NCPLH- Training for Personal Licence Holders
Approved course dates for the NCPLH licensee training courses are listed.

The Corporate Manslaughter Act
The Corporate Manslaughter Act came into force early in April 2008.

Death, Bankruptcy and Your Licence
Recent publicity serves as a timely reminder that where the premises licence holder dies, becomes mentally incapable, becomes insolvent or is dissolved the licence lapses immediately.

Paying for Your Customers' Comments
For some time now, employers have had a duty to protect staff from harassment by colleagues. Not difficult, where both parties are employees and subject to the employers rules of employment.

When Is Your Recorded Music is Not Recorded Music?
Picture the scene if you will- Saturday night at a village pub, and the juke box is playing hits of the past 40 years. Local Authority noise enforcement officers are in a nearby home, and judge the volume of the jukebox to be so load that it constitutes a statutory noise nuisance.

No Noise, We’re British!
The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 came into force for operators of licensed premises on 1 April 2008. Most other operators have been subject to these regulations since 2006.

Expedited Review Proceedings and Forced Closure
A new and additional power for the police to seek to close premises came into effect on 1 October 2007. Premises associated with serious crime and disorder can be the subject of a review with the imposition of almost immediate sanction.

Illegal Workers
The law on the employment of illegal workers changed at the end of February 2008.