Licensing

18 Oct 2016

Government Licensing Statistics published

The Home Office has published the latest figures detailing the statistics relating to Alcohol and Late Night Refreshment. The figures cover the period 31st March 2016 and show that since 31st March 2014 the following has occurred: there were 210,...

17 Oct 2016

Upcoming APLH and ALP Courses in Sheffield

We have just released our course list for the rest of 2016, and the first half of 2017. The dates for the Award for Personal Licence Holders (APLH) that are being held in our Sheffield based training sweet are: Thu 24 November 2016 Wed 14 ...

14 Oct 2016

Surprise retirement dinner for John Saunders QC

The “great and the good” of the legal licensing community (including our own John Gaunt) gathered last night (Thursday, 13 October) to throw a surprise retirement dinner for “formidable licensing advocate” John Saunders QC,...

27 Sep 2016

Cumulative Impact Policy and the Late Night Levy - changes afoot?

The Government have tabled proposed changes to the Policing and Crime Bill which impact further on licensing, particularly in terms of Cumulative Impact Policies and the Late Night Levy, if adopted. These include: Putting the possible adoption o...

23 Sep 2016

LGA calls for new powers to suspend licences.

On 20th September 2016, the Local Government Association (LGA) published a media release urging the government to issue new powers to their members regarding business rate debts.The release reads:  “Millions of pounds in unpaid busines...

21 Sep 2016

British Summer Time ends at 2am Sunday 30 October!

British Summer Time (or as it may be more properly called Daylight Saving Time) ends at 2am Sunday 30 October 2016.  This means that at 2am on that Sunday, the time becomes 1am and premises entitled to trade to 2am or later can enjoy an extra...