by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
The registration and licensing scheme is intended to deliver a register of visitor accommodation types and to enable providers to demonstrate compliance with safety and quality requirements. It is intended to enhance the visitor experience and visitor safety...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
On 21 September International Game Technology PLC (IGT) brought an application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal seeking to overturn the 28 July 2023 High Court decision that IGT did not have the legal standing to pursue a claim for damages against the...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
A gambling business will pay a £6 million penalty after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) failings. Gamesys Operations Limited – which operates 12 websites including ballycasino.co.uk, doublebubblebingo.com and...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire has written to licensing authorities on the provision of training for licensing practitioners, and the collaboration between local licensing and planning regimes. In his letter, the Minister wrote: “As you will...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
A pub’s licence is being reviewed amid reports of the manager and staff members fighting with customers. North Wales Live reported that Denbighshire Council’s licensing committee will meet next Monday (15/01) to decide whether the pub should be allowed to...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
In its fifth annual survey looking at low and no alcohol alternatives, the Portman Group commissioned the market research company YouGov to conduct an online survey of UK public attitudes to low and no alcohol products (those with an ABV below 1.2%). We seek to chart...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
A new Women’s Night Safety Charter to help improve women’s safety across the region has been launched by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). The charter, the first of its kind in the region, sets out guidance for venues, operators, charities, councils and...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has backed UKHospitality’s call for card payments to be permitted for use on gaming machines. The committee said it supports the introduction of cashless payments but also highlighted that customers who prefer to pay by cash...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
A bar in Whitby which was facing calls to have its licence revoked is to close voluntarily until the business is sold. The BBC reported that North Yorkshire Police had said JK’s Bar, on Wellington Street, had shown a “complete disregard” for the...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
When Home Office immigration officials acting on a tip-off visited The Lebanese Garden Lounge in Balham High Road, they found five people working there who had no right to work in the UK.They told investigators they were being paid well below the minimum with one...
