Licensing
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...
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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...
Wales – minimum unit price for alcohol back on the agenda
In 2015, the Welsh Government consulted on the draft Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol Bill) which intended to: set a floor price for a unit of alcohol, meaning that alcohol could not be sold below that level; and affect drinks sold at ch...
Banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT: Guidance update
This Guidance (which has recently been updated) is aimed at alcohol suppliers and enforcement authorities. It provides information about the ban on the sale of below-cost alcohol, including: what the ban means and who it applies to how to imple...
Public Health England - a public health licensing objective and other considerations
In 2016, with the support of the Home Office and Department of Health, Public Health England developed and piloted an analytical support package (ASP) to: help public health teams in their existing role as a responsible authority as defined in th...
School's Out For Summer
As we approach the end of June , it is a timely reminder that it is that time of year when both GCSE and A-level exams are finishing across the country. Many of those having taken exams will be celebrating the end of a long and gruelling fe...
Trading on Christmas Day - Parliamentary briefing paper
This short Commons Library briefing paper (just post election ‘purdah’ released) provides an outline of the main provisions of the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 and a summary of the background to the Act. It also outlines the positi...