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Scotland - Princes Street - Cafe culture proposal

- 22 May 2013

  Edinburgh Council is potentially seeking to create a café culture on Princes Street in order "to boost the area's vitality" by amending guidelines to permit a number of retail units to change into cafés and food and drink establishments. The proposed Supplementary Guidance...

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Scotland - BREAKING NEWS - minimum pricing legal challenge update

- 03 May 2013

The Court of Session in Edinburgh has determined that the minimum pricing measures proposed by the Scottish Government of 50p per unit, which were challenged by numerous bodies (including the Scotch Whisky Association), are "not incompatible with EU law". The Court is further reported to have said: "It...

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Scotland - Edinburgh Sunday Trading relaxation

- 02 May 2013

At its meeting on the 29 April 2013, the Edinburgh Licensing Board confirmed that its Board policy had now been amended so as to allow premises to open from 11.00 am on Sundays (bringing forward the opening hour from 12.30pm) and thereby bringing it into line with much of Scotland including Glasgow. A...

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Scotland - Tobacco Display Ban in force from today

- 29 April 2013

The introduction of the tobacco display ban for large stores in Scotland comes into force today. This affects shops of more than 280 square metres / 3000 square feet (excluding all bulk tobacconists and specialists) and follows on from similar (but not identical bans already in force in England and...

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