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Prohibition of tobacco vending machines - Parliamentary Library Brief
Parliamentary Library Briefing Papers can give a useful overview on specialist areas of legislation and now we are post-election, a number have just been released. The purpose of this particular briefing note is to consider in detail the Protecti...
Advertising of e-cigarette products - Parliamentary briefing document
Parliamentary Library Briefing Papers can give a useful overview on specialist areas of legislation and now we are post-election, a number have just been released. This Commons briefing paper provides detailed information about the implementation...
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Northern Ireland - liquor licence renewals beckon
A reminder to operators with premises in Northern Ireland that all liquor licences fall for renewal in September 2017. Renewals occur once every five years (last 2012) and the deadline will impact all licenced premises in Northern Ireland, i...
Gambling - Bingo in Pubs - The final chapter?
Following our earlier updates regarding the matter of Greene King –v- Gambling Commission. A copy of the approved Judgment is now available on the BAILII database and can be read here. The Court of Appeal Judgement makes interesting r...
National Licensing Week – 19 – 23 June 2017
The 19 – 23 June marks the second National Licensing Week. This is a series of events around the country promoted and coordinated by the Institute of Licensing (IoL), aimed at highlighting the importance of licensing in all different a...
Sheffield - Project Argus - Free terrorist awareness training - 14th June 1230pm
Project Argus training is delivered by Special Branch and it is to better equip operators to deal with a terrorist incident in premises. This free training will be available on 14 June 12.30- 3.30pm 'Project ARGUS is a NaCTSO led initiative...
Towers Hamlets Late Night Levy - new consultation launched
Further to our recent news that Towers Hamlets proposed Late Night Levy had been successfully challenged, we can confirm that the Council has re-launched its consultation about its introduction. This new consultation can be found here - http://ww...
Sheffield City Council admits failure to comply with equality duty over Spearmint Rhino Licence
As reported by the Local Government Lawyer Sheffield City Council formally acknowledged that it failed to comply with the public sector equality duty when making a decision to renew an SEV licence is respect of a Spearmint Rhino premises which had...