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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 be...
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'CMA takes enforcement action against fake online reviews' - be aware!
The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) is warning the hospitality industry to check the services provided by its online marketing agencies after a CMA investigation found clients were unaware that fake positive reviews may have been p...
Scotland - Zero Waste Regulations - update
With effect from 1January 2016, the threshold for businesses affected by the Zero Waste Regulations 2012 changed. Whereas previously only businesses producing more than 50 kg of food waste a week, the threshold has now dropped to 5kg. It i...
Age-restricted products and services - reminder
News in the press of ‘kitchen knives, razor blades and an axe illegally sold to teenagers in a test purchase operation across West Yorkshire’ recently is a reminder that not just alcohol and tobacco are age restricted and that test pur...
'Tobacco Illicit Trade Protocol – licensing of equipment and the supply chain'
This wordy title masks the announcement yesterday of an HMRC consultation into the tobacco supply chain and particularly for our sector, whether tobacco wholesalers and retailers should become licensed going forward. The consultation runs to...
Hartlepool EMRO again - no, not yet!
Further to our update yesterday we understand that at the Licensing Committee meeting held yesterday afternoon, it was resolved not to impose an EMRO at this time but to go back to the Safer Hartlepool Partnership and indicate if they wished to as...
Hartlepool EMRO again - update
On 25th January 2016 we reported that Hartlepool Borough Council were asked to consider whether to launch a formal consultation which may lead to the introduction of Early Morning Restriction Order (EMRO). At present there are no EMRO’...