National Licensing Week Day 2 👏

National Licensing Week

Day 2 – Tourism and Leisure

Licensing plays a significant role in the tourism and leisure industry across the UK - small village fêtes, caravan sites, riding stables, large music venues, outdoor festivals and sporting events. The list is long, and licensing is a common element to all of these and more - in place purely to ensure that the public are safe and protected, whether enjoying a night at the theatre/cinema, drinks with friends, gambling in casinos, betting at the races, or hiring a taxi / private hire vehicle to take them from place to place and home again.

Since 2010 tourism has been the fastest growing sector in the UK in employment terms. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain was forecast to have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025.

Visit Britain Statistics show:

In 2019, British residents spent £19.5 billion on 99.1 million domestic overnight trips in England.
Overseas visitors to England spent £24.8 billion in 2019, making 36.1 million trips.
1.4 billion domestic day trips were taken to English destinations in 2018, with spending totalling £56.5 billion.

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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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