All Legislation articles – Page 71
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Retail and leisure chains should pay high street levy
Retail and leisure chains that turnover more than £10m a year should invest 0.25% of their sales into a local economy development fund to help revive high streets, a new report has argued
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BISL signs up leading law firm
National law firm Bond Dickinson has become a member of Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL)
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Milton Keynes rejects late-night levy
Pubs, clubs and bars in Milton Keynes will not be subject to paying a late-night levy after the council rejected the plan
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Operators face new red tape plan on drinks deliveries
Pubs and restaurants could be forced to check that their drinks and wholesaler suppliers are registered to sell alcohol to businesses under new Government plans, or face a £5,000 penalty or sanctions against their licence
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Blackpool defers EMRO hearing
Blackpool Council has deferred a hearing into a proposed early morning restriction order, due to take place on 4 and 5 September, after a leading licensing law firm highlighted failures in the pre-hearing procedure
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Cineworld may have to sell cinemas
Cineworld may be forced to sell cinemas in three areas of the country after the Competition Commission provisionally concluded that its acquisition of City Screen would mean higher prices for customers
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Cameron cool on sector VAT cut
David Cameron has said the leisure and hospitality industry has made a “very good argument” for a reduction in VAT but was cool on the prospect of such a tax cut occurring
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Police plan 'week of action' on alcohol retailers
Pub and bar operators could face further scrutiny from police during a “week of action” on licensing and alcohol-related harm, promoted by the Association of Chief Police Officers
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Analysis & Insight
Pre-loading 'not just price driven'
Alcohol policies will continue to fail to impact 80% of young people until the pub trade and policy makers understand the reasons behind pre-loading, a new survey shows
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BBPA lobbies Government on business rates
The British Beer & Pub Association has proposed a series of measures such as extending rate relief until the end of the Parliament
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BRC abandons business rates freeze call
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has abandoned its campaign for a freeze on business rates and is instead calling for a 2% cap
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Knowles urges fair play on zero hours
The head of the Perceptions Group has urged the Government not to intervene over minimum hours contacts but raised concern about how they are used by some operators
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News100 pubs given protected status
Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis will announce at the Great British Beer festival on Tuesday that 100 pubs in England have now been listed by as Assets of Community Value
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NewsJDW brings VAT campaign to customers
JD Wetherspoon has continued its campaign to reduce VAT for the sector by issuing a special edition of Wetherspoon News, aimed at customers, to all its pubs focused on the campaign
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BBPA to host alcohol roundtable
The British Beer and Pub Association is to host an Alcohol Strategy Roundtable with the Department of Health and Home Office in late August
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Women 1st calls for board quotas
Women 1st is calling for views on whether the Government should introduce quotas for women on boards
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NewsZero hour contract use 'varied'
The use of zero hour contracts is varied across the pub trade, an investigation by M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser has found
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Opinion
The hours issue
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest that approximately 250,000 people – fewer than 1% of those in employment - consider themselves to be on a zero hour contract. However, with McDonald’s, Spirit and JD Wetherspoon all being drawn into the debate surrounding employee contracts, new CIPD research suggests this figure may be an underestimate.
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Labour proposes 'tourism tax'
A Labour shadow minister has proposed a new levy on overnight accommodation for tourists to fund improvements to popular tourism locations
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Drinkaware sets priorities
Drinkaware, the industry-funded alcohol awareness charity, has set out its four priorities for action in 2013 in a report on its progress last year