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Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018
The draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018 has been released and can be found here. As previously reported, the Order will allow licensed premises in England and Wales to open for an extra two hours for licensable activitie...
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Minimum Unit Pricing (Wales)
Yesterday we provided an update on the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) in Scotland. Also this week the process of introducing MUP in Wales took another step forward. On 13th March the Welsh Assembly voted in favour of a motion t...
Scotland - Consultation on updating the Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007
Due to previous concerns raised about a lack of public participation in the licensing process, the Scottish Government has launched a consultation on updating the Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 seeking views on whether the Regul...
Scotland - Minimum Unit Price Guidance
The Scottish Government has updated its guidance on the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP). A minimum unit price for alcohol is due start on 1 May 2018. The Scottish Government has proposed a price per unit of 50p to the Scottish Parliame...
Possible EMRO for Barrow?
On Sunday 4th March Barrow Police posted the following tweet regarding a curfew for Barrow in Cumbria: What are you views on the licensing of the pubs and clubs in the town centre? Alcohol has a bit impact on our town, police, health & commun...
National Planning Policy Framework - and the agent of change principle
The Government has just launched a wide ranging planning consultation seeks views on the draft text for an updated National Planning Policy Framework to cover the whole country. Of significance to our sector are the proposals contained in Chapter...
Relaxation of licensing hours for the Royal Wedding
England and Wales only. The Home Office’s consultation to extend licensing hours for the Royal Wedding has now closed and the response and impact assessment can be found here. In short, the Government has decided to proceed with a licensin...