The European Commission (EC) has today (20 July 2021) put forward four legislative proposals and new measures in the area of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), intended to further strengthen the fight against what it terms ‘dirty money’. It will be interesting to see what (if any) consequences this will have […]
The Vaccine Minister, Nadhim Zahawi, has today (19 July 2021) set out, amongst other things, upcoming plans to make full vaccination a condition of entry to nightclubs (and other venues where large crowds gather) by the end of September 2021. In an oral statement to Parliament, he said: Vaccination also holds the key for doing […]
UKHospitality has welcomed the UK Government’s new strategy entitled ‘Hospitality Strategy: Re-opening, Recovery, Resilience’ (that you can download below) intended by the Government to support the reopening and recovery of the hospitality sector and ensure it “is well placed to reach its full potential and contribute to the UK government’s ambitious overall plans for growth, […]
Yesterday (15 July 2021), the UK Government commenced a consultation on introducing an approved sale mechanism for the sale of National Lottery products by 16 and 17 year olds, whereby a designated person over the age of 18 can approve a sale by someone under 18 years old. The ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments are summarised as […]
The Gambling Commission has published a press release, in which it emphasises its expectation that UK licensed online gambling operators will continue to apply extra vigilance due to many people still feeling vulnerable as a result of the length of the pandemic period and experiencing further uncertainty about their personal or financial circumstances. We set […]
The Betting and Gaming Council has welcomed the news that the ability to opt out for gambling advertising is now available to Snapchat users in the United Kingdom. Its website posting of today (15 July 2021) entitled “BGC welcomes gambling ads opt out on Snapchat” states as follows: The BGC and Snap have been working […]
A letter written jointly by Dan Davies (Institute of Licensing Chair) and CEO Night Time Industries Association (Michael Kill), that you can download below, has been sent to Chairs of Licensing Committees in councils across the country calling for: …. a considered and pragmatic approach [to] be taken to breaches of licence conditions and procedural […]
Reporting on research undertaken on its behalf by Sonnet Advisory & Impact CIC, GAMSTOP has published a report entitled ‘Evaluating the effectiveness of the national online self-exclusion scheme’ (that you can download below). Key findings within the report – based on data from 3,300 demographic survey responses, 41 consumer interviews and 1,700 effectiveness and impact […]
GambleAware has today (14 July 2021) published two new reports by the Behavioural Insights Team which analyse behavioural datasets (derived from 1.5 million HSBC customers and 10,000 Monzo customers) to understand whether these could be used to build a clearer picture of the ways in which people gamble, identify possible harms, and eventually inform prevention, […]
On 14 June 2021, we reported that Step 4 of the Government’s roadmap for easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England was being deferred until 19 July 2021. It has today (12 July 2021) been confirmed that Step 4 will now definitely proceed one week today on Monday 19 July 2021. You can access: here the […]
