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| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: IoL Protocol Updated (28 April 2020) |
| CPNI security advice notes |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Pubs could open ‘sooner than July’ |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Police step back from action against restriction Regulations |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: PM: Six people can meet outside under new measures to ease lockdown |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Scotland's route map for moving out of lockdown |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: ‘Al fresco’ pubs and dining to help with recovery |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Interest in online casinos at an all-time high |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: 30,000 pubs and restaurants 'may not reopen after lockdown' |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues: Prime Minister sets out timeline for retail to reopen in June |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Government announces £50 million boost to support high street recovery |
| £10m national gambling education and support programme launched in the UK |
| Pub licence revoked for breach of lockdown rules |
| ‘Sobriety tags’ come into force |
| Gambling Commission instructs tighter measures to protect consumers during lockdown |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: UKH calls on Government to be #FAIR4Hospitality and support the sector’s roadmap to restart |
| IoL President comment on taxi sexual attacks news |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee live music report |
| Wakefield taxi fees case published |
| DEFRA issue animal licensing advice note |
| Lucy’s Law: Vets reveal the true cost of puppy and kitten farms (Petfished Campaign) |
| No-alcohol beer on tap ‘in all Bristol pubs’ |
| Council successfully prosecutes kennel owners |
| East Devon working closely with Taxi & PH trade to promote the benefits of a healthier lifestyle |
| Lucy's Law - A briefing note |
| Institute of Licensing announcement re COVID-19 |
| Hospitality and events industries may lose up to 3.2 million jobs without Government action |
| Hull bar prosecuted for no licence and forgery |
| Do not visit your pub – Government |
| Licensing hearings during the coronavirus crisis |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - Lockdown Regulations published |
| Banned from selling animals after being caught without a licence |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Priority courts to make sure justice is served |
| COVID 19 Licensing Issues - College of Policing guide to The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - Closure of Businesses and Venues - Guidance updated to reflect Regulations |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Home Office letter urges collaboration, communication and pragmatism from local authorities |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: IoL Protocol updated to incorporate Minister's letter to Licensing Committee Chairs |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: DfT say Taxi / PH driver licensing remains a matter for licensing authorities |
| Covid-19 Licensing Issues: Home Office cancel alcohol statistics collection |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues. Coronavirus Restrictions: local authority enforcement powers - narrower than you might think |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020: What does this mean for licensees? |
| Covid19 Licensing Issues: LGA note on approaches to managing licensing during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Covid-19 Licensing Issues: How to join telephone and video hearings during coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak |
| Covid-19 Licensing Issues: Defra amendments to mandatory reporting |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues: MOTs for cars, vans and motorcycles due from 30 March 2020 to be extended |
| Remote licensing hearings are lawful |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Scottish Government issues guidance for business on COVID-19 social distancing and closures |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - Guidance and advice for those providing hotel and other accommodation in the UK |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - Taxi and Private Hire Licensing |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues - Can Hackney carriage and private hire drivers refuse to carry certain passengers through fear of infection? |
| Further DEFRA guidance published |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - Gambling Commission Postpones Local Authority Returns |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - OPSS Update to Local Authorities in England on business closure enforcement |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues – changes to right to work checks |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Restrictions on Movement and Business Closures |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Insurance matters |
| PASS Card consulting on Digital Proof of Age |
| “Historic” Birmingham music venue granted premises licence |
| Driver prosecuted for illegally plying for hire Cheltenham races |
| Pub hours extended to mark 75th anniversary of VE Day |
| Calls for licensed hand car washes |
| MPs call for tax cuts to save their local pubs |
| DfT questioned on statutory guidance |
| Gambling firms questioned on safer gambling commitments |
| New National Pubwatch film: Door Security and Search Procedures |
| £600,000 fine for illegal dog breeders |
| New local public health approach to reduce gambling harm in North West |
| Restaurant licences suspended due to illegal working on premises |
| Drivers prosecuted for illegally plying for hire |
| Gambling Commission setup gambling harm working groups |
| Drinkaware launches refreshed workplace training |
| Joint Statement regarding Scrap Metal Dealers Association and the National Metal Agency |
| Licensee ordered to pay over £18,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports |
| Licensee ordered to pay over £18,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports (1) |
| “No alcohol strategy” – Home Office confirms |
| NHS tells betting firms to stop 'vicious gambling cycle' |
| Institute of Licensing’s Guidance on determining suitability of applicants and licensees in the hackney and private hire trades. |
| Stormont urged to ban breeders |
| Essex becomes latest to adopt night-time safety scheme |
| Taxi driver fined and banned for flouting licensing laws |
| ‘Martyn’s law’ wins government backing |
| Update on Gambling Commission research actions to support the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms (1) |
| Drop in licensing FPNs |
| Licensing appeal fee reduced |
| New commission on Alcohol Harm |
| 'White Collar Boxing' - Survey and media enquiry |
| LGA warning over fake alcohol |
| Taxi enforcement in Milton Keynes |
| Institute recognised in Minister’s letter to licensing authorities |
| A private hire vehicle proprietor convicted of fraud |
| Gambling Commission consults on society lottery reform |
| LGA warns lives at risk from unlicensed festive lifts |
| BGC rolls out festive safer gambling campaign |
| Council first in the UK to strip pub of gaming machines |
| Taxi driver prosecuted after Trafford Council enforcement operation |
| DEFRA Taxi and PHV Database - New Burdens Payment Clarification |
| UK pub sector grows for first time in a decade |
| IoL Chair wins national award |
| Wakefield Taxi Fees Case update |
| Businesses 'raise the bar' at awards ceremony |
| Taxi driver has licence revoked - decision confirmed by Magistrates' Court |
| Wakefield taxi fee case back in court |
| Five drivers prosecuted for illegally plying for hire during races |
| Is your licensing authority using the NR3 database for taxi and private hire licensing? |
| Drinkaware relaunches night-time economy safety scheme |
| Uber's private hire licence will not be renewed by TfL. |
| Fines for unlicensed cabbie prosecuted by Folkestone and Hythe District Council |
| And the winner is…. David Lucas (Winner of the Jeremy Allen Award 2019) |
| Council awarded iESE achievement award for licensing |
| MUP in Wales confirmed |
| Betting companies “merely paying lip service to safer gambling” |
| Spent convictions and 'fit and proper’ test |
| Edinburgh first to license SEVs |
| LGA: Taxi reforms urgently needed |
| Taxi driver appeal dismissed |
| Gambling Commission update gaming machine ‘available for use’ guidance |
| “Hundreds” of London minicabs could be working illegally |
| Councils transforming people affected by alcohol |
| NatWest to offer help to gambling addicts |
| 2019 Young People and Gambling report |
| Taxi Driver Guilty of Driving without Private Hire Driver Licence |
| First fully electric London taxis since 1899 |
| VE Day Anniversay - hours extension planned for pubs |
| No primary legislation to reform taxi and PH licensing |
| Petfre to pay £322,000 for money laundering failures |
| Institute responds to Home Office 'Rebalancing the Licensing Regime' consultation |
| Significant underage gambling failure rate in pubs |
| Private hire driver loses licence on hearsay evidence |
| “Guilty” Plea for Illegal Dog Sales |
| Court rules Council was right to refuse licence for convicted driver |
| Non-party licensing costs but requires fairness – High Court |
| Oldham club stays shut after licence revocation upheld |
| Taxi enforcement action in MK |
| Wales MUP regulations laid |
| Consultation on liquor licensing laws in Northern Ireland |
| UKHospitality and BBPA launch guidance for tackling under-age gambling in pubs |
| Research on the impact of Scottish minimum unit pricing released |
| Taxi law reform and the Queen’s speech |
| Rossendale man found guilty of driving a taxi without a licence |
| Licensing: third party costs orders |
| New technology to detect knives in public places |
| Driver with "clear pattern of inappropriate behaviour" towards children refused licence |
| First electric taxi licensed in North West Leicestershire |
| Autonomous taxis “on streets of London for the first time” |
| Ten 'Cumulative Impact Zones' and MUP – Brent Council consultation |
| “Cut alcohol to stave off dementia” – Oxford University |
| Whitehaven pubs sign up to be Best Bar None |
| London Nightclub Loses Licence |
| DfT publish statistical report 'Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, England: 2019' |
| Uber London Limited licensing decision |
| Tackling modern slavery – LGA publication |
| Lucy's Law confirmed for Scotland |
| Gambling Commission set to approves self-exclusion system for problem gamblers |
| Ireland notifies EU of regulation to ban alcohol promotions |
| Proposed changes to Entertainment Licensing Statistics |
| Special Treatments: IoL and CIEH joint survey of professionals |
| Private hire drivers pay the price after being caught in Council sting |
| North Somerset Council succeed in Crown Court taxi appeal |
| Private Hire driver caught plying for hire in Milton Keynes |
| DCMS Committee call for regulation of betting in video games |
| Ban on new pubs ‘does not help’ tackle alcohol harm |
| Tattooist licensing – Call for more powers |
| “Tax alcohol at a higher rate than drink sold in pubs” – SMF |
| Greater Manchester Common Standards for taxis delayed |
| Pubs and grassroots sport: the perfect match |
| No national order for rugby world cup |
| Government consults on Offensive Weapons Act guidance |
| Cab drivers count cost of picking up illegal fares in Milton Keynes |
| Carlsberg UK and Guild of Beer Writers launch sustainability award |
| Council defeats revocation appeal |
| Doctors on Wheels Ltd and taxi medicals |
| EPC publish revised SAG Good Practice Guide |
| Pubs across the country enter Charity Pub of the Year competition |
| LGA publish guidance on managing night-time economies |
| New LGA Councillor Guidance for the Licensing Act 2003 |
| Gambling Commission releases National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms action map |
| Private Hire driver convicted for failing to take an Assistance Dog in Milton Keynes |
| Private hire drivers successfully prosecuted for illegally plying for hire in Milton Keynes |
| CK Cabs driver who lost his taxi licence for 'violent behaviour' fails in bid to get it back |
| Unlicensed taxi driver fined in Rossendale |
| Southwark grants 3am premises licence in stress area |
| Third party sale of puppies and kittens to be banned in Wales |
| National Lottery games under review |
| DEFRA issue taxi air quality reporting guidance |
| Welsh Government publish public transport White Paper report |
| Court demands unmet demand survey in Halton council taxi appeal case |
| Updated: Refunds of gambling premises annual fees |
| Welsh taxi reform delayed |
| Portugal oppose Welsh MUP plans |
| Animal Licensing Amendment Regulations |
| Star directors back new Premises Licence for independent cinema in Camden’s Cumulative Impact Policy area |
| AVDC successfully prosecutes three drivers for ‘blagging’ |
| Taxi driver appeal dismissed. |
| Cheltenham’s night-time economy wins national award |
| Appeal against revocation and transfer of premises licence dismissed |
| Gambling firms pledge £60m to help problem gamblers |
| Taxi enforcement action in Milton Keynes |
| Gambling HoL Select Committee publishes a call for evidence |
| Private Hire Driver convicted of driving without a Licence |
| Alcohol licensing rules ‘redrawn for Center Parcs |
| Gambling addiction clinic to open |
| New Gambling House of Lords Select Committee set up |
| National Pubwatch produce two new films |
| Scottish alcohol sales drop as minimum price kicks in |
| ‘Blagging’ private hire driver stripped of licence |
| Government response to Lords seaside towns report |
| Twelve north east councils to combine taxi licensing |
| Preston Private Hire Operator fined for refusing to take passenger with guide dog |
| Bogus charity collector jailed |
| Praise for taxi driver who reported CSE concerns |
| North West Leicestershire District Council signs up to NR3 |
| Below cost sales guidance updated |
| High Court Rejects We Love Hackney CCO Application in licensing JR |
| NI taxis lowest level in 10 years |
| Defra notice regarding zoos inspections |
| NITA report on benefits of events |
| Stone Valley Festival given go ahead |
| Labour “demands” review of online casino licences |
| 'Night mayor' to be appointed by Glasgow City Council |
| UK drinkers “get drunk more often than anyone else” according to study |
| Three Private Hire drivers caught illegally ‘blagging’ in Milton Keynes |
| Lucy’s Law laid before Parliament |
| Glasgow City Council reject women only taxi service |
| “Grey gamblers” fastest growing group of online gamblers |
| First anniversary of MUP in Scotland |
| Ice-cream vans banned from some areas of London |
| “Historic” Birmingham music venue granted premises licence (1) |
| Dog breeders urged to check licence requirements |
| DEFRA issue 3rd party sales guidance |
| Institute response to Commission on Alcohol Harms call for evidence |
| Institute response to consultation on the regulation of gambling in Northern Ireland |
| Call for new measures to help improve taxi safety |
| Ashford taxi prosecutions |
| Daniel Davies' term as IoL Chairman extended for a further 3 years |
| Government to consult on further licensing relaxation |
| MUP in Wales set to come into force |
| DEFRA reminder to submit data |
| The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 |
| Scottish Courts and Tribunals buildings - plans to reopen next week |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Scotland’s lockdown begins to ease in Phase 1 |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: New and updated Guidance to support the latest lockdown relaxations in England |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Restrictions on Movement and Business Closures UPDATED |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Northern Ireland Economy Minister announces re-opening plan for hotels and other tourist accommodation |
| LCCP changes on age and identity verification come into effect in May |
| Surveillance Commissioner responds to DfT consultation |
| Reading premises licence revocation decision upheld |
| New NAFN National Register of Taxi and Private Hire Licence Revocations and Refusals (NR3) |
| Fake taxi driver prosecuted |
| FOBT stake cut comes into force but bookmakers are accused of bypassing rules |
| House of Lords Select Committee report published – Regeneration of Seaside Towns and Communities |
| MPs debate gambling-related harm |
| Transport Committee takes evidence on taxi law reform |
| Taxi enforcement action in Milton Keynes (1) |
| Pub closures showing signs of slowing |
| Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database – Update |
| Glasgow first council to introduce cap on private hire car licences |
| Home Office publication: Child exploitation disruption toolkit |
| Home Office publication: Child exploitation disruption toolkit (1) |
| IoL responds to DfT consultation on S177 Draft Statutory Guidance |
| Southway Chicken House fined for breaching licensing rules |
| Court dismisses Bermondsey Beer Mile Appeal |
| Home Office confirm no 2019 statistical return |
| Crown Court confirms council decision to revoke private hire driver's licence |
| Permission for the Judicial Review of Hackney council’s licensing policy granted |
| London Assembly call for higher licensing standards in London |
| Taxi driver prosecuted for refusing to take a passenger’s guide dog |
| IoL requests views on DfT draft Statutory Guidance for Licensing Authorities - Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing: Protecting Users |
| Charity set up by industry entrepreneur launches “Pinkspiration” initiative |
| Group of MPs urge urgent action on taxi and private hire licensing |
| New gambling ID and age verification rules |
| LORD CHIEF JUSTICE URGES HEARINGS TO CONTINUE REMOTELY |
| COVID-19 - Licensing Issues: NPCC and College of Policing: latest frontline policing updates |
| All UK bars and pubs to shut |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - Regulations to enforce closure of premises |
| What licence do you need to deliver alcohol? |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues: Coronavirus Act 2020 now in force and further updates to the Businesses and premises closures guidance updated (26 March) |
| The Journal of Licensing - available online |
| New regulations created by Secretary of State for business closure (COVID-19) |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Premises Closures |
| Lottery proceeds to go up in April |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues. Virtual local authority meetings: Coronavirus Bill amended, ruling out uncertainty |
| COVID-19 - Further businesses and premises to close as PM instructs Britain: 'you must stay at home' |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues: Businesses and premises closures: guidance updated (25 March) |
| VE and VJ Day extensions shelved in light of COVID-19 restrictions (1) |
| Future of transport regulatory review: DfT call for evidence |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues: Taxis and PHVs – DfT advice |
| IoL Protocol for licence applications & hearings under the Licensing Act 2003 during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Covid19 Licensing Issues – Remote hearing Regulations published |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues: MHCLG letter to local authorities: Regulations aim to give local authorities flexibility to meet challenges while maintiaining front line services |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues - NPCC / College of Policing Brief on The Coronavirus Act and Regulations |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: CFSG advice for animal related businesses and local authorities |
| Bill to introduce licensing of pedicabs |
| COVID-10 Licensing Issues - IoL Protocol updated (20 April 2020) |
| COVID-19: Letter from the Local Government Minister to councils setting out further details of additional funding |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Dft advise licensing authorities to consider ways to support the taxi and private hire trade |
| Government urges gambling industry to tackle risks of problem gambling during coronavirus outbreak |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Amendments to the Coronavirus, Restrictions Regulations published |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: NTIA to challenge Insurers for failure to honour business interruption policies |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Lifting the lock-down and why we must get this right |
| The Parliamentary All Party Betting & Gaming Group launches its Review of the Gambling Act 2005 |
| Committee launches inquiry on problem gambling |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: UK Hospitality say 1m hospitality jobs at risk without reopening plan |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: New measures to protect companies from aggressive rent collection and closure |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 published |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Revised coronavirus rules for Wales unveiled |
| Black Cab group fail in JR over Uber decision |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Taxi drivers face 'financial ruin' without government help – MP |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Pubs ‘to open last’ in UK lockdown |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: The Department of Health letter to employers re coronavirus testing for essential workers |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Looking beyond lockdown in Scotland and Wales |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Call for evidence - Impact of Covid-19 on cultural sector |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Gambling Commission boosts gambling harm treatment services during Covid-19 |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Mayor launches new fund to support London’s at risk culture |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Restrictions on Movement and Business Closures (Updated) |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Late night levy in lockdown |
| The Secretary of State has appointed four new Commissioners to the Gambling Commission. |
| Pubs Code Adjudicator has reported on its support for Tied Pub Tenants in relation to COVID-19 |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: 'Closing certain businesses and venues in England' guidelines updated |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: DfT Taxi and PHV data collection survey postponed |
| Pub served prohibition notice for "hiding customers in cupboards" |
| Travelling Funfairs (Licensing) (Scotland) Bill |
| Uber launches Real Time ID Check for drivers in the UK |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: NPHTA and PHTM campaign in favour of protective screens in licensed PHVs and taxis |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: £14 million financial support for England’s zoos and aquariums |
| IoL member survey to gather views on the APBGG Reivew of the Gambling Act |
| Prohibition order for Ibstock pub after drinkers found in cellar |
| COVID-19 Licensing issues: PM announces first stage of lockdown relaxation in COVID-19 'conditional plan' |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Industry bodies respond to PM announcments on lockdown modifications and relaxation plan |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Government publishes Recovery Strategy |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues:- Covid’s Metamorphoses: The Future of the Social Economy |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Further amendment to lockdown regulations |
| Government remains committed to taxi guidance |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Thousands of pubs could permanently close |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Government funds study into how pubs could open |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Covid 19 and its impact on gambling |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Updated DfT Taxis and PHV guidance |
| COVID-19 Licensing Issues: Government Taskforces to look at re-opening guidelines for closed businesses |
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