Scotland

22 Mar 2013

Scotland - Drink Drive Limits

The Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill, has confirmed that the Government intends to lower the drink drive limit in Scotland.  Following a consultation in which 74% of respondents agreed that the drink drive limit should be reduce...

14 Mar 2013

Scotland - Military ID Cards To Be Approved

We are seeing reports that the Scottish Government plans to extend the range of identification documents which can be accepted by someone selling age restricted products, including alcohol. These will include military I.D. cards, EU National I....

11 Mar 2013

Angus Licensing Board - Licensing Policy Review

  Angus Licensing Board commence a review of its statement of licensing policy, which it is obliged to undertake every three years. Angus Licensing Board chairman Alex King said: "We are keen to hear the views of members of the public, and ...

05 Mar 2013

Scotland - 5 year Refresher training launched

The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 requires all Personal Licence holders to submit evidence of top-up training to their issuing Licensing Board at the midpoint (5 years) of the life of the personal licence.  Yesterday, we attended the launch ...

21 Feb 2013

Scotland - 'No Delay to 2015 Revaluation'

  In October 2012, we reported that the Under Secretary of State, had announced that the next business rate re-valuation in England will be 2017 rather than 2015. The reasoning given was to provide certainty of costs over the ...