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City of Glasgow Licensing Board Meeting - 2017 to 2018
The Glasgow Licensing Board have recently set Board dates up to next summer recess. The dates are: Friday 29 September 2017 Friday 27 October 2017 Friday 24 November 2017 Friday 15 December 2017 Friday 19 January 2018 Friday 16 Februar...
Pubs shut after antisocial group comes to town
You may have read weekend reports in the national press regarding incidents in Cromer, North Norfolk. An antisocial group had come to the seaside town for the weekend and by Saturday Night all the pubs in the area decided to go into l...
Hackney Council to introduce Late Night Levy in November
Hackney Council have decided to introduce a Late Night Levy following a period of consultation. The Levy will begin in November and comes despite the recent decisions by other Councils not to introduce one. As we have reported previo...
Gloucester Council choose a BID over Late Night Levy
Gloucester Council have decided to adopt a BID (Business Improvement District) instead of a Late Night Levy following a ballot on the issue. Yesterday at a full council meeting, they formally rejected the idea of a Late Night Levy, and the news h...
Hemmings - the final reckoning
On 19 July 2017, the Supreme Court handed down a further judgment in the long running Hemmings case. This follows their previous judgment on 29 April 2015. In brief, the case concerns fees charged by Westminster City Council to the respondents ov...
Scotland - Dundee - New Overprovision
Following the Aldi Stores Ltd v Dundee City Licensing Board case on 12 August 2016, where the Dundee Sherriff overturned the current Alcohol Overprovision Policy, Council officers have been reviewing the Board’s options. At their meeting on...