Premises Licence
Scottish Government Hold Consultation on MUP by Wholesalers
It has been reported, that the Scottish Government is due to consult on technical changes to minimum unit pricing. Of particular purpose to this consultation is clarity on the wholesale of alcohol in Scotland and in what circumstances does M...
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World Cup 2018: Promotion of the World Cup - be aware
The FIFA World Cup provides an opportunity for pubs to engage with the community and generate sales.However, in planning events or producing items to twin with the World Cup, care must be taken so as to avoid stepping on the toes of FIFA who hav...
Changes to Cumulative Impact Areas
The concept of Cumulative Impact Areas has been around for many years. In brief, they were often brought in by licensing authorities through their licensing policies where there was evidence to show that the number or density of licensed premises ...
Scotland: Licensing immigration changes
The draft Immigration (Alcohol Licensing and Late Hours Catering) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 has now been issued and will come into force 21 days after they are made, a date which itself is yet to be determined.Material changes to the Lice...
Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018
The draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018 has been released and can be found here.As previously reported, the Order will allow licensed premises in England and Wales to open for an extra two hours for licensable activitie...
Minimum Unit Pricing (Wales)
Yesterday we provided an update on the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) in Scotland.Also this week the process of introducing MUP in Wales took another step forward.On 13th March the Welsh Assembly voted in favour of a motion t...
Scotland - Consultation on updating the Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007
Due to previous concerns raised about a lack of public participation in the licensing process, the Scottish Government has launched a consultation on updating the Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 seeking views on whether the Regul...