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15 Dec 2023

Possible change to Licensing Hours Orders

A Private Members’ Bill, introduced by Emma Lewell-Buck MP, has been laid before Parliament. The Bill, the full text of which is not currently available, seeks to make it so that Licensing Hours Orders (relaxations of hours for special occa...

14 Dec 2023

Bolton back on LNL

The on-off saga as to the Bolton MBC consultation for a Late Night Levy is reported to be back on. Bolton’s new proposed levy is to focus on the Town Centre area and capture late-night refreshment premises that serve hot food as well as thos...

14 Dec 2023

Propel Legal Briefing - Anticipating and reflecting by Tim Shield

First appearing for Propel Hospitality in their Legal Briefing on13th December 2023 Anticipating and Reflecting by Tim Shield As I got to work crafting this month’s Legal Briefing, I took a moment to revisit the one I composed a year ...

05 Dec 2023

Updates to Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

You will no doubt be aware that all personal licence applicants must disclose any unspent relevant convictions on their application paperwork and the Police may object to such application if they feel the granting of the licence would undermine th...

04 Dec 2023

Institute of Licensing contact Minister over worrying lack of progress on gov.uk forms

The Institute of Licensing (The IoL) and the National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers (NALEO) have submitted a joint letter to Jeremy Quinn MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, regarding the worrying lack of progress in determini...

27 Nov 2023

Government consult on Euro 2024 extension for semi-finals and final if.......

The Government has today published a consultation on extending licensing hours for the semi final and final of Euro 24 if England Wales or Scotland football teams are playing in those matches. The consultation was published today 27Th November an...