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Propel - The policing and crime bill opinion piece by Michelle Hazlewood
This opinion piece was written for and appeared in this weeks Propel Friday Opinion which you can subscribe to here. The policing and crime bill was subject to its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2016 and seeks to cure a numb...
Breaking News: Policing and Crime Bill
The Policing and Crime Bill was introduced today, Part 7 of which relates to potential changes to the Licensing Act 2003. In brief, proposed changes include: The ability for Licensing Authorities (and not just the Courts) to suspend or revoke pe...
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Sunday Trading - Possible Relaxation - Update
Originally published 3rd February 2016. Further to our previous news that the proposed relaxation in Sunday trading laws had become ‘stalled’ - the Government have now made it known that they are intending to press ahead with these pl...
LGA and CIPFA Consultation on Locally Set Fees
The Institute of Licensing is reporting that the Local Government Association (LGA) and CIPFA (the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) have launched a local authority consultation on locally set fees. They have jointly wr...
Best Bar None Sheffield 2016
We have been delighted to have sponsored the Sheffield BBN for another year, which reaches its climax with the annual awards ceremony on Thursday evening - which we will be attending and indeed presenting at least one award. Congratulations to th...
PPL and PRS to 'combine'?
PRS for Music and PPL have announced a proposal to create a new joint venture company to handle all public performance licensing for the UK. The two licences currently required by businesses playing music in public – one from PRS for the us...
Wales - Vaping indoors concerns
At a recent meeting of the Welsh Assembly's Health and Social Care Committee, the difference in impact and harm of e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes was discussed. The Health Minister (Mark Drakeford) argued that ‘vaping’ was dif...
Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences - Definitive Sentencing Guideline updated
New revised guidelines from the Sentencing Council came into force on 1 February 2016 with the result that likely penalties are likely to be significantly more punitive of employers and more expensive, as a business's turnover will be taken into a...