Licensing

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...

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...

16 Jan 2025

Propel Legal Briefing - Safety first and slogans second by Michelle Hazlewood

First appearing for Propel Hospitality in their Legal Briefing on 15th January 2025 Efforts to protect vulnerable people have come a long way in the hospitality sector, but I must admit that sometimes it feels as though we are too focused on catc...

20 Dec 2024

Newham Council seek feedback on Statement of Licensing Policy

Newham Council in East London has commenced a consultation on its Statement of Licensing Policy. Every Licensing Authority in England & Wales must have a Statement of Licensing Policy and must review and consult on it every five years. Newha...

11 Dec 2024

Digital ID option to be introduce to clubs and pubs

Further to our previous posts and article by Luke Elford in Propel Hospitality (see links below) regarding digital identification, the Government has supported plans to allow digital ID cards to be produced by individuals for age verification purp...