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Scotland - Tobacco Display Ban in force from today
The introduction of the tobacco display ban for large stores in Scotland comes into force today. This affects shops of more than 280 square metres / 3000 square feet (excluding all bulk tobacconists and specialists) and follows on from similar (bu...
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A recent case in the footballing world has interesting connotations for policing in the wider community on match days and in particular potentially the leisure industry! There has been a spate of cases in recent years as to who should pay for the...
New Tools for Regulators
The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO), which is part of the department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), has now made available a new online tool for the use of the Regulators of the leisure industry. The intention is to secu...
Basic good housekeeping always important!
It can be the easiest things which are overlooked! The recent successful prosecution of and resultant fine imposed on a Bristol area licensee over a series of ‘minor’ licensing transgressions reinforces the need for on-going and...
Premier League again 'targets' foreign football broadcasts
We are seeing reports of a renewed purge of licensees who are being targeted in a crackdown by the FA Premier League (FAPL) over foreign TV football broadcasts. Apparently the FAPL is pursuing civil lawsuits against several pubs across the U...
TV Licences
‘TV Licensing’, the Government Agency which administers and collects TV licence fees has confirmed that a single TV licence in most Public House situations is insufficient, this follows similar advice in October 2012 from agency i...
Enhanced criminal record checks - Court of Appeal ruling
A recent Court of Appeal ruling relating to enhanced criminal records disclosures is to be challenged by the Government. The case of R (app T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and others concerned a number of appeals over information rev...