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January flew by and it's already been a busy start to the year for licensing, gambling and the night-time economy.
From national policy updates to major consultations and changes affecting pubs, operators and local authorities, we've rounded up all the key news our licensing solicitors cover this month 👇
🏆Paula Kioko 👩🏾💻 announces Poppleston Allen's sponsorship of the 2026 Malcolm Eidmans Award, which will be presented at the National Pubwatch Annual Conference -bit.ly/4k4JgFk
📃 Paige Viaene breaks down Brighton & Hove City Council's revised Statement of Licensing Policy - bit.ly/4ajaUv7
🏈 Joe Harvey reminds operators to submit their Temporary Event Notices ahead of next month's Super Bowl - bit.ly/4alMVLI
⚽ Suraj Desor explains the latest update on relaxed licensing hours for the FIFA Men's World Cup finals, alongside business rates cut for pubs and live music venues - bit.ly/4ajaZip
🎮 Imogen Moss covers key gambling developments including the DCMS consultation on proposed changes to Gambling Commission Fees and the Gambling Commission announcing new Gaming Machine Rules - bit.ly/4bs3zum and bit.ly/4c72pV8
⚖️ Andy Grimsey looks at the Licensing Hours Extension Bill passing its final reading in the House of Lords - bit.ly/4qdU2e1
🕺Paige Viaene also explores the London Nightlife Taskforce's proposals to protect, support and grow the capital's night-time economy - bit.ly/4q91U0e
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#licensing #gambling #legal #hospitality
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Looking at the UK jobs numbers this morning is a concern. I began my career at DWP 23 years ago and I like to think the quality of the advice at that time would conclude that labour market flexibility, work incentives & activation are all impaired by the combined burden of higher employer NICs, 2x inflation increases to the National Living Wage, and an employee rights bill is far too much to absorb in one go - even before you get to the (potential) structural headwinds of AI right now. Madness to be pressing on with the rights Bill and above inflation increases to the NLW at a time when the labour market is cooling rapidly. Amidst the macroeconomic debate on optimal fiscal and monetary policy, this microeconomic fail is given insufficient attention.
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Licensing Reform Consultation – Get Involved! Deadline: 6th November 2025
This is vital. Don’t wait to be asked, don’t wait for a link – act now. Engaging with this consultation is our chance to push for a more permissive, enabling platform to trade.
We know it’s not a silver bullet, but in a challenging environment, it’s a positive step forward. Don’t waste this opportunity.
Make your voice heard today: homeofficesurveys.homeoffice…
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WE"RE COMING TO LIVERPOOL + EARLY BIRD IS NOW LIVE
We're excited to announce that the Night Time Economy Summit 2026 will be taking over @BlackstockMkt in Liverpool on 11 and 12 February.
NTES brings together a diverse range of voices - cultural innovators, live and electronic music curators, business leaders, policymakers, sustainability advocates, and urban strategists.
Across two days of panels, keynote presentations, and interactive workshops, we will explore the social, cultural, and economic dimensions of the Night Time Economy and discuss strategies for building vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable night-time communities.
Grab your early bird tickets before they're gone!
buff.ly/RZww0kM
#NTES26 #Nighttimeeconomysummit #UKCulture #UKnightlife
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Happy Diwali to those of our hospitality family who are celebrating! From all of us at the IoH!
#Diwali2025 #FestivalofLight #HospitalityFamily
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👇I have heard this in almost every investor meeting for three years amongst those who want to inject capital into the UK economy. There is no “primary mission of growth” whilst energy policy is widely seen as dysfunctional.
In my first meeting with Prime Minister Starmer, we discussed how the United Kingdom could attract more foreign direct investment from the United States. My response was simple: lower your energy costs. Read my op-ed in the @Telegraph about how the UK can secure affordable, reliable energy from its own resources: telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10…
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A tremendous amount of hard work by the whole @UKHofficial team to deliver a comprehensive campaign from November Budget to Spring Statement - promoting the role hospitality can play, with support, in delivering solutions
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🚨 Attention Businesses: Key Update on Alcohol Licensing 🚨
The government has announced that the temporary easement allowing on-sales premises to make off-sales of alcohol will end on March 31, 2025. If you're an on-sales only premises and want to continue offering off-sales, now’s the time to act!
For more details, check the updated Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, paragraph 8.65. Don't miss the deadline!
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#NTE # NTIA #AlcoholLicensing
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The UK could lose up to 9000 pubs.
From April, pubs with a rateable value of £100,000, will see business rates jump by £19,000 per year.
They will need to sell an additional:
60,000 pints a year.
Thats 1200 pints a week.
Thats 170 extra pints a day.
Thats before rising energy bills, wages and other costs.
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What to expect from financial markets on Budget Day. A longish 🧵 on what to look out for - and why so much of macroeconomic significance and relevance to debt markets has been pre-briefed/ leaked…. (1/n)
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This has been a long time coming - throws up interesting possibilities and Challenges as 👌#Cineworld plots blockbuster sale of British cinema operations | Business News | Sky News @RobArthur @myelbacha @vuecinemas news.sky.com/story/cineworld…
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Delighted to be at the @LPFtalk event ‘The Cinema Sector in 2024’ at @vuecinemas West End.
The shared consensus is that the UK sector is set strong for continued recovery into 2025 and 2026.
@VueInt
@reelcinemasuk
@omniplexcinema
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LAST CHANCE TO COMPLETE !
ITV London - Survey for Central & Greater London Business Only
If you are a London or Greater London Business can I ask you to complete the following survey and send it to your industry contacts, only 5 questions all together about 2 mins to complete.
surveymonkey.com/r/RNFWRQJ
This is completely anonymous and will only be used as stats for the Programme next week. They are also interested in doing some coverage and interviews if business owners are interested. Regards NTIA TeaM
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🎬 When the new @reelcinemasuk Farnham opend on 2 February, it was more than just a high end miniplex 🍿 welcoming film fans: it marked the return of cinema to the town 🎉 and the culmination of a vision of it as a centre for the community.
cinemanext.com/blog/news-5/f…
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Our CEO @UKHospKate has arrived at the @wearethentia Night Time Economy Summit.
It’s great to connect with @Sacha_Lord to discuss the opportunities for the hospitality sector in Manchester.
#NTES2024
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UK economy ‘on course to skirt a recession’ - whilst this is far from guaranteed given tight margins involved for Dec GDP, the upbeat composite PMI - added to credit/debit card spend data, & tax receipts for Dec - paint rosier picture than retail sales did thetimes.co.uk/article/00433…
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One of our three key aims for the #AutumnStatement is to grow the hospitality sector.
Gov't proposals to reform planning for businesses must be implemented rapidly. Our sector previously invested billions in communities, and we want to return to, and exceed, those levels.
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The pace of closures of licensed premises has slowed in the last 3 months while the standard of offer across the sector "has never been higher", according to the latest Hospitality Market Monitor from @CGA_insights #propelinfo