Industry News

14 Jan 2015

Scotland - 'Record fine in Sky case'

We have repeatedly reported on the ongoing crack down on the ‘illegal’ broadcasting of live football by Sky.  See our article "'Unauthorised' Premier League broadcasts - be aware". A Glasgow bar is being widely reported as having...

10 Dec 2014

Allergen alert changes - just 3 days to go!

With just 3 days to go until the new allergen alert regulations come into force (see 'Allergen alert! An important reminder and update') it is being widely reported today that: Only one third of F&B managers are ready and prepared for the cha...

05 Dec 2014

Scotland - Drink drive limit reduction effective today!

The legal alcohol limit reduces today in Scotland from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood, as we have previously reported - 'Scottish Government's intention to reduce the drink drive limit'. The legal limit in Scotland was 80mg of alcohol ...

10 Nov 2014

'Unauthorised' Premier League broadcasts - be aware

We have alerted on this before. See our articles 'Premier League Season... for Prosecutions!' and 'Premier League again 'targets' foreign football broadcasts' Whereas there may be some uncertainty on the fringes as to what operators may ‘ge...

15 Oct 2014

Updated section 182 Guidance - further update

Further to yesterday's news that new section 182 Guidance had been issued we took up with the Home Office the availability or otherwise of a 'tracked changes' version. This is not available - but they have sent through the following helpful resum...

02 Sep 2014

New guidance - Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2014

You will hopefully be aware of the changes to the mandatory premises licence conditions made under the Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2014 ('the Order'), which come into effect 1 October 2014. The Order effe...