Scotland
Scotland - Edinburgh start initial Consultation on new Statement of Licensing Policy
The Edinburgh Licensing Board is currently seeking views on their current Statement of Licensing Policy. The Consultation window will run until 20th December 2022. The Board has to prepare a new policy every five years and must ensure the policy...
Spiking - Government response to Ninth report of Home Affairs Committee
On 26th April the Home Affairs Committee published its Ninth Report of session 2021 -22 which dealt with Drinks Spiking. The Government has now published its response to this report. The initial report made 12 recommendations and the full Govern...
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Single-Use Plastics in Scotland
It is being reported that from 1st June 2022, single-use plastics such as cutlery, plates, drink stirrers, and plastic straws will be banned (unless an exemption applies) in Scotland. An example exemption is where a person needs a single-use straw...
Scotland | Covid Restrictions to lift from Monday
From Monday (24th January) many of Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions imposed over Christmas are to be eased, the First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon) announced yesterday. The decision follows a "significant fall" in new case numbers and in the belief ...
Fans to return to Scottish stadiums next week
The Scottish Government has announced that some restrictions which were put in place towards the end of 2021 to combat the rise is Omicron cases in Scotland, are to be lifted on Monday 17 January 2022, but restrictions on indoor events and...
Covid 19 - Scotland - further Covid restrictions announced
The Scottish Government is bringing in new restrictions from 26th December 2021 to address the spread of Covid, including: placing the following limits on the size of public events that can take place all outdoor events being limited to 500 peop...
Covid 19 - Scotland Regulations issued 16th December 2021
Following on from the announcement by the First Minister earlier this week as to restrictions as a result of the increasing number of Omicron infections ,today we see the publication of the detail as to what is expected by the Holyrood. The regul...
Scotland returns to social distancing in pubs and restaurants but £100m made available to help businesses
Today, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has requested that the people of Scotland to limit socialising to no more than three households, in the approaching period to Christmas and to generally minimise social contact with other hous...