

07 Jan 2022

Ireland Minimum Pricing and its Consequences

Ireland have now implemented minimum unit pricing in similar terms to what already exists in Scotland and Wales alcohol will have a minimum price based on the number of grams of alcohol, with one gram costing a minimum of 10c (8.5p). Spirits will...

04 Jan 2022

Covid 19 - Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant

Additional information has been released between Christmas and the New Year on applications for the latest support grants for hospitality, as previously these will be administered by Local authorities To recap there is a subsidy allowance which c...