Licensing

07 Dec 2015

Breaking news - Camden affirm Levy

Following on from a lengthly consultation the London Borough Of Camden Licensing Sub Committee tonight voted to adopt the Late Night Levy for premises which operate between 12 midnight and 6am. The Levy will operate with limited exemptions. As a ...

07 Dec 2015

Scotland - and that reduced Drink Driving limit!

Propel is today reporting that the number of drink-driving offences in Scotland has fallen since the legal limit was lowered a year ago. Police figures apparently show offending in the nine months after December 2014 fell by 12.5% compared with th...

03 Dec 2015

Costs ordered against Licensing Authority

We have previously reported on the application to vary the premises licence for Elements & Play Nightclub in Bedford which has been ongoing for some time. We now have, thanks to the IOL, the latest instalment relating to the application b...

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...