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The Government launches consultation to relax licensing hours for 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship
The government has launched a consultation on whether to relax licensing hours across licensed premises in England and Wales to mark the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championships (Euro 2025) semi-finals and final. The proposal is to extend l...
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Edinburgh Visitor Levy Implementation Delayed by Three Months
The predicted date for commencement of the Edinburgh visitor levy was July of this year, however, following confirmation of the introduction, councillors have voted to delay the start of the transition period until October. This provides a welcome...
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill published
Last year, the Licensing Hours Extensions Bill (a Private Members’ Bill) was presented to Parliament by Andrew Ranger MP. It is a Bill to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours Orders can be made by negative resolution statuto...
English Devolution and Licensing
Some things will take a long time but have the potential for significant change without a fanfare announcement, the English Devolution White Paper has been presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Govern...
Propel Legal Briefing - Safety first and slogans second by Michelle Hazlewood
First appearing for Propel Hospitality in their Legal Briefing on 15th January 2025 Efforts to protect vulnerable people have come a long way in the hospitality sector, but I must admit that sometimes it feels as though we are too focused on catc...
Institute of Licensing appoints Chief Executive
The Institute of Licensing (IoL) have announced the appointment of Paul Adams as Chief Executive. The IoL is the professional body for licensing practitioners across the UK, and members include representatives from Licensing Authorities, pub...
Government announces plans to tackle ticket touts
Further to a Government election promise to combat ticket touts, the Government has launched a public consultation into capping the price of resale event tickets. The consultation will seek views on potentially capping the resale value prices from...