Industry News

26 Feb 2025

Sheffield Best Bar None Awards

Last night we attended the Best Bar None Sheffield, annual awards event. This is an event we have had a long association with over many years. As expected, we had a great time and also had the honour of presenting the awards for runner-up and winn...

26 Feb 2025

The Government launches consultation to relax licensing hours for 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship

The government has launched a consultation on whether to relax licensing hours across licensed premises in England and Wales to mark the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championships (Euro 2025) semi-finals and final. The proposal is to extend l...

27 Jan 2025

Borrow Cup scheme to launch today

The UK’s first returnable cup initiative between multiple national brands, called “Borrow Cup” launches today in Glasgow for an initial 3-month trial, with the objective to reduce the 388 million disposable cups used in Scotland,...

27 Jan 2025

Edinburgh Visitor Levy Implementation Delayed by Three Months

The predicted date for commencement of the Edinburgh visitor levy was July of this year, however, following confirmation of the introduction, councillors have voted to delay the start of the transition period until October. This provides a welcome...

21 Jan 2025

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill published

Last year, the Licensing Hours Extensions Bill (a Private Members’ Bill) was presented to Parliament by Andrew Ranger MP. It is a Bill to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours Orders can be made by negative resolution statuto...

16 Jan 2025

English Devolution and Licensing

Some things will take a long time but have the potential for significant change without a fanfare announcement, the English Devolution White Paper has been presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Govern...