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The Ups And Downs Of Premises Licence Reviews - What The Statistics Don't Show!

- 16 August 2011

According to Legal Data compiler Sweet and Maxwell for the year upto 1st April 2010 the number of premises licence reviews has increased by 19% to 1334 from 1125 the previous year. However the number of premises licence revocations for the same period has decreased slightly from 154 to 151 during...

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Marston's - 'Retail Agreement' estate

- 04 August 2011

We are pleased to be able to announce that we have been appointed by Marston's PLC to act for them in connection with the licensing of this part of their estate, going forward.  It is the company's intention to convert approximately 600 tenanted pubs to the Retail Agreement by the end of 2013....

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The 'Red Tape Challenge' - say goodbye to liqueur licences

- 29 July 2011

  The Government’s ‘red tape challenge’ is an initiative designed to reduce regulatory burden on people and businesses by repealing pointless regulations or ameliorating any that are overly onerous. One of the 21,000 statutory rules and regulations being considered for amendment...

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Weights & Measures - an Update

- 21 July 2011

Earlier this month the Department for Business Innovation & Skills issued guidance concerning amendments to Weights and Measures law which will come into force on the 1stOctober 2011. Regular readers may recall our article almost exactly 1 year ago where we highlighted the coalition...

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