England & Wales
Upcoming APLH and ALP Courses in Sheffield
We have just released our course list for the rest of 2016, and the first half of 2017. The dates for the Award for Personal Licence Holders (APLH) that are being held in our Sheffield based training sweet are: Thu 24 November 2016 Wed 14 ...
Surprise retirement dinner for John Saunders QC
The “great and the good” of the legal licensing community (including our own John Gaunt) gathered last night (Thursday, 13 October) to throw a surprise retirement dinner for “formidable licensing advocate” John Saunders QC,...
National Minimum Wage Statistics
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) sets minimum hourly rates of pay and those rates (which are based on recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC)) vary by age group. AS previously reported, the introduction of the ‘National Living Wage&r...
Cumulative Impact Policy and the Late Night Levy - changes afoot?
The Government have tabled proposed changes to the Policing and Crime Bill which impact further on licensing, particularly in terms of Cumulative Impact Policies and the Late Night Levy, if adopted. These include: Putting the possible adoption o...
British Summer Time ends at 2am Sunday 30 October!
British Summer Time (or as it may be more properly called Daylight Saving Time) ends at 2am Sunday 30 October 2016. This means that at 2am on that Sunday, the time becomes 1am and premises entitled to trade to 2am or later can enjoy an extra...
Sheffield - proposed new 'Alcohol Strategy' 2016 - 2020
Sheffield City Council Cabinet is due to debate the adoption of a new Alcohol Strategy for the city at its meeting on 21 September 2016. If adopted, the strategy will run from October 2016 until October 2020. The report prepared for Cabinet...