Legal & Licensing
With so many changes in legislation affecting licensees, it's important to have access to straightforward guidance. Our legal experts keep you in the loop - and offer a full guide to the 2003 Licensing Act.
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A Croydon off-licence has been fined for selling counterfeit vodka with dangerously high levels of methanol.
Published: 20th Aug 2008
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Cellar Trends has been told not to re-run two posters for Skyy vodka after the Advertising Standard Authority ruled that they associated alcohol with seduction and sexual success.
Published: 13th Aug 2008
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Ireland is waking up this morning to tough new regulations on the sale of alcohol – and, as with the smoking ban, the UK authorities will be watching with interest.
Published: 30th Jul 2008
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The UK’s largest pub company has called on the government to introduce legislation to curb below-cost sales in the off-trade.
Published: 23rd Jul 2008
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The government has indicated that it wants more regulation of the drinks industry after a report from consultancy firm KPMG suggested voluntary codes were not working.
Published: 22nd Jul 2008
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A former Unwins director has been formally interviewed by administrators investigating alleged wrongdoing in the weeks before the collapse of the off-licence chain in 2006, according to The Telegraph newspaper.
Published: 21st Jul 2008
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The London Borough of Croydon is following the lead of Scotland in introducing a ban on sales of alcohol to under-21s.
Published: 17th Jul 2008
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Thresher parent company First Quench Retailing has been fined by the OFT after an investigation into price fixing on tobacco.
Published: 14th Jul 2008
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Published: 29th Jun 2007
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The Licensing Act 2003, when implemented in 2005, brought the first major overhaul of our licensing system for well over 40 years and the first change in responsibility for well over a century.
Published: 11th Jun 2007