All Legislation articles – Page 60

  • News

    Tourism VAT cut set for Parliament debate

    2014-02-07T07:37:00Z

    After years of industry campaigning, Parliament will next week hold a debate on VAT rates for tourism and hospitality

  • News

    CAMRA: two pubs a week become supermarkets

    2014-02-07T06:52:00Z

    The Campaign for Real Ale is urging the government to close what it calls a loophole in planning law after research showed that two pubs a week are being converted into supermarkets

  • News

    Think tank urges business rates reform

    2014-02-06T08:04:00Z

    Think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has called for an urgent reform of Britain’s business rates system

  • Parliament
    News

    Warning on new pub closure powers

    2014-02-05T07:59:00Z

    Leading licensing lawyers have warned that new legislation tightening closure powers on the licensed trade could be “enormously damaging”, leading to increased police intervention and loss of trade

  • Supermarket alcohol
    News

    Government reveals 'below-tax' alcohol ban proposals

    2014-02-05T07:39:00Z

    The Government has given details of which alcohol pricing deals in the off-trade would be banned under new pricing restrictions expected to be implemented on 6 April

  • Luke Johnson
    News

    Johnson: Minimum wage rise is maximum idiocy

    2014-02-05T07:38:00Z

    An increase in the national rate of minimum wage will hurt the very people the measure is intended to benefit, argues serial sector investor Luke Johnson

  • News

    WHO report urges tougher action on alcohol and sugary drinks

    2014-02-05T07:28:00Z

    A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to implement higher taxes and more stringent restrictions on advertising for alcohol and sugary drinks

  • News

    Blackpool EMRO pubs 'should reconsider business model'

    2014-02-05T06:53:22.627Z

    A leading licensing barrister has suggested that Blackpool’s pubs and clubs should “reconsider their business model”, after claiming the introduction of an early morning restriction order (EMRO) would be “no death knell” for the town’s trade

  • David Cameron
    News

    PM orders rethink over World Cup opening hours

    2014-02-04T07:49:00Z

    The Prime Minister has “ordered a rethink” on pub opening times for England’s World Cup games in Brazil this summer, a day after the Home Office said it had ruled out extending licensing hours

  • Parliament
    News

    Councils call for alcohol licensing overhaul

    2014-02-04T07:46:00Z

    Councils have called for the impact on public health to be taken into account when granting new alcohol licences

  • News

    Code launched to regulate alcohol sponsorships

    2014-01-31T09:04:00Z

    The first UK-wide alcohol sponsorship code to regulate all new alcohol sponsorship agreements has been launched by the Portman Group

  • News

    Hackney approves licence refusal policy

    2014-01-31T08:00:00Z

    Hackney Council has approved proposals for a special policy area (SPA) to be implemented in Dalston – meaning new licence applications for pubs and bars in the area will be automatically refused

  • News

    Minister issues alcohol price warning

    2014-01-30T08:13:00Z

    A Government minister has indicated that the Coalition could go further than its planned ban on “below-cost” alcohol sales depending on industry actions to reduce alcohol-related harms

  • Parliament
    News

    Minister: sugary drinks tax 'a blunt instrument'

    2014-01-30T08:05:00Z

    A Government minister has given further indication that the Coalition is unlikely to introduce a tax on sugary drinks, describing such a move as a “blunt instrument” for dealing with obesity

  • News

    Ex-minister responds to 'Mugabe' jibe on pubco code

    2014-01-29T06:58:00Z

    Former pubs minister Bob Neill has responded to accusations made against his support of a statutory code from McMullen managing director Peter Furness-Smith last week

  • David Cameron
    News

    Sector urges more red tape help

    2014-01-27T16:51:00Z

    The Prime Minister’s pledge to cut red tape to help small businesses is welcome news but more needs to be done by the Government, leading trade associations have said

  • Pint of beer
    News

    Small brewers tell Cable: pubcos have improved

    2014-01-24T16:14:00Z

    Small brewers have expressed serious concerns about Government plans to implement a statutory code in the pubco/tenant relationship and have told Business Secretary Vince Cable that major pubcos have improved the way they treat licensees

  • News

    Drinkaware announces 'radical' changes

    2014-01-24T07:44:00Z

    Drinkaware, the industry-funded alcohol awareness charity, has announced “radical” changes to its governance to address concerns that it lacks transparency and independence from the industry

  • News

    Hackney proposes pub restrictions

    2014-01-24T07:21:00Z

    A new policy meaning that new licence applications for pubs and bars in Hackney could be automatically refused due to the “detrimental impact” on residents may be introduced, despite being opposed by 85% of locals

  • Tim Martin of JD Wetherspoon
    Opinion

    When Martin met Griffiths

    2014-01-24T07:21:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin and Andrew Griffiths MP, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, met recently to discuss their differing opinions of the VAT campaign over a pint or two. Martin discusses how they got on and looks at what’s next for the campaign