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Under aged test purchasing - a reminder on the guidelines

- 24 May 2010

With reports in the press that Durham County Council are looking to revamp their test purchasing strategy by raising the age of under aged testers from 16 to over 17, and allowing youngsters to work in pairs in the evening, which it hopes ‘will improve the effectiveness of test purchasing’,...

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Coalition Government - what it means for the licensed trade? Update

- 20 May 2010

The New Coalition Government has this morning announced further detail of their agreed programme for government.  The proposals which deal with the licensed trade and licensing are copied below with a few initial observations in red. We will ban the sale of alcohol below cost price. This is...

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Responsible or Irresponsible Promotions - the Authorities are beginning to bite!

- 17 May 2010

We are seeing increased enforcement of what in the view of some may be ‘irresponsible promotions’ with the terms of the new Mandatory Conditions – Our previous article can be found: New Mandatory Licensing Conditions guidance and good practice. Instead of rooting out the truly irresponsible...

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Coalition Government - what it means for the licensed trade?

- 12 May 2010

  Sadly, we do not yet know - but given the momentous events of the past few days and other ‘issues’, it is perhaps not surprising that further reform of the licensing process (on which both parties made a mention in their manifestos) was not sufficiently important to merit inclusion...

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