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In with the new and out (eventually) with the old ten pound note.
A reminder that in 6 days’ time on 14th September the new polymer £10 note will be introduced in a similar fashion as occurred for the £5 note. Here is a link to our previous article on the subject. In Spring 2018 the “ol...
Food Safety: "As sure as eggs is eggs" You must be in "no doubt" of your food supply chain.
Food Businesses and in particular Pubs, Restaurants and Hotels must make sure they have robust supplier management systems after the recent Fipronil egg scandal. The Food standards agency (FSA) initial calculation rose from around 23,000 to 700,0...
Pubs shut after antisocial group comes to town
You may have read weekend reports in the national press regarding incidents in Cromer, North Norfolk. An antisocial group had come to the seaside town for the weekend and by Saturday Night all the pubs in the area decided to go into l...
Gambling on your house!
From time to time we get enquiries from people wanting to sell their house and having difficulties in doing so even in these buoyant times in the current housing market. One option that some people consider and ask our advice about are so-called ...
Barnet Council proposing to exclude “unhealthy” pubs and restaurants from business rates support
Barnet Council’s consultation on distribution of a rate relief funded by central government grant (£2.3m over four years) is due to close on the 29th August 2017 with a decision due in October 2017. The council have proposed a ...
Nuisance complaints - Parliamentary Briefing
We occasionally alert to Parliamentary Library Briefing Papers of possible passing interest to our sector. This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview of options for dealing with nuisance together with Government guidance an...