Licensing
House of Lords Licensing Act committee inquiry follow up
Today Thursday 10 th March the House of Lords will hold three one off sessions which are a follow up to the recommendations of the Licensing Act 2003 committee which issued its report in April 2017. At the three sessions scheduled to last one hou...
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Increased activity in test purchasing
After a period of apparent inactivity, we are starting to receive reports of enforcement activity around test purchasing for under age sales of alcohol. It is perhaps understandable that since the onset of COVID in 2020 we have not heard of much ...
British Summer Time starts 27th March
British Summer Time (or as it may be more properly called Daylight Saving Time) starts at 1am Sunday 27th Mar 2022. This means that at 1am on that Sunday, the time becomes 2am. Unless you have a specific provision on your licence to cover the clo...
Covid 19 - Nightclubs open in Wales
Wales can again, reach for the lasers! As of today, Wales will more to alert level Zero, meaning that many of the Omicron variant restrictions that were imposed on the 26 December 2021 have now been scrapped. As of today Welsh people can: Atten...
England to relax Covid-19 Restrictions
In a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Covid-19 measures under “Plan B” are to be relaxed as of next week. This means that following measures will not be required: Covid pas...
Scotland | Covid Restrictions to lift from Monday
From Monday (24th January) many of Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions imposed over Christmas are to be eased, the First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon) announced yesterday. The decision follows a "significant fall" in new case numbers and in the belief ...
Covid 19 - Wales to release restrictions
The Welsh Government announces that Welsh covid measures brought in on the 26 December 2021 to combat the rise in cases, are to gradually be released. Mr Drakeford announced that the relaxing of conditions will be a four-stage process, which is de...