Thursday, November 10, 2011
A new report explores whether UK laws relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol are 'fit for purpose' and are being effectively enforced. The report finds that many laws are not being fully utilised, although a variety of measures are still required to achieve alcohol harm reduction. Download ‘Lost Orders?: Law Enforcement and Alcohol in England and Wales’ or download the Executive Summary
Filed in Guidance, Harm Reduction, UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged alcohol industry, community safety, consumers, fully-utilised, government, harm-reduction, joseph, joseph-rowntree, office, portman-group, research, tackle-underage
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Last month the London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum (LDAPF) and Greater London Authority (GLA) hosted an event on Managing the Night Time Economy. Presentations [pdf] from the day included: Camden's NTE Jon Paris and Michael Hrycak, London Borough of Camden Havering NTE Deborah Houston-McBean, Havering London Borough Overhauling the Licensing Act Mark Halton, Home Office Newham's Total Enforcement Sheila Roberts, London Borough of Newham TfL and the NTE Graham Daly, Transport for London Islington Community Alcohol Partnership John Hart, Islington Coucil LAS Soho Alcohol Recovery Pilot Brian Hayes, London Ambulance Service See here for presentations from a previous London NTE event . An Alcohol Concern NTE factsheet is also available, or see the Alcohol Policy UK NTE category .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, crime, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-policy, brian-hayes, community safety, greater-london, london-borough, london-drug, michael-hrycak, night, night-time, paris, policy
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New licensing laws came into force on 1st October 2011 for Scotland, including a mandatory 'challenge 25' scheme and a ban on irresponsible promotions. The changes are part of the Alcohol etc Scotland Act 2010 and are expected to be followed by plans for a minimum price .
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Illicit beer now accounts for up to 14% of total UK sales according to HR Revenue and Customs figures (HMRC), reports the Morning Advertiser (MA). The Treasury reportedly missed an estimated £800m in 2009/2010 from lost duty and VAT revenue. In 2008/2009, the figure was £550m, with illicit beer making up 10% of the market share.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Scottish Government has set out its 2011-2012 programme , including a bill to introduce minimum pricing as a condition of licences granted under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 – see reports from the Financial Times and Scotsman . The Scottish National Party (SNP) now have a significant majority which may turn the tables after their previous attempt at a 45 pence minimum price was blocked by opposition parties
Monday, September 5, 2011
A report released by Alcohol Concern shows a link between the density of off-licensed premises and harm from alcohol in underage drinkers. The study found that overall, in areas with a higher concentration of off-licences there are higher numbers of young people ending up in hospital as a result of drinking. Download One of every corner: the relationship between off-license density and alcohol harms in young people The report found that excluding London, an England average of a 2:1 relationship exists between the number off-licences per 100,000 of population and hospital admissions by underage drinkers for alcohol specific admissions such as alcohol poisoning or intoxication.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged affordability, alcohol-concern, availability, findings-bank, health, london, numbers, policy, relationship, research, such-as-alcohol, underlines
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A recent study revealed that smokers who take multivitamins actually make up for their healthy habit by smoking more. Psychologists call this the licensing effect, which happens when someone makes a good choice which later enables them to make a bad choice such as, when a person feels ‘entitled’ to a weekend binge drinking by avoiding alcohol all week…
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A report assessing white ciders and the impact on homeless drinkers has called for action to stop irresponsible profiteering from the high-alcohol low-cost drinks. 'White Ciders and street drinkers' was released by Alcohol Concern with backing from homeless charities St Mungo's and Thames Reach.
The Morning Advertiser (MA) is campaigning for the Government to reduce VAT on the hospitality sector to 5% . The MA claims it could help create 220,000 jobs and rejuvenate the sector
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol campaigns, alcohol industry, brigid-simmonds, chief-executive, forthcoming, from-the-irish, government, hospitality, issued-guidance, press-release, sector, vital-the-beer
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
The latest Druglink magazine features a free sample edition featuring a number of alcohol features including; the licensing system in Cardiff, the thinking behind alcohol advertising and the use of drink as a precursor and symptom of sex exploitation.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol industry, alcohol pricing, alcohol-alert, alcohol-pages, binge drinking, further-reports, institute, pdf, policy, reports, the-thinking, thinking
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