by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Updates from July 2024 Gambling Commission bulletin for licensing authorities. Pub lotteriesThe Commission has received an increase in the number of enquiries relating to pubs and the way they have organised lotteries and raffles. Whilst our lotteries toolkit provides...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
A girl died of a suspected MDMA overdose and 21 other young teenagers were taken to hospital with drug-related symptoms following an event at a popular Margate venue, the Independent reported. In the report, the newspaper reported that Dreamland amusement park in Kent...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Tom Crowther KC, chair of the Independent Inquiry into Telford Child Sexual Exploitation (IITCSE), has published his final review of progress against recommendations set out in his report published in July 2022 after Telford & Wrekin Council commissioned the...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
National Pubwatch has commissioned independent researchers from Leeds Business School at Leeds Beckett University to undertake a study to evaluate the effectiveness of local Pubwatch Schemes.A key element of the study is a survey of people involved in running Pubwatch...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
The King’s Speech unveils a raft of bills, setting out the new Labour Government’s legislative agenda. We look at the proposals relevant to members. English Devolution Bill The English Devolution Bill will deliver the Government’s manifesto commitment to...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Court of Appeal has overturned a judgement of Mrs Justice Foster in July 2023, which had held that in order to operate lawfully under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, operators had to contract with passengers to provide the journey the...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
A FAREHAM Borough Council-licensed Uber driver has been hit with financial penalties of more than £1,000 and given eight points on his driving licence after he was caught illegally plying for hire for £10 fares in Reading, for a second time. Muhamad Ismail Mahumuthu...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
A taxi driver has lost his appeal against Luton Borough Council’s decision to revoke his licence after it was told he had behaved inappropriately towards a female passenger. The council revoked Achadur Rahman’s Private Hire Driver’s licence in May 2023. Mr...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
The consultation ran from 22 February to 8 April 2024. The consultation sought views on the principles that the SIA proposes should underpin its business approval scheme in future. These were: the case for change in principle the SIA’s emerging thinking on changes it...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Vaughan Gething, First Minister of Wales, confirmed plans to modernising taxi & PH licensing in a recent oral statement on the Welsh Government’s Legislative Programme. In the statement, Mr Gething said: “Llywydd, I now turn to those Bills that my...
