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3 April 2009
Premises licence holders not automatically liable for offences
  Hall & Woodhouse
The High Court has held premises licence holders are not automatically liable for offences committed by their tenants

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Time to renew
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A reminder for existing Institute of Licensing Members that memberships expire on 31 March.

Non-Members who receive LicensingFlashes should click here to take advantage of a full year's membership until March 2010.

To check on the new Membership fees and arrangements, click here

To renew your Membership details click here
Can you investigate?
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What is hearsay evidence? What is opinion? What is the difference between real and documentary evidence?

Could you write detailed notes after witnessing an event and put them into a witness statement that could be relied on in court?

If you need to brush up on your skills as an investigator, the Institute of Licensing has a few places left on its next Investigators' PACE course on 20 April 2009.

The course, to be held at East Hampshire district council, is just £75 per delegate + VAT (£86.25) in total, including all course materials and refreshments.

To book a place, email our Training and Qualifications Officer Jim Hunter at jim@instituteoflicensing.org or telephone him on 05602 810215 or 07970 111401.

Primary authority partnerships take off
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From 6 April 2009, businesses that operate across many authorities will have the right to request a partnership with a single local authority for regulatory services such as trading standards, food safety and health and safety

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Clamp down on clamping firms
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The government is planning to require wheel- clamping firms to be licensed

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East Midlands regional training
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The east Midlands region of the Institute of Licensing has arranged a training day on hackney carriages and private hire licensing.

The training will be delivered by Jim Button, an acknowledged expert on taxi licensing and President of the Institute.

The training will be on 6 May 2009 at Pride Park Stadium in Derby from 10 am to 4 pm. The training is free to existing Members of the Institute, and £70 (including a year's Membership to the Institute) for non-members.

Refreshments, including lunch, will be provided.

To book and for more details please contact regional chair David Lucas on 0115 947 2541 or email dlucas@fraserbrown.com.
Launch of Purple Flag
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Purple Flag is the new national standard for entertainment and hospitality areas at night. It is supported by the Home Office and the Institute of Licensing and builds on the Civic Trust's original NightVision research.

The national launch of Purple Flag will be from 5pm until 9pm on Thursday 23 April 2009 in Manchester. This is an exciting occasion for The Civic Trust, being the culmination of so much work and the start of what it hopes will be a successful first year of the Purple Flag scheme.

Manchester City Council and Marketing Manchester are hosting the occasion, which will be at The Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester M2 5GP (This is the former Free Trade Hall).

Home Office Minister Alan Campbell will be the keynote speaker and Civic Trust chairman Philip Kolvin QC will chair the event (Philip is also chair of the Institute of Licensing
). Marketing Manchester together with Manchester city council will be offering a guided tour of Manchester's evening economy.

Purple Flag National Launch Programme
5pm Welcome reception
6pm Purple Flag National Launch with Keynote Speaker, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell
7pm Guided tours of Manchester city centre
(please note, places are limited and on a first come, first served basis)
9pm Close

To reserve your place at the Purple Flag Launch, please visit www.purpl eflag.org.uk/news/events/

For more information about the launch please contact Jane Wardle on 0151 231 6910 or jwardle@civictrust.org.uk

For more information about Purple Flag, please visit www. purpleflag.org.uk or email purpleflag@civictrust.org.uk
How to be a better regulator
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Better Regulation is one of the current hot topics in the delivery of local authority regulatory services.

With this in mind the Institute of Licensing is planning a series of one-day conferences to be held in May.

The events have now been confirmed for
  • 11 May - Camden, London
  • 12 May - Sheffield
  • 14 May - Solihull
  • 15 May - Taunton

Better regulation in the south-east
Anthony Garnett is the licensing manager for Sevenoaks district council.

His presentation at these conferences will look at best working practice, as identified by the Better Regulation Office, which will save huge sums of money through shared services, and change the way licensing practitioners work in the future with national accounts, and regional responsibility.

He will be showing the results of three years practical work to get to this stage, of developing best practice in shared services, partnership working and execution.

Other speakers will cover

  • the European Union Services Directive


  • the Regulators' Compliance Code


  • the Local Better Regulation Office


  • providing joined-up licensing services


  • how Better Regulation helps licence- holders



Look out for more details coming to your in-box soon.

Fees
Just £95 + £14.25 VAT (£109.25)

Once you have booked two delegates from the same organisation before 1 May, every delegate after that can go for just £50 + VAT (£57.50) - a saving of £51.75, but only if you act quickly.

To book click h ere

 

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