Licensing

03 Dec 2015

Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) – update

Our monthly newsletter issued earlier in the week confirmed that this scheme was still due to go live on 1 January 2016, following a delay from its original implementation date of 1 October 2015. In anticipation of this, HMRC have now published a...

27 Nov 2015

Scotland - liquor licensing statistics 2014-15

Every year the Scottish Government releases liquor licensing statistics and those for 2014-15 have just been issued and can be found here: Crime and Justice - Publications - Liquor Licensing in Scotland. The figures show certain details relating ...

06 Nov 2015

Wigan Council - no LNL but two CIPs!

Wigan Council has just confirmed that they will not be introducing a Late Night Levy. They are however introducing a Cumulative Impact Policy in both Wigan Town Centre and Leigh Town Centre, with the aim of restricting the development of add...

22 Oct 2015

Festive Temporary Event Notices 2015

With the festive season fast approaching it may be worth considering applying for a Temporary Event Notice (TENs) to trade a few longer hours. If you do decide to apply for TENs a reminder that for a full notice TEN, 10 working days’ notice...

16 Oct 2015

Late Night Refreshment deregulation – remember, remember 5 November!

At the start of the month, in our article 'Guidance on the licensing of late night refreshment' we reported on the Guidance issued by the Government on the forthcoming deregulation of Late Night Refreshment. As a reminder, the changes allow Licen...

13 Oct 2015

Camden Late Night Levy re-consultation launched

Following on from our news of the imminent re-launch of this consultation this consultation has today been launched. The consultation runs to Monday 9 November 2015. To respond to the consultation, there is an on-line form which can be foun...