England & Wales

13 Feb 2018

The Licensing Officer Scam!

Swale Council have recently written to their licensees to warn against a confidence trickster operating in their area. The scam involves a criminal attending the premises and posing as a Licensing Officer, demanding payment of the licence annual ...

30 Jan 2018

Liverpool Council first to debate benefits of Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol?

A special health summit  looking at the effects of Alcohol is due to take place in Liverpool today. Liverpool Council will meet with Public Health officials, the NHS and Alcohol Charities to discuss a plan for Alcohol in the City. One of the...

30 Jan 2018

Consultation On The Future Of London At Night

Further to our previous article we advised you of the London Night Time Commission consultation. We can report that the deadline for submissions to the consultation have been extended until 10 a.m. on Tuesday 20th February. The key questions are ...

26 Jan 2018

Food Hygiene Prosecution

A Birmingham restaurant learned an expensive lesson in relation to food hygiene when it was fined £50,000 by Birmingham Magistrates’ Court. Ibrahim’s Grill and Steak House had adopted the use of wooden boards as is currently pop...

24 Jan 2018

The 15th National Pubwatch Conference – Tuesday 27th February 2018

The 15th National Pubwatch Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nottingham on Tuesday 27th February 2018. The conference will provide a valuable platform to share ideas and good practice. It will also provide a surgery where Nationa...

23 Jan 2018

Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing - Select Committee scrutiny

The Health and Home Affairs Committees of the House of Commons is to consider implications of alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) with charities, academics, professional bodies and industry on Monday 22 January 2018. The sessio...