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On Monday evening, 14th March 2010, at 7pm the House of Lords will debate the proposed Mandatory Code. Lib Dem peer Lord Rupert Redesdale will oppose the code on the following grounds:

BII has organised a roadshow of seminars in conjunction with Punch Partnerships and Carlsberg UK to demystify the often complex subject of business rates and explore the great opportunities for driving footfall through The World Cup. A seminar of two halves!

The SIA is consulting on whether there is a need for existing licence-holders to update their skills with top-up training, when they next renew their licences.

The Food Standards Agency is consulting on a voluntary scheme to introduce food calorie labelling at point of choice in all catering outlets. The deadline for submissions is 11th March 2010.

The Business, Innovation & Skills Committee (BISC) produced its follow-up report into pub companies and the beer tie yesterday and concluded that the industry should be given until June 2011 to get its house in order.

Co-ordinated by the Association of Town Centre Managers (ATCM), Purple Flag is a new award scheme which recognises excellence in the management of our town and city centres at night.

BII has been showing that it 'practices what it preaches' and has sponsored pupils at a school local to BII head office in Camberley to take part in the ground-breaking BII Schools Alcohol Awareness Project.

The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW), the UK’s professional training body for front-of-house service, is searching for the ‘Gastronomy Team of the Year’ and the deadline for entries has been extended exclusively for BII members to Friday 26th March.

The fourth annual British Tourism Week will take place from 15th to 21st March 2010 and this presents many opportunities for pubs, hotels and restaurants up and down the country.

Planning, winning, booming and saving are all subjects on the timetable at the next meeting of the Thames Valley region of BII, the licensed retail industry’s professional body. The highly educational event is taking place at Oxford Brookes University on Wednesday 10th March 2010.