Attend the UK’s largest licensing event on September 17 2026

Attended by over 120 hospitality professionals, this event is an opportunity for you and your teams to learn about the latest developments in licensing and regulatory law, providing valuable insights into where preparation and planning within your business might be needed.

Taking place Thursday, September 17th at Browns Covent Garden,  82-84 St Martin’s Ln, London WC2N 4AG, and you will get to hear from leading figures from the sector across two separate sessions.

Speakers so far include:

Regulatory session: AM session (09:45 – 12:30)

• 09:45 Registration with refreshments
• 10:15 Host: Graeme Cushion, Managing Partner, Poppleston Allen
• 10:20 Martyn’s Law: A Practical Route to Implementation Danni Grant, Director, Counter Terrorism, Global Consortium Group & Helen Clayton, ex Head of Crime & Security, Sainsbury’s: How hospitality and leisure operators can prepare for Martyn’s Law and demonstrate compliance*
• 10:50 Security, Preparedness and Organisational Resilience: Danni Grant shares lessons from Counter Terrorism Policing for hospitality and leisure operators
• 11:10 CCTV and GDPR: Joe Harvey, Associate Solicitor, Poppleston Allen, explains what obligations hospitality organisations face using CCTV
• 11:30 Coffee break
• 11:50 Hospitality & Employment: Navigating the latest workplace challenges, Lydia Button, Solicitor, Thackray Williams
• 12:10 Protecting Your Premises: Essential Regulatory Updates in 2026, Saba Naqshbandi KC, Three Raymond Buildings
• 12:30 Lunch

Licensing: PM session (14:00 – 15:50)

• 14:00 Host: James Anderson, Partner, Poppleston Allen
• 14:05 Update on proposed licensing reforms driven by the Government’s Licensing Taskforce. David Inzani, Partner, Poppleston Allen
• 14:15 The occupational and leasing trends we are seeing across the leisure market. Jess Hill, Associate Director, UK Restaurants & Leisure, Savills
• 14:30 Q&A with hospitality leaders: Nikkie Thatcher, Deputy Editor, Morning Advertising hosts CEO of Nightcap Sarah Willingham-Toxvaerd and Craig Wilkinson, of Wilkinson Collective, a modern experience group that creates, operates and invests in businesses across hospitality, events, entertainment and technology.
• 14:50 TENs Talk: Experiences from managing 100’s World Cup 2026 TENs, and how operators should be preparing for the Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia to avoid uncertainty. Nick Landells, Legal Executive, Poppleston Allen
• 15:00 Coffee
• 15:25 Insolvencies and Premises Licences: Jonathan Smith, Partner, Poppleston Allen discusses what to consider from a licensing perspective should the worst happen.
• 15:30 Where next for hospitality? Allen Simpson, CEO, UKH and Ed Beddington, Editor, Morning Advertiser, discuss the current state of the trade, the challenges and opportunities available to operators and how they see the sector shaping up in the future. And what the government will do to help…or not”?
• 15:50 Networking and drinks.

This free seminar promises to be a useful and fascinating event, so we do hope you can attend. You are welcome to come along with colleagues if you can provide us with their details.

To secure your place, simply email p.kioko@popall.co.uk and state whether you wish to attend the whole day, AM or PM or fill out the form below.

• For the sake of total transparency, Poppleston Allen earns a referral fee in relation to any work undertaken by Global Consortium Group (GCG) in the first year of instruction. This is simply reflective of the fact that we have undertaken significant work with GCG over the last two years, to ensure that they are the best-placed organisation to assist our clients in becoming compliant with this new regime