National Licensing Week 👏

National Licensing Week

Day 1 – Positive partnerships

Positive partnership has become the cornerstone of licensing regulation and engagement - it cuts across almost every aspect of licensing and has transformed the relationship between licensing regulators and businesses generally.

It is now common practice for national statutory guidance to focus on the message of positive partnership in regulation. This is no more so than in the Licensing Act s.182 guidance to local authorities, where numerous references to "working in partnership".

There are many examples of positive partnership in licensing regulation, but below are a few examples:

National Pubwatch groups where local businesses, council officers and police officers come together to promote a safer drinking environment in licensed premises throughout the UK.
Best Bar None, supported by the Home Office, local councils and the drinks industry these schemes are aimed primarily at promoting responsible management and operation of alcohol licensed premises.
Purple Flag which is the accreditation process for town & city centres that meet or surpass the standards of excellence in managing the evening and nighttime economy (ENTE).
Primary authority partnerships that offer businesses the opportunity to form a legally recognised partnership with a local authority, which then provides robust and reliable advice for other councils to take into account when carrying out inspections or dealing with non-compliance.
Local Alcohol Partnerships - There are a number of industry-funded schemes available to local authorities that target alcohol misuse and promote safer, better managed nighttime economies through close partnership working with councils, police, healthcare providers, licensing authorities and the third sector.

National licensing week is another a great example of positive partnership. National licensing week partners represent all the sectors in the industry, ranging from trade bodies, independent traders, local authorities to the highest level of national Government - all working to achieve the same aim.

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Tourism and leisure is hugely important to the UK, providing 1.6 million jobs across the country, and contributing £22.1 billion to the country’s economy. Licensing plays a significant role in the tourism and leisure industry across the UK – small village fetes, caravan sites, riding stables, large music venues, outdoor festivals and sporting events.

Almost every activity in the leisure sector – and most of those that supports the sector – requires a licence or some other licensing authorisation. Most people will not think twice about their contact with licensing regulation every day of their lives, but it plays a vital role to protect people and animals – which is something most people do not recognise until things go wrong.

The UK’s nighttime economy has played an important role in the cultural life of most people in the UK and continues to do so both in local communities and on the national stage. Almost every aspect of the UK’s nighttime economy touches on licensing to some degree, whether it be alcohol, entertainment, levies, EMROs, regulating the distribution of promotional material, closure powers or sexual entertainment.

Licensing essentially exists to regulate business activity in order to protect people. From small independent businesses such as taxi drivers and home boarding establishments to large multinational businesses such as those affected by primary authority partnerships, there is a golden thread of licensing regulation intertwined in all of it. In fact, there are very few business sectors where licensing regulation is not a relevant factor.

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