John Gaunt & Partners

29 Mar 2017

House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - report imminently due!

The report of House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 is due to be published next Tuesday – 4 April. To remind - this House of Lords Select Committee has been conducting post-legislative scrutiny of the Licensing Act, afte...

23 Feb 2017

British Summer Time (and Easter) - be aware and be prepared!

British Summer Time (BST) (or more properly Daylight Saving Time) starts at 1.00am Sunday 26 March 2017 when 1.00am immediately becomes 2.00am. If you are proposing and are able to trade beyond 1.00am, you need to be aware and have hopefully the ...

22 Feb 2017

Child Sex Exploitation (CSE) Avoidance – a brief

This is an area of increasing concern for society - but also for the leisure and hospitality industry in particular. We are seeing increased attention (including ‘test purchasing’) being given to operators by the authorities who expec...

13 Feb 2017

Sheffield Best Bar None 2017 Winners Announced

At an awards ceremony held last Thursday night, the winners of the Sheffield Best Bar None Scheme 2017/2018 were announced. Big winner of the evening was the Benjamin Huntsman who picked up 3 awards for People’s Choice award, Best Pub and O...

08 Feb 2017

New £1.00 coin is due in March - reminder

As previously reported, a new £1.00 12 sided bimetallic coin is planned to be introduced in next month. The Government has been encouraging industry to prepare for this and a Treasury website dedicated to such preparation and with...

19 Jan 2017

LNL - Tower Hamlets

At a Council meeting on 18th January Tower Hamlets became the latest Authority to approve a Late Night Levy (LNL) scheme.  We have previously reported on the Council’s LNL consultation. The LNL which will effect premises operating betw...