Licensing
Covid 19 - Winter is Coming! Prime Ministers Plan A & B
In an announcement yesterday from No.10, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, accompanied by Government Medical Advisors Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, informed the nation of the Government’s winter plan for tackling Covid-19 case...
Covid 19 - England vaccine passport plans ditched
In a much-awaited announcement for the hospitality sector, the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, confirms that the Government will not be proceeding with plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events in England. Whi...
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Marquees could be here to stay
Ministers are consulting on plans to allow some of the extra outdoor seating and street markets, introduced during the pandemic, to continue. However, the plans as currently identified do not appear to include al fresco style dining on roads. The ...
Covid 19 | Vaccine Passports
On 12th July, when the Prime Minister confirmed that Step Four would be taken on 19th July, he also announced plans in respect of nightclubs and other large events could make use of the NHS’s Covid Pass to verify customers status. Although w...
Government Publish Results for Mass Events Tests
Data extracted from the NHS Test and Trace app has shown that mass events can be conducted safely, but caution is still required to be taken around certain aspects of participation in mass events. The data was collected from 37 trial events held o...
Covid 19 - Continuing to Stay Safe in the Workplace
A period of time has now passed since the Government relaxed Covid-19 restrictions and we are seeing increased numbers of workers returning to the workplace. However, despite the lifting of restrictions, the Government is still reminding the publi...
Be Ready for Result Days
It’s been an unusual 18 months for all of us, and an extremely unusual exam season for A-level and GCSE students. That is all coming to an end and on Tuesday 10th August A-level students will receive their results and 2 days later on Thursda...
Covid 19 - Pending off sales extension (Alcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021)
Further to our recent article on the extension of the Covid pavement licence scheme until 30 September 2022, we flagged that those Regulations did not extend the automatic temporary modification of premises licences to permit off sales. T...