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15 May 2025

SIA cracks down on training malpractice

Pete Easterbrook, interim SIA Director of Inspections and Enforcement, has provided an update on the Authority’s efforts to combat training malpractice in the private security sector. In his statement published on 12 May 2025 by the Securit...

15 May 2025

AMEX backed local funding

Grants are available to Independent restaurant businesses of up to £11,000 from International Downtown Association Foundation in partnership with the Association of Town & City Management in the UK – which is an American Express-su...

08 May 2025

Request for greater gambling licensing powers for Local Authorities

Around 40 local authorities, led by Cllr Muhammed Butt (Brent Council), are pushing for changes to  the Gambling Act 2005, as they believe the current legislation fails to meet the current market challenges, with a reference being drawn to an...

07 May 2025

Wales - Year of Croeso Weather-Proofing Fund

The Welsh government are seeking to stimulate further tourism and appreciating many guests return time and time again to their favourite area a fund has been established to weather-proof hospitality! This decision arose from recent data from Visi...

07 May 2025

New digital SCPLH Course

Since 2009, the team at John Gaunt and Partners have been an accredited provider of the Scottish Award for Personal Licence Holders (SCPLH) course. In the old pre-COVID days, we delivered the course face-to-face for hundreds of candidate...

07 May 2025

Taxi Reform - Wales

As previously reported the Welsh Government have previously indicated a desire to reform Taxi & private hire regulation in Wales.  This led to the publication of a white paper “Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle (Wales) Bill&rd...