Licensing

21 May 2014

Prohibiting the sale of alcohol at a price below the total of duty paid plus VAT - Live from 28 May 2014

As you will probably be now aware, this new Mandatory Condition goes live on 28 May and already we are seeing councils writing to individual premises alerting them to the changes. We have previously updated on the detail for which see here - LINK...

15 May 2014

New mandatory condition (sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT) implementation - Update

As previously reported, the new mandatory condition seeking to ban the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT was delayed beyond its original implementation date. The relevant Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 201...

24 Apr 2014

World Cup extensions - important reminder

With under 7 weeks to go to the World Cup, a reminder that: The proposed Government relaxation of licensing hours only applies in England (not Wales or Scotland) and to matches England actually play in so if (as the optimists amongst us hope) Eng...

11 Apr 2014

Second Late Night Levy attempt for Milton Keynes?

In October last year, Milton Keynes Council rejected a proposal to adopt a Late Night Levy with a late night supply period of 01:00 to 06:00. It has been reported that Thames Valley Police have launched a new proposal for Milton Keynes Council to...

31 Mar 2014

Breaking News - Government response to consultation to relax licensing hours during FIFA World Cup

Following the short consultation on relaxing licensing hours for the World Cup, the Government has today published its response, which can be found here. In brief, the Government has concluded that England playing in the World Cup is an occasion ...

25 Mar 2014

Relaxation of Licensing Hours - FIFA World Cup - Urgent update

This consultation closes at 23.45 tomorrow, 26th March, 2014. In accordance with the consultation methods of response, we have just filed a representation on behalf of one of our national clients by e-mail. The auto-response, which we have rec...