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Scotland – Glasgow Licensing Board dates - August 2016 onwards
The Glasgow Board has just announced the dates for their meetings after the 2016 summer recess as follows: Friday 19 August 2016 Friday 16 September 2016 Friday 14 October 2016 Friday 18 November 2016 Friday 16 December 2016 Friday 20 Januar...
Scotland – Under-aged test purchasing challenges?
Tim Shield attended the Scottish Licensing Law and Practice (SLLP) conference held in Glasgow last Friday. This is always an informative conference and as usual there was a wide range of speakers from differing backgrounds which included Alison Do...
Scotland - Queen's 90th birthday – Board extensions
We are now able to update and summarise the current Licensing Board’s view across Scotland on extensions (granted or not) for the celebration weekend of 10 and 11 June – with grateful thanks to Adrian Howlett at Greene King/ Belhaven P...
Scotland - Glasgow - General Extension - Queen's 90th Birthday
In recognition of the national celebrations for Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th Birthday, the City of Glasgow Licensing Board has determined to grant a general extension of licensed hours in terms of section 67 of the Licensing (Scotland) ...
Scotland - West Lothian Board Festive Policy for 2016/17 - Consultation
The West Lothian Board has launched a consultation regarding its festive policy for 2016/17, in which the Board proposes to make a general extension of licensed hours for on sales premises in West Lothian on specific festive dates. The word...
Scotland - Zero Waste Regulations - update
With effect from 1January 2016, the threshold for businesses affected by the Zero Waste Regulations 2012 changed. Whereas previously only businesses producing more than 50 kg of food waste a week, the threshold has now dropped to 5kg. It i...