John Gaunt & Partners

20 Jan 2016

National Minimum Wage and the new National Living Wage - reminder

National Minimum Wages (NMW) rates increased last October – see 'National Minimum Wage rates increase today'. A reminder that the new National Living Wage (NLW) is due to be introduced from April 2016 with the result that those employed and...

19 Jan 2016

Cheltenham: Late Night Levy Or BID?

At a recent cabinet meeting, Cheltenham Borough Council discussed the merits of the Late Night Levy which had previously been approved the next anniversary date for which is 1 April against the gains which could be achieved by the introduction of ...

15 Jan 2016

Camden Council Late Night Levy - update

Following on from our previous news on the 7 December that the London Borough Of Camden Licensing Sub Committee had voted to adopt the Late Night Levy, the introduction of the proposed Late Night Levy is due to be considered at a full meeting of t...

14 Jan 2016

Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) – update and reminder

From 1 January 2016, businesses with a UK establishment who ‘wholesale’ alcohol to other businesses at or after the duty point must apply to HMRC for AWRS approval and do so by 31 March 2016. &nb...

06 Jan 2016

Regulation of Investigatory Powers: Codes of Practice

For those that are interested, there has today been published in the House of Commons Library an update on proposed Codes of Practice entitled “Regulation of Investigatory Powers” This covers, amongst other things, the investigatory p...

18 Dec 2015

2016 Interbrewery Regatta - 20th – 22nd May 2016 - and JG&P!

Given that Sheffield is about as far as you can get from the sea, it just seemed the sensible decision for there to be a JG&P sponsored boat in the above weekend regatta!  Partners John Gaunt and Kate Redford will be leading a team of int...