England & Wales

17 Dec 2013

Cheltenham to introduce late-night levy

Cheltenham Borough Council has voted in favour of introducing a Late Night Levy which will come into effect from April 2014. The Council resolution has adopted the proposals previously submitted in the Consultation document: premises that are li...

06 Dec 2013

DCMS Entertainment Licensing Statistics in the year to 31 March 2013

Last month the Home Office released statistics relating to alcohol and late night refreshment licensing in England and Wales as at 31 March 2013. Our article on this can be found here. This month it is the turn of the DCMS who have now released t...

24 Oct 2013

Milton Keynes - Late Night Levy - No, Yes, No

Milton Keynes Council last night rejected the proposed adoption of a Late Night Levy.  The licensing sub-committee had initially rejected the proposal at a meeting but subsequently the full licensing committee approved the proposal. Last nig...

21 Oct 2013

Lambeth Council - EMRO consultation launched

Lambeth Council’s licensing policy consultation period, previously reported here, recently ended on 7 October 2013. The Council has now launched another consultation, this time considering the implementation of an Early Morning Restriction ...

10 Sep 2013

Chesterfield not pursuing an EMRO - just yet

Following preliminary discussions with the Council, Chesterfield have decided that they are not going to pursue an EMRO at this time. During the pre-consultation phase there was not enough support to take it any further. They have not ruled it o...

14 Aug 2013

Wales - Mandatory Food Hygiene Rating - Update

Further to our previous item 'Wales - New Food Hygiene Law Proposed', the proposals which will require food businesses such as restaurants, takeaways and supermarkets in Wales to display food hygiene ratings at their premises has no...