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18 Aug 2023

Women's World Cup Final - Sunday 200th August 2023 at 11am

The Lionesses kick off in the World Cup Final against Spain on Sunday 20th August 2023 at 11:00. Today in the press there has a been a flurry of communication from Government in respect of earlier opening of premises and sale of alcohol to host s...

15 Aug 2023

Police Led Alcohol Intervention Checklist and Toolkit

Working alongside Alcohol Change UK, the Government have recently published a toolkit setting out Police led interventions to supplement existing expertise within Police forces when dealing with alcohol related incidents.   The toolkit has n...

14 Aug 2023

Pavement licence regime extended - Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

As reported recently, the Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 was introduced via the draft affirmative procedure. On 10 August2023, the Regulations came into force in order to extend the p...

14 Aug 2023

UPDATE: Government response to consultation on relaxation of off-sales and Temporary Event Notices

Last month the Government indicated that Covid-related regulatory easements regarding off-sales and Temporary Event Notices would end on 30 September 2023 and 31 December 2023 respectively, so that after those dates they would revert to their pre-...

09 Aug 2023

A-Level Results Day

Next Thursday (17th of August 2023) marks the end of school for a lot of people, as it's A-level results day. On the 24th it's also GCSE results day. Clearly, the majority of those celebrating will be 16 – 18 years old and operators need to...

08 Aug 2023

Propel Legal Article - Covid easements to end and what that means for hospitality by Luke Elford

First appearing for Propel Hospitality in their Legal Briefing on 9th August 2023 Covid easements to end and what that means for hospitality by Luke Elford In my experience, developments in licensing are like buses – you hang around f...