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Scotland - and that reduced Drink Driving limit!
Propel is today reporting that the number of drink-driving offences in Scotland has fallen since the legal limit was lowered a year ago. Police figures apparently show offending in the nine months after December 2014 fell by 12.5% compared with th...
New THINK drink drive campaign materials
The BBPA is alerting to ‘the availability of new THINK drink drive campaign materials including a selection of new posters and Facebook images for pubs and bars, designed to encourage customers to make the right choice by not driving after d...
Scotland - liquor licensing statistics 2014-15
Every year the Scottish Government releases liquor licensing statistics and those for 2014-15 have just been issued and can be found here: Crime and Justice - Publications - Liquor Licensing in Scotland. The figures show certain details relating ...
Scotland - Edinburgh Board - Last Lodging Dates Changes
We have received Notification of Change to Last Lodging Dates for January and February 2016 Boards. The new deadlines for submission are: Monday 30 November 2015 for January Board Monday 21 December for February Board For your information.
Scotland - Gambling Commission update of guidance
The Gambling Commission has published further guidance aimed at clarifying “the Role of Authorised Persons in Scotland” This is directed towards licensing authorities and Councils in North of the border. As a reminder Authorised Perso...
Scotland -SPICe issue Bill briefing
In April 2015, we reported on the introduction of the Alcohol (Licensing, Public Health and Criminal Justice) (Scotland) Bill (a Member's Bill, introduced by Dr Richard Simpson MSP). As a reminder, the 10 main proposals relate to: minimum pricin...