England & Wales
Late Night Levy - Gloucester - Consultation now launched
Further to our news yesterday that Gloucester Council had determined to launch a formal consultation on the possible adoption of a Late Night Levy (LNL), that consultation has now been launched and will run to 7 December 2016. The consultation do...
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Late Night Levy – Gloucester - update
Further to our report in March of this year, Gloucester continues to move towards the adoption of a Late Night Levy. The council have decided to continue with their consultation with a view to making a decision in January 2017. If at th...
'Consultation on aides memoire for food law enforcement officers' - 'game keepers' guides
For those of you who are operator ‘poachers’, you may be interested in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation below. New guidance to help food law enforcement officers assess approved premises is under review and the FSA are see...
Breathalysers in pubs and clubs - now Weymouth?
We have previously expressed our concern at the trend of seeking to introduce breathalyser testing on entry to licensed premises – see for example our article: 'Breathalysers in pubs and clubs - a cause for concern?' We are now seeing...
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) (as opposed to Late Night Levies)
As you will know, BIDs are increasingly being adopted in town and city centres - and also in preference at times to the possible implementation of a Late Night Levy. For those interested, a Parliamentary Briefing Paper has recently been published...
Cheltenham to abandon Levy?
A consultation opens today (5 September) on the future of the Late Night Levy in Cheltenham. The consultation is seeking views on the council’s proposal for the Late Night Levy (“levy”) to cease to have effect in Cheltenham from...
House of Lords - Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - update
Further to our previous news on this Committee ('HofL Licensing Committee - call for evidence issued'), please note that: The deadline for submission of written evidence has now expired – we have already filed a submission of evidence on th...