Industry News

16 May 2019

Scotland - Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)

Scotland was the first part of the UK to announce that is was planning to bring forward a deposit return scheme.  Following the closure of their public consultation on a Deposit Return Scheme the Scottish government have published their anal...

14 May 2019

Scotland - Last chance for licence renewals

We cannot promise this will be the last reminder from us on the requirement to renew Scottish personal licences which are due to expire on 31st August 2019 (if in doubt check your personal licence document for the expiry date) but the deadline to ...

05 May 2019

Home Office - Violence and abuse toward shop staff: call for evidence

The Home Office recently opened a consultation regarding violence and abuse toward shop (retail) staff. The call for evidence which will be open until 11pm on 28th June 2019 aims to collect evidence in order to enable the government to understand...

29 Apr 2019

National Pubwatch – ‘Pubwatch Awards 2019’ launched

The National Pubwatch Awards were established to encourage and recognise the work of local Pubwatch schemes throughout the United Kingdom and their efforts to provide safe drinking environments for customers and staff. The 2019 Awards have just be...

29 Apr 2019

CSE - Home Office publish 'disruption toolkit'

CSE (Child Sex Exploitation) or the possibility of such is or can be a challenging area for the hospitality sector. We have been raising awareness of possible issues surrounding this for some time now and it is clear that it is an area attracting ...

04 Apr 2019

Committee for Regenerating Seaside Towns

The House of Lord Committee for Regenerating Seaside Towns has today published their findings in a report which can be found here. The Committee, which was appointed in May 2018, heard oral evidence from a number of different sources throughout t...