Late-Night Levy

Late-night levy: lawyers warn pubs over change of trading hours

20-Feb-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Licensees who opt to apply for fewer trading hours when a late-night levy is introduced in their area should make sure that the change is only in place while the levy is in force.

Islington reviews plans for late-night levy

07-Feb-2013 By Adam Pescod

Islington Council is reviewing proposals for a late-night levy after it emerged that not all of the money raised for policing will end up in the borough.

Brighton licensees speak out against late-night levy and EMROs

20-Dec-2012 By Adam Pescod

Brighton & Hove City Council has been urged not to consider imposing a late-night levy or early morning restriction order (EMRO) on pubs, bars and clubs.

Newcastle City Council consults on late-night levy

18-Dec-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Newcastle City Council has become the latest council to consult on a late-night levy for pubs and bars that supply alcohol between midnight and 6am.

ALMR sets up fighting fund to cover legal challenges to late-night levy and EMROs

14-Dec-2012 By Adam Pescod

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has vowed to cover the cost of legal challenges to the introduction of a late-night levy or early morning restriction order (EMRO) by local councils.

Local councils cool their interest in late-night levy

22-Nov-2012 By Adam Pescod

Two local councils have pulled back from plans to introduce a late-night levy (LNL) despite expressing an interest in the controversial measure earlier this year.

Late-night levy: Lib Dem MP John Thurso raises concerns about how money could be spent

12-Nov-2012

A Lib Dem MP, who is a former Lord, has raised concerns over how the money raised by a late-night levy could be used.

Get ahead of the game when it comes to EMROs and the late-night levy

24-Oct-2012 By Poppleston Allen

It has been more than two years since the Government announced plans to ‘rebalance the Licensing Act’. I sometimes wonder whether the continual drip feed of consultation papers, draft regulations and partial enactments is deliberate Government policy...

Nottingham late-night levy could be introduced without proper consideraton of city's nightlife

17-Oct-2012

I am becoming increasingly concerned about the political influence locally on the late-night economy of city centres. Local authorities have a crucial role to play; they promote and invest, and exercise controls through planning and planning policy, traffic...

Nottingham police want late-night levy on city's pubs and clubs

28-Sep-2012 By Adam Pescod

Nottinghamshire Police Authority is keen to see a late-night levy introduced on licensed premises in Nottingham, claiming too many crimes involving alcohol take place in the city during the early hours.

Islington Council outlines plans to introduce late-night levy

20-Aug-2012 By Adam Pescod

Islington Council has outlined plans to introduce the late-night levy when it becomes available to local authorities next year.

Legal: Effects of the late-night levy on pubs

23-Jul-2012

I’m not sure the Government entirely trusts licensing authorities. Or perhaps it’s the lawyers that the Home Office is wary of. Either way, its recently published ‘response to consultation’ on early morning restriction orders (EMROs) and the late-night...

Village pubs to be exempt from late-night levy

04-Jul-2012 By Adam Pescod

Pubs in a village of fewer than 3,000 people will be exempt from paying the late-night levy, the Government has announced today.

Levy consultation jumps the gun

15-May-2012

A council somewhat prematurely published its consultation document on its proposal to introduce a late-night levy. The consultation document has since been withdrawn, but is it the shape of things to come?

Arun hosts may be spared late-night levy

04-Apr-2012 By Adam Pescod

Pubs in an area of West Sussex may not have to pay the controversial late-night levy as local councillors believe “it would not be very conducive to business” in the region.

Simmonds: 'Late night levy threatens partnerships'

16-Feb-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The late-night levy poses a threat to greater partnership in the late-night economy, British Beer & Pub Association boss Brigid Simmonds told last week’s National Pubwatch conference.

Late-night levy ‘could cost £25m’

26-Jan-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The introduction of the late-night levy (LNL) could cost the industry as much as £25m a year, according to a Home Office consultation launched last week.

Little enthusiasm for the late-night levy

19-Jan-2012 By John Harrington

One in 10 local authorities expects to implement the controversial late-night levy, while roughly half that proportion expect to place new curbs on late opening via early morning restriction orders (EMROs).

Consultation on late-night levy and EMROs launched

18-Jan-2012 By Adam Pescod

The Home Office has issued a consultation on the implementation of the late-night levy and Early Morning Restriction Orders (EMROs).

Government plans cap on late-night levy

23-Jun-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

The Government has insisted that councils will be restrained from charging what they like in licence fees.

BID slams late-night levy

17-Jun-2011 By Adam Pescod

The BBPA efforts to stop the Government's introduction of a late-night levy have been supported by the head of Nottingham's BID.

Police in late night levy storm

21-Apr-2011 By Ewan Turney

Police will be under no obligation to spend money raised from the late-night levy on policing the late-night economy in that area, the Publican's...

James Wilmore: Is the late-night levy just ADZs in disguise?

24-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore

Is the coalition's much-vaunted late-night levy turning out to be the new alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) in disguise? Having previously touched on...

LGA: late night levy won't lead to real change

21-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A senior councillor has argued that the late-night levy will not "effect any real change" as it has not been set high enough. At a committee...

Late-night levy won't make 'bad' licensees behave better, argues LGA

20-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore

A senior local government figure has today argued the late-night levy will not make "bad" licensees behave better as it has not been set high enough....

£1m per week for licensing reforms

09-Dec-2010 By John Harrington

The Government's overhaul of licensing could cost the industry up to £1m — per week. The startling costs are outlined in a report from the Home Office this week — as trade chiefs savage the proposals that they say will add massive burdens to pu

Exclusive: Gov't promises levy flexibility

18-Nov-2010 By John Harrington

Home Office minister James Brokenshire says the Government plans to be flexible when applying discounts for the late-night levy — and promised that...

Health bodies slam late-night levy plan

23-Sep-2010 By John Harrington

A powerful alliance of health campaigners has cast "serious doubts" on the merits of the proposed late-night levy for pub operators. The levy could...

The façade of consultation

19-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney

The Home Office is hosting consultations as part of its plan to overhaul licensing — but is the Government in listening mood, asks Ewan Turney.

Call for late-night levy exemptions

28-May-2010 By John Harrington

Any venue with Best Bar None or equivalent accreditation should be exempt under the planned late-night levy. So says Noctis, the trade body for...