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30 Jan 2017

Gambling - Licensed Premises Notification (LPN) 'to go'?

Business in Licensing (BIL) and Gambling Business Group (GBG) are proposing that the requirement for premises licence holders to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their automatic entitlement of up to two gaming machines be removed...

27 Jan 2017

The Soft Drinks Industry Levy

Further to our news last month on this proposed levy, a House of Commons library briefing has just been published which provides an overview of the proposed Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and a background on sugar and health. The 2016 Budget pre...

15 Dec 2016

Health Survey for England 2015 - report published

The Health Survey for England series is designed to monitor trends in the nation’s health; estimating the proportion of people in England who have specified health conditions, and the prevalence of risk factors and behaviours associated with...

13 Dec 2016

Best Bar None Sheffield 2017

John Gaunt & Partners are again proud sponsors of the Sheffield BBN awards – with the presentation awards ceremony held at Sheffield City Hall on 9th February 2017. Partner Tim Shield will be among those sifting through the finalists th...

09 Dec 2016

HoL Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003: the Health objective and Scotland

At the suggestion of the Clerk to the Committee, we have filed some additional written evidence to the Committee on our experiences of the health objective, and how it works, in Scotland. This will shortly be uploaded to the HoL Committee web pag...

09 Dec 2016

Soft Drinks Industry 'Sugar' Levy - policy paper published

Further to our previous article about the proposal for a soft drinks levy - 'Soft Drinks Industry Levy the Sugar Tax the Current Position' - the Government have just issued a policy paper on this. This confirms: The levy will affect all UK produ...