Licensing Order News Today

The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) put the import of IT hardware, including laptops, PCs and servers, under the restricted category last month, calling for a licence. The notification, passed on August 3, was amended a day later, deferring implementation to November 1, giving the industry three months to recalibrate. The order, however, has led to fears of supply disruptions and price increases once the restrictions kick in.

Rural accommodation providers are being caught up by “urban centric, ill-judged one-size fits all policies” designed to address city-centre…

Milton raises arguments against the pre-publication censorship of books—arguments that still ring true today, with governments using draconian laws to suppress public opinions different from the official narrative. 

“For books are not dead things…; who kills a Man kills a reasonable creature, God’s Image; but he who destroys a good Book, kills reason itself, kills the Image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth; but a good Book is the precious life-blood of a m

AN URBAN-FOCUSED licensing scheme will lead to many rural tourism businesses closing their doors, Scottish Land and Estates has warned.

Local authorities must establish a short-term lets licensing scheme under new legislation from the Scottish Government.

Local authorities must establish a short-term lets licensing scheme under new legislation from the Scottish Government.

What events happened on 23 November in history? Dominic Sandbrook rounds up the events, births and deaths…

For local scheme... were a blunt tool that would be the deathknell for the industry. and their language gets stronger and describes a walking group set up by the government to discuss the issue as a sham, and that tourist bodies have been treated with other contempt. the result of all these exchanges, airbnb and the other tourist bodies walked away from the working group last month, and theres no registration scheme. fiona campbell runs the association of scotland self caterers. you call it a sh...

Group set up by the government to discuss the issue as a sham, and that tourist bodies have been treated with other contempt. the result of all these exchanges, airbnb and the other tourist bodies walked away from the working group last month, and theres no registration scheme. fiona campbell owns the association of scotland self caterers. you call it a sham?— of scotland self caterers. you call itasham? . ., , ., . it a sham? yeah, it was a sham. we think it was — it a sham? yeah, it was a ...