Alcohol Pricing Review
Despite earlier doubts, the Prime Minister David Cameron appears to be moving towards an alcohol pricing review for England, following similar reviews in Scotland and Ireland.
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Alcohol Laws and Licensing Laws
Alcohol laws in the UK are continuously evolving. At Alcohol Licence.org, we strive to keep you up-to-date and confident with the details of alcohol laws and licensing laws.
Live Music Bill to amend alcohol licensing law
A revised ‘Live Music Bill’ has passed through Commons on Friday 20 January, promising to amend alcohol licensing law for small music venues. Provided it passes through the final consideration of amendments, the enacted bill will allow smaller music venues with [...]
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What is a Personal Licence certificate?
To legally sell alcohol in the UK, you need a personal licence. To apply for a personal licence, you need a personal licence certificate, a qualification for personal licence holders and applicants. This use of termanology can be somewhat confusing- [...]
How do I get a Personal Licence to sell alcohol?
How do I attain a Personal Licence to sell alcohol in the UK? A Personal Licence is granted to an individual by his/her local licensing authority. The person is then licensed to sell or supply alcohol from a licensed premise, [...]
Should a licensee employ more than one personal licence holder?
Should a licensee employ more than one personal licence holder? According to guidance recommended by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, this is an operational decision for the premises licence holder. Holders of the premises licence may wish to have more than [...]
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Minimum retail price of alcoholic drinks to be set for England and Wales
As part of a coalition agreement, a ban of the sale of alcohol below a minimum price will be introduced in England and Wales from 6 April 2012. It has been predicted by the Home Office that a resulting shift [...]
Scotland’s challenge Policy- should England & Wales follow?
Responsible alcohol retailing: what more can be done to help prevent unauthorised sales of alcohol to children? Member of Scottish Parliament were briefed recently on Scotland’s new ‘challenge 25’ age verification law at a special event in the Scottish Parliament.
Hosted by the Scottish Beer [...]
Posted in Alcohol Licence Law, Alcohol Licence Training, challenge 25, fake ID, News, Personal Alcohol Licence, Personal Licence, Pubs, Responsible Alcohol Retailing, Scottish Licensing Law, underage sales
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Challenge 25 proving to be a challenge?
O.K., we are all behind the challenge 25 ruling, after all it is designed to stop alcohol sales to under 18’s, but some confused retailers are taking the ruling to a rather odd extreme. There are stories of large chains [...]
scottish under 25 posters
We have been ask to provide a high resolution image of the new Challenge 25 poster for Scotland. Great news we have it available now so you can download a print for FREE
Many thanks to Personal Licence Scotland.com and the team at Personal licence training Ltd for [...]
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