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'Consultation on aides memoire for food law enforcement officers' - 'game keepers' guides
For those of you who are operator ‘poachers’, you may be interested in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation below. New guidance to help food law enforcement officers assess approved premises is under review and the FSA are see...
Planning - Wandsworth Council 'to remove permitted development rights' from its pubs.
With thanks to Stephen Brooker (Walsingham Planning) who reports that the London Borough of Wandsworth is seeking to introduce an Article 4 direction to almost wholly remove permitted development rights for pubs in the Borough. Using the ju...
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House of Lords - Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - update
Further to our previous news on this Committee ('HofL Licensing Committee - call for evidence issued'), please note that: The deadline for submission of written evidence has now expired – we have already filed a submission of evidence on th...
TV licensing - and the BBC iPlayer - important changes in force today
The law changed today! All viewers who use the iPlayer to watch any BBC programmes must now be covered by a TV licence after new rules which have just come into force. Until now, iPlayer users only needed a licence if they were using the s...
HMG 'invests £40 million and cuts red tape to boost tourism across England'
Last Friday, the Government announced some initiatives it indicated were designed to bolster the tourist trade in England. According to the press release: Towns and cities from across England will benefit from a £40 million fund to deliver...
Costs recovery - 'Hemmings' may find relief in Europe
We have reported on the legal case of R (on the application of Hemming (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) and others) v Westminster City Council for several years. A decision in the Supreme Court published on 29th April 2015 was decided against Mr. H...
BII Launch New Website and Marketplace
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) have launched their new website that includes an innovative market place for its members alongside a knowledge bank and customer relationship management system. We are pleased to support this and also tha...
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Parliamentary Committee launches an inquiry into the economic etc. impact of food waste in England.
‘In the UK, approximately 8 million tonnes of food is wasted post-manufacture, including households, retail and wholesale and hospitality/food sector. 60% of this could have been avoided. This has an annual value of approximately £16 b...