British Summer Time and Easter - be aware and be prepared!

Easter falls relatively early this year - the weekend of 26/27 March.  However BST (or more properly Daylight Saving Time) also starts at 1.00am Sunday 27 March 2016 (NB this is the night of Easter Saturday/Sunday), when 1.00am immediately becomes 2.00am. 

If you are proposing and are able to trade beyond 1.00am, you need to be aware and have hopefully the position covered off either in your premises licence or have given a Temporary Event Notice in respect of the same.

For a full notice TEN, 10 working days' notice is required - so for any extension on Easter Saturday, the TEN needs to be submitted - if it has not already - and be received by the Council by 10 March (for a 'Late TEN', if you can get away with it, this is 17 March 2016).

BST/DST ends this year on Sunday, 30 October 2016 at 2.00am when the clocks move back one hour.

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