Licensing

28 Sep 2021

Covid 19 - Plan B and Passport Consultation

The government is gearing up the Plan B position despite the hope that we will never need it. Yesterday we saw the issue of an invitation to respond to the detail on the proposed certification regime, which could be introduced as part of Plan B. ...

23 Sep 2021

Covid 19 - Reinsurance Scheme Details Released

We previously reported on the Reinsurance Scheme devised and set up by the Government in England, further details have now been released. The full set of rules running to some 87 pages have been published and are available here Live Events Reinsu...

20 Sep 2021

Covid 19 - City of Edinburgh Council - external area use extension

Maybe as a result of the recent warm weather but more likely due to the continued high rates of transmission of Covid 19 in the central Scottish belt The City of Edinburgh Council is to allow its restaurants to keep their temporary outdoor dining ...

17 Sep 2021

Covid 19 - Automatic right to off sales extended

The Business & Planning Act 2020, both streamlined the Pavement Café regime and afforded those premises which did not already have the ability to provide off-sales, to make such sales without varying their Premises licence.  The r...

16 Sep 2021

Covid 19 - Scotland - Moray Council Occasional licences

At the September Licensing Board Meeting Moray council decided to review the dispensation they had granted in June 2020 to allow open ended occasional licences to enable premise to increase their capacity. The Board has decided that this will cea...

15 Sep 2021

Covid 19 - Winter is Coming! Prime Ministers Plan A & B

In an announcement yesterday from No.10, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, accompanied by Government Medical Advisors Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, informed the nation of the Government’s winter plan for tackling Covid-19 case...