Scotland
Scotland - Travelling Funfairs (Licensing) (Scotland) Bill
On 29th April the Travelling Funfairs (Licensing) (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament. In a statement announcing the new Bill, Richard Lyle MSP, stated that the Bill is needed to protect showpeople’s way of living. It ...
Covid 19 - What you need to know - Scotland - Framework for exiting lockdown
At her daily update yesterday (5th May) the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, outline a framework for potentially relaxing lockdown restrictions in Scotland. Although reiterating her government’s commitment to taking a unified ap...
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New smoking laws coming into effect on 20th May 2020.
From the 20th May 2020 new further parts of the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) will come into force impacting the UK market. From 20th May, cigarettes and roll your own tobacco products with more than a 3% market share may no longer have...
Gambling - Inquiry on problem gambling - First hearing
We have previously reported on the launch of the Public Accounts Committee inquiry on problem gambling. On Monday (27th April) the Committee questioned officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Gambling Commissio...
Covid 19 - What you need to know - Scotland - the route out of lockdown
Both the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly have now published documents outlining how the countries will transition out of lockdown. In the Scottish document, which can be read in full here, they summarise their approach under six headings: ...
Covid 19 - What you need to know - Fraud and cybercrime
The Home Office has published advice on how to protect yourself and your business from fraud and cybercrime, which can be read here. Criminals will use every opportunity they can to scam innocent people and their businesses. They are experts at i...
Gambling - Committee launches inquiry on problem gambling
On Monday the Public Accounts Committee launched an inquiry on problem gambling. A press release from the UK Parliament can be read here. The National Audit Office’s (NAO’s) February 2020 report ‘Gambling regulation: problem ga...
Covid 19 - What you need to know - BEIS launch Support Finder Tool
We have previously provided signposts to government support to effect business through our news articles. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has now launched a support finder tool to help businesses and self-e...