Industry welcomes ten step plan for “rebalancing the licensing regime” of UK festivals and venues

Industry welcomes ten step plan for “rebalancing the licensing regime” of UK festivals and venues

The music industry has welcomed a new report that makes ten recommendations for how the UK government could improve the licensing of pubs, clubs, venues and events. The report was put together by a government-convened taskforce that was asked to review licensing rules 20 years on from the last major overhaul of the law, that being the 2003 Licensing Act. Among other things the report calls for the creation of a National Licensing Policy Framewor…