England & Wales
British Summer Time and Easter - be aware and be prepared!
Easter falls relatively early this year - the weekend of 26/27 March. However BST (or more properly Daylight Saving Time) also starts at 1.00am Sunday 27 March 2016 (NB this is the night of Easter Saturday/Sunday), when 1.00am immediately be...
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Tower Hamlets Late Night Levy
On the 15th February Town Hamlets launched a consultation regarding the introduction of a late night levy on premises operating in their area after midnight. A link to the consultation document, which runs until 17th April, can be fou...
Hartlepool EMRO again - no, not yet!
Further to our update yesterday we understand that at the Licensing Committee meeting held yesterday afternoon, it was resolved not to impose an EMRO at this time but to go back to the Safer Hartlepool Partnership and indicate if they wished to as...
Weston Super Mare - Late Night Levy
The Licensing Authority for North Somerset Council has confirmed that it will not introduce a Late Night Levy to cover the area of Weston Super Mare. The Licensing Authority in conjunction with the Council appears to have taken a broad review...
Breaking News: Policing and Crime Bill
The Policing and Crime Bill was introduced today, Part 7 of which relates to potential changes to the Licensing Act 2003. In brief, proposed changes include: The ability for Licensing Authorities (and not just the Courts) to suspend or revoke pe...
Sunday Trading - Possible Relaxation - Update
Originally published 3rd February 2016. Further to our previous news that the proposed relaxation in Sunday trading laws had become ‘stalled’ - the Government have now made it known that they are intending to press ahead with these pl...
Gambling - Commission Wins Greene King Appeal
We have previously reported that Greene King had been successful in their appeal against the refusal of the Gambling Commission for an Operating Licence to authorise bingo (and therefore higher jackpot gaming machines) in its pubs. The Gambling C...