Licensing

18 Aug 2023

Women's World Cup Final - Sunday 200th August 2023 at 11am

The Lionesses kick off in the World Cup Final against Spain on Sunday 20th August 2023 at 11:00. Today in the press there has a been a flurry of communication from Government in respect of earlier opening of premises and sale of alcohol to host s...

15 Aug 2023

Police Led Alcohol Intervention Checklist and Toolkit

Working alongside Alcohol Change UK, the Government have recently published a toolkit setting out Police led interventions to supplement existing expertise within Police forces when dealing with alcohol related incidents.   The toolkit has n...

14 Aug 2023

Pavement licence regime extended - Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

As reported recently, the Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 was introduced via the draft affirmative procedure. On 10 August2023, the Regulations came into force in order to extend the p...

14 Aug 2023

UPDATE: Government response to consultation on relaxation of off-sales and Temporary Event Notices

Last month the Government indicated that Covid-related regulatory easements regarding off-sales and Temporary Event Notices would end on 30 September 2023 and 31 December 2023 respectively, so that after those dates they would revert to their pre-...

20 Jul 2023

Government response to consultation on relaxation of off-sales and Temporary Event Notices

In March 2023, the Government launched a consultation on potentially continuing regulatory easements brought in due to the pandemic, which are due to expire this year, namely: on-sales premises licence holders automatically being allowed off-sale...

18 Jul 2023

Late Night Levies - changes and updated guidance

In 2012, the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 introduced the late night levy to allow licensing authorities to charge a levy to premises licence holders selling alcohol in their area between midnight and 6am. Subsequently, the Poli...