The Licensing Act (Personal Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 have been laid before Parliament. Subject to Parliamentary approval, they will come into force on 5 January 2015 meaning that, from that date, it will be possible for affected personal-licence holders to use a new “simplified” renewal application form – a draft of which can be accessed via the […]

SBC News reports our website item about Greene King’s successful appeal against the Gambling Commission’s refusal to grant a bingo operating licence. To download the Decision Notice, see https://cliftondavies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Greene-King-wins-appeal-against-Gambling-Commission-1.pdf

The First-Tier Tribunal has quashed the Gambling Commission’s refusal to grant pub retailer and brewer Greene King a bingo operating licence, enabling Greene King to proceed with applications for bingo premises licences for its pubs. Whether or not to grant such licences (with their accompanying greater machine entitlements) will be a matter for the licensing authorities to […]

The Gambling Commission has issued a reminder about the need for gambling software licences with effect from 31 March 2015, when licensed operators will be required to only source gambling software from Commission licensed software businesses. Applications should be made as soon as possible by those affected.

Suzanne Davies comments on the latest development with the proposed PubCo Statutory Code and the Food Standards Agency’s statistics on food law enforcement  

In his Autumn Statement delivered on 3 December 2014, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government’s “expectation that, by 2018, every local authority will offer a single online application process where businesses only need register their details once”

You can download below David Clifton’s notes on regulatory issues in relation to the topic of “Using digital marketing to overcome upcoming TV advertising revisions in the gambling market”, arising from his participation in a panel session on 3 December 2014 at “Future iGaming” (billed as “The Only Event Addressing Innovations in Marketing for the iGaming Industry”)

We have commented previously that speeches made by the Gambling Commission’s chairman provide a valuable insight into the Commission’s thinking insofar as policy issues are concerned. This is certainly true of his most recent speech, namely that delivered to BACTA on 27 November 2014, that you can download below, in which he touches on the […]

The rules for General Betting Duty (GBD), Pool Betting Duty (PBD), and Remote Gaming Duty (RGD) have changed with effect from today, notwithstanding the judicial review challenge mounted by the the Gibraltar Betting & Gaming Association. Gambling activities have previously been taxed on a ‘place of supply’ basis, but this has now changed to a ‘place of […]