There are so many rules around advertising now, be them from the Advertising Standards Authority or the Portman Group. Here we highlight some of the defining moments in marketing and advertising and look at how regulation and legislation has changed the...
The free trade is under threat from a proposed food safety regime that some believe has the potential to inflict huge financial damage unless publicans unite with other small food businesses and fight to get their voice heard.
The Gambling Commission and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have reviewed proposals for operating licence annual fees, which will come into force this year.
A resounding 96.2% of people who took part in the survey about the relationship between pub companies and tenants agreed that the Government should regulate the relationship between pub companies and tenants.
Nearly all tenants (94%) would like to see a statutory code to regulate the pubco-tenant relationship, despite reporting improved levels of satisfaction with their pub companies.
There has been recent publicity about trading standards officers using “underhand” tactics to entrap members of barstaff into serving volunteers who are under the age of 18.
The Home Office has published proposals for a new regulatory regime for the UK’s private security industry which will shift the focus away from individuals and onto doorstaff suppliers.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) could be phased out in its current form by October 2013, according to the Home Office minister for criminal information Lord Taylor of Holbeach.
The Government is urging anyone involved in running a pub, particularly a community pub, to feed in their experiences, good and bad, of dealing with local authorities and other regulators as part of the Focus on Enforcement campaign
The Government has been urged to make applying for a premises licence easier and to cut red tape on health and safety regulations. The Tourism Regulation Taskforce – chaired by the British Hospitality Association president Alan Parker – has submitted...
Nothing changes much in Government. I well remember the Labour administration producing a long list of the ‘reforms’ that they intended to bring to licensing, most of which were already under discussion when they started the exercise, and several of which...
What may replace the SIA if it is axed? Paul Chase discusses the options including a licence granted locally that enables the holder to work nationally.
It has occurred to me at various points over the last few weeks as we have been drafting the Noctis response to the mandatory code consultation, that...
A leading licensing lawyer has spoken out against a mandatory code of practice which could be imposed on the drinks industry next week.The government...
By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A trade group says new Government plans to monitor regulatory bodies could mean less red tape for small businesses. The proposals are included in two...
Home Office minister Hazel Blears has told the Morning Advertiser that plans for a new regulatory body to monitor social responsibility in the trade...
The government has come under fire for the layers of red tape faced by licensees and other small businesses. The Better Regulation Task Force (BRTF)...
Stuart Neame, the "Kill the Bill" campaigner and vice-chairman of Kent brewer Shepherd Neame, has accused trade associations of failing the industry...
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