by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Poppleston Allen reported that, initially, the Council was seeking to impose the levy on those with a licence to sell alcohol between the hours of 3am and 6am across the whole borough of Bolton, and a consultation took place on this basis. Since then, changes to the...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Welsh Government are consulting on the first phase of developing a national model for regulating animal welfare. The licensing scheme would cover currently unlicensed or minimally regulated animal-related activities. These fall in to the following 4 categories:...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Local Government Association (LGA) and Institute of Licensing (IoL) want to drive consistently high standards in licensing. This document is designed to set out what the LGA and the IoL believe to be a basic level of licensing committee member training, although...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Night Time Strategy for Wandsworth has been officially launched at Wandsworth Town Hall. It sets out the borough’s strategic vision for the evening and night-time, focusing on: The safety of women and vulnerable people moving around the city at night How best to...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
A new Private Members’ Bill has been laid, seeking to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours Orders can be made by negative resolution statutory instrument. This is a Private Members’ Bill and was presented to Parliament on Wednesday 6...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
AN UNLICENSED private hire driver, who was found to be illegally plying for hire in Reading, has been hit with financial penalties of over £900 and given eight penalty points on his licence. Mr Adeel Soomro, 40, of Argyle Street, Reading, was found to be operating a...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
A taxi driver who preyed on a vulnerable 70-year-old passenger and extorted thousands of pounds from her has had his licence stripped by a council, magistrates and crown court judge. Tariq Mahmood, of Grange Street Burton on Trent, appeared at Leicester Crown Court on...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Institute of Licensing, in conjunction with NALEO, have written to the Minister for the Cabinet Office expressing the institute’s concern over the lack of progress on a new gov.uk licensing forms system. In the letter, IoL chair, Daniel Davies, said:...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Currently, venues in Edinburgh are allowed two additional hours of trading between 18th December and 3rdJanuary. From next year, the start of the festive trading hours will be decided on a year-by-year basis and will run until 2nd January, not the 3rd. The change was...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
We previously reported on the Scottish Government’s consultation on restrictions to alcohol advertising and promotion in Scotland. The Scottish Government has now published its analysis of responses to the consultation acknowledging the ‘high levels of...
