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Local Alcohol Action Areas (LAAA) phase 2 announced
The Home Office has just released the list of the 33 regions comprising the second phase of the Local Alcohol Action Areas (LAAA) programme. On the 27 January the Home Office launched a new phase of the programme to tackle alcohol-related crime a...
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Scotland - Alcohol Focus Scotland regional licensing events
In September 2016, Alcohol Focus Scotland held a series of regional events to share learning around licensing policy and practice. As we look ahead to newly constituted licensing boards with a fresh round of Statements of Licensing Poli...
Duty to declare Personal Licence - A reminder
On the 18th October Wrexham.com published an article which highlights the legal requirement for Personal Licence Holders to disclose the existence of their personal licence to a the Court when charged with a relevant offence. Section 128 of Licen...
New Home Office Guidance on Identity Documents
The obligations upon employers to check the immigration status of their staff have increased in recent times but operators have often struggled to understand and recognise the many different forms of identity. The Home Office have now released a ...
LGA calls for new powers to suspend licences.
On 20th September 2016, the Local Government Association (LGA) published a media release urging the government to issue new powers to their members regarding business rate debts.The release reads: “Millions of pounds in unpaid busines...
Sheffield - proposed new 'Alcohol Strategy' 2016 - 2020
Sheffield City Council Cabinet is due to debate the adoption of a new Alcohol Strategy for the city at its meeting on 21 September 2016. If adopted, the strategy will run from October 2016 until October 2020. The report prepared for Cabinet...
'Consultation on aides memoire for food law enforcement officers' - 'game keepers' guides
For those of you who are operator ‘poachers’, you may be interested in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation below. New guidance to help food law enforcement officers assess approved premises is under review and the FSA are see...