Industry News

08 Jan 2016

New Alcohol Guidelines Released

The Department of Health has released new guidelines as to the recommended drinking limits. This is the first full review of alcohol guidelines since 1995 and states that there is no such thing as a safe level of drinking. Additionally, the Guidan...

06 Jan 2016

Regulation of Investigatory Powers: Codes of Practice

For those that are interested, there has today been published in the House of Commons Library an update on proposed Codes of Practice entitled “Regulation of Investigatory Powers” This covers, amongst other things, the investigatory p...

18 Dec 2015

2016 Interbrewery Regatta - 20th – 22nd May 2016 - and JG&P!

Given that Sheffield is about as far as you can get from the sea, it just seemed the sensible decision for there to be a JG&P sponsored boat in the above weekend regatta!  Partners John Gaunt and Kate Redford will be leading a team of int...

16 Dec 2015

Prohibition of Tobacco Displays in Shops - the Law

This is for those interested in the law in this area and where (apart from in specialist tobacconists) any tobacco display is prohibited - and how the law has been developed in recent times. A Parliamentary Briefing paper has just been published ...

11 Dec 2015

Public Health (Wales) Bill: e-cigarette update

Earlier this year we reported on the Welsh government’s introduction of the Public Health (Wales) Bill part of which sought to ban the use of e-cigarrettes in enclosed and substantially enclosed public and work spaces. It has now been repor...

10 Dec 2015

Counter-terrorism preparation - update

On 2 December 2015 we attended a presentation supported by the Sheffield BID on Project Argus which is an initiative developed by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO). This was a very useful insight into preparation for possibl...