Ensure age check policy is watertight
Licensing Act requires all premises to operate verification policy
Licensing role sets a standard
What to expect if a licensing standards officer pays a visit
Everybody needs good neighbours
Ensuring outdoor areas are properly managed is crucial
Could occasionals curb be revisited?
Occasional licences remain a vital permission for many businesses
Gaps remain in protection law
Hospitality workers have always been exposed to threatening and abusive behaviour from senseless – even violent – customers.
Nightclubs: singled out or just the beginning?
The Scottish Government's passport plans are fraught with issues and require clarification, writes Jack Cummins.
An occasionally vexing problem
THE occasional licence: a lifeline for hundreds of businesses trading in outside areas during the pandemic – but also one of the most problematic parts of licensing legislation.
Don’t fall into the offences trap
Past convictions can be a sticking point in applications
A framework for confusion
The constantly-changing road map now referred to “certain outdoor live events” being permitted, giving operators the false hope that, subject to licence conditions, these could be staged with two-metre distancing
A song that’s tough to follow
There’s precious little good news around for the trade, but the reopening of music venues in level one and two areas has allowed a further easing of the so-called ‘music ban’ in hospitality premises permitted to serve alcohol indoors.
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