Premises Licence

15 Sep 2016

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...

09 Sep 2016

Scotland - Annual Licence Fee Payments

Just a timely and hopefully friendly reminder that annual fees will fall due on the 3rd October for all Scottish premises licences (this is due to the fact that 1st October is a Saturday). A demand for payment of the annual fee from the Board sho...

09 Sep 2016

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...

06 Sep 2016

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...

05 Sep 2016

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...

05 Sep 2016

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...