All Legislation articles – Page 65
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Opinion
Pubco action will be 'proportionate and targeted'
Writing for M&C Report’s sister title Publican’s Morning Advertiser, consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson explains the Government’s decision to delay its response to the consultation into a statutory code for the pubco/tenant relationship until the New Year
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News
Government decision on pubco reform delayed
Business minister Jo Swinson has admitted that the Government’s decision on the introduction of a statutory code in the pubco/tenant relationship will be delayed
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NewsPubco reforms 'could close 1,600 pubs'
Plans to legislate in the pubco/tenant relationship could close up to 1,600 pubs, according to a report prepared for the Government. The report from London Economics says the UK probably has c6,000 too many pubs and a “sustainable number” would be about 45,000
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NewsBBPA: Compelling case for freeze of beer duty in 2014
Benet Slay, chief executive of Carlsberg UK and British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) board member, has told The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) that there is a “compelling case” for a further freeze on beer duty in 2014
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NewsSector called upon to help revive UK high streets
The Government has turned to the eating and drinking-out sector to help it revive the UK’s high streets
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Analysis & InsightDrinkers still not keeping count on alcohol consumption
Government and health bodies’ attempts to persuade consumers to think about how many alcohol units they are consuming appear to be failing, with the vast majority of UK adults admitting that they don’t keep track, according to new consumer research
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News
Batchelor: We need more migrant workers
Lance Batchelor, the outgoing chief executive of Domino’s Pizza Group, has called for more immigrants to be allowed into the UK because too many British people do not want the work that is on offer
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News
Blackpool defers EMRO hearing again
Blackpool Council has deferred a hearing into a proposed early morning restriction order (EMRO), which was due to take place from today until Friday, 13 December, after the licensing trade highlighted procedural irregularities in the pre-hearing procedure
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NewsThree in four pubs to benefit from rate cut
M&C Report outlines reaction from industry figures and other experts to the announcements in the Autumn Statement
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NewsRate relief promised for vacant high street premises
The Government is to halve the business rates for businesses that operate vacant high street premises for two years under a system called re-occupation relief, Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement today
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News
Challenge looms over first EMRO
Local authorities have been making “dreadful procedural errors” and could face legal challenges from the trade over the introduction of early-morning restriction orders (EMROs) and late-night levies (LNLs), trade bodies have claimed.
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NewsChancellor to cap business rate rises
The chancellor George Osborne is to cap increases in business rates in Thursday’s Autumn Statement in a bid to boost businesses and the High Street
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News
EMROs and late-night levies a 'significant threat'
Late night restrictions on premises via early morning restriction orders (EMROs) and late-night levies (LNLs) present a “significant threat to business development in this sector”, Poppleston Allen partner Clare Eames told the MA300 conference in London
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News
SRA eyes bespoke pub scheme
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) is looking to develop its first dedicated sustainability accreditation scheme for food-led pubs, M&C Report understands
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NewsReport calls for high street shake up
A new report has called for the biggest structural changes to town centres in decades, which could include finding more space for leisure outlets and other uses
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News
Call for pub rates burden to be eased
Readers of Publican’s Morning Advertiser, M&C Report’ssister title, are demanding that the Government takes action to reduce the burden of business rates on their pubs, and simplify the system
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NewsCameron vows to support ethnic restaurant sector
David Cameron has vowed to support upcoming young chefs in the UK’s ethnic restaurant sector, but the Prime Minister admitted that the difficulties importing skilled chefs from the Indian subcontinent will take some time to solve
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News
Alcohol promotions ban fails to reduce amount purchased
Banning multi-buy promotions for alcohol, implemented in Scotland in October 2011 as part of the Alcohol Act 2010, failed to reduce the amount of alcohol purchased, according to a new study
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News
C&C Group joins VAT Club
C&C Group, the producer of Magners cider and Tennent’s lager, has joined VAT Club Jacques Borel, the campaign groups that seeks to reduce VAT for the sector from 20% to 5%
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News
Pubwatch and BBN praised by think tank
Partnership schemes National Pubwatch and Best Bar None have been praised in a report that focuses on tackling the UK’s drinking culture