Leisure Sector Update: The Christmas period and Temporary Event Notices
Welcome to the Harrison Drury Leisure Sector Newsletter. Your regular update on legal developments across the leisure, hospitality and tourism sector. Our aim is to keep you informed, prepared and ahead of the curve with insights tailored to support you and your business.
It’s not too early to mention Christmas…
Whilst some people cringe at Christmas being mentioned in November, most hospitality venues have been planning for this for some time. Therefore, it may be a timely reminder to ensure you have your legals in order for anything Christmas related.
We have received a couple of enquiries about external areas and possibly utilising these for ideas such as Christmas stalls including the selling of mulled wine and/or food together with themed entertainment. Whilst there are pockets of deregulation you can rely upon, you need to ensure you are entitled to use the same, and if not, you get any Temporary Event Notices (TENs) lodged in plenty of time.
If you are proposing to rely on TENs over the Christmas period, here are some important dates to bear in mind, but please try and use the standard TENs where possible as there is no appeal process for late notice TENs:
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