Licensing
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 ...
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...
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Duty plus VAT permitted price calculator updated
We have previously reported on the Government measure to ban of the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT. This is still set to be brought into effect by the introduction of a new mandatory licence condition on 6 April 2014 (see the dra...
'Primary Authority' to apply (in part) to Licensing Act 2003
In November 2013, we reported that ‘Primary Authority’ was to be extended to include fire safety (see our previous article here). As a reminder, ‘Primary Authority’ allows businesses to form a partnership with a single loca...
Consultation: The relaxation of licensing hours during the FIFA World Cup 2014
Following the recent apparent Government ‘about turn’ over the issue of World Cup extensions a consultation has just been launched as to whether to relax licensing hours during England’s matches in the World Cup 2014. The c...
Blackpool EMRO - final!
Last night Blackpool Council formally (and apparently unanimously) accepted the recommendation of the Licensing Committee not to oppose the imposition of an Early Morning Restriction Order (EMRO) on part of the town centre. This followed a f...
Lambeth Council rejects Early Morning Restriction Order (EMRO)
Following a four day hearing, Lambeth Council has announced that it has rejected plans for an EMRO. The controversial measure would have banned the sale of alcohol in four licensed premises at the junction of Wandsworth Road and North Street in C...
Age verification - new driving licence
For those engaged in seeking proof of age as part of an age verification test, it should be noted that the DVLA have just updated the form of the ‘plastic’ driving licence. For more detail see below: "A new generation of driving lice...