Licensing

11 Jul 2022

House Of Lords follow up report published

The House of Lords has published its follow-up report relating to the Licensing Act 2003. This is a follow up to the original response by the Government to the original report! The latest report examines the progress made by the Government in the ...

04 Jul 2022

Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

The Business and Planning Act 2020 brought a temporary streamlined pavement licence sytem into effect as a response to the pandemic, with the system (and licences granted under it) due to cease on 30 September 2022. The Government’s recent ...

30 May 2022

Off-sales Relaxation to Cease

Paul Regan of the Neighbourhood Crime Unit at the Home Office has written to Licensing Authorities regarding the ability to utilise off-sales where premises are permitted to have on sales. This permission was initially granted to help premise...

03 May 2022

Nottingham to Consult on Revocation of Late Night Levy

Nottingham City Council’s Licensing Committee are due to meet on Friday (6th May).  Included in the published agenda is a review of the City’s Late-Night Levy Scheme (LNL). The recommendation within the report is: “That th...

27 Apr 2022

Drink Spiking | House of Commons Committee Report

On Tuesday (26th April) the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee published their report on ‘Spiking’, which can be found here in full. The report includes a number of conclusions and recommendations following evidence from a number...

27 Apr 2022

Covid-19 and UK nightlife report released

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Night Time Economy has published its report, entitled Covid-19 and UK nightlife, which looks at the impact of the pandemic and government support for businesses in the night time economy. The call ...