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Liverpool Council first to debate benefits of Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol?
A special health summit looking at the effects of Alcohol is due to take place in Liverpool today. Liverpool Council will meet with Public Health officials, the NHS and Alcohol Charities to discuss a plan for Alcohol in the City. One of the...
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Food Hygiene Prosecution
A Birmingham restaurant learned an expensive lesson in relation to food hygiene when it was fined £50,000 by Birmingham Magistrates’ Court. Ibrahim’s Grill and Steak House had adopted the use of wooden boards as is currently pop...
The 15th National Pubwatch Conference – Tuesday 27th February 2018
The 15th National Pubwatch Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nottingham on Tuesday 27th February 2018. The conference will provide a valuable platform to share ideas and good practice. It will also provide a surgery where Nationa...
Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing - Select Committee scrutiny
The Health and Home Affairs Committees of the House of Commons is to consider implications of alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) with charities, academics, professional bodies and industry on Monday 22 January 2018. The sessio...
PASS Card Update
On the 17th January PASS (Proof of Age Standard Scheme) launched an updated card format which includes the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) logo plus the logo of the Security Industry Authority (SIA). This is to illustrate the su...
MP’s back Agent of Change Bill
At its first reading on the 10th January 2018, the House of Commons gave approval to the Planning ( Agent of Change) Bill. The proposed legislation, would require property developers to take into account pre-existing businesses, like music venues...
Short changed on a coffee?
In case of passing interest… It is being reported from the USA that a class-action lawsuit accusing Starbucks of under filling lattes has been thrown out by a judge in Oakland, California. The US district judge found insufficient evidence...