Shahzad Ali

Whenever we see a police car with blue flashing lights indicating for us to pull over, our initial reaction is, of course, to follow the law and to pull over however, even when we think we are responsible, law-abiding citizens, we still could be putting ourselves in potential danger. Drivers in the southeast London area […]

Whether you are opening a bar or working in a club as a designated premise supervisor (DPS), a question that pops up more then the bubbles on a glass of champagne is, do you Need a DBS Check for a Personal Licence? Anyone applying for a Personal Licence will need to undergo a DBS Check […]

Having a personal licence being suspended can not only damage a business that relies purely on the sales of alcohol, but it can also affect the people within that drinking establishment too. A personal licence is designed to ensure that anybody running or managing a business that sells or supplies alcohol will do so in […]

Unlike a lot of licenses, a Personal License has no expiry date. A Personal License is valid from the date it was issued and is also portable throughout England and Wales. In other words, that means that no renewal is required and Personal License holders can continue to authorize alcohol sales indefinitely. However, that wasn’t […]

When it comes to driver’s interpretation of the UK law and what they can and cannot do, there is still a sense of the unknown when it comes to what actually is illegal and what is not. Can you sip your Starbucks while driving behind the wheel? Can you puff a cigarette while driving? Can […]

Let’s be honest, how many of us have giving the finger and sworn like a trooper when a moron driver has pulled out in front of us or cut us off. If we had a swear jar for every piece of profanity that left our mouths after an encounter with a clueless driver on the […]

Picture the scene. You are a nervous and ridiculously anxious first-time learner getting behind the wheel of a car for the first time ever. Yet your proclaimed driving instructor is totally engrossed in their iPhone and swiping right on every scantily clad faceless torso on Tinder. Not the best start for your first ever driving […]

Requiring a licence for a job is mandatory in a lot of sectors and industries, with security being one of them. Others, however are a lot less obvious and a little bit, well.. weird! In the United States, acquiring the American dream doesn’t come easily until you acquire a license. But a license to wash […]

Often, witnessing a person highly inebriated can provide a light source of entertainment. We might snigger when we hear someone slur their words or raise an eyebrow when we see a person stagger into furniture. We’ll joke; ‘someone’s had one too many!’ But there is also an ugly side to drinking and it stems from […]

Anyone who supervises the sale of alcohol on licenced premises will need a personal licence. But with so much information out there, scrolling the web for facts about personal licensing can end up causing you more of a migraine than an actual hangover. So here at Get Licensed, we decided to decipher the personal licensing […]