Our annual National Licensing Conference will take place on Monday 9 September in Glasgow.

The theme is: "What difference does one more make? Developing a deeper understanding of overprovision in day to day decision making".

10% discount for places booked and paid for before 31 May.

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Scotland is in the process of introducing minimum unit pricing for alcohol. This means that the price of a drink will be based on its strength – the stronger the drink, the higher its 'floor price' will be.

There is strong international evidence that tackling price can help reduce alcohol consumption and related harm. Minimum unit pricing is an effective policy because it targets the drinkers causing the most harm to themselves and society, whilst having very little effect on moderate drinkers.

The introduction of minimum pricing has been delayed until the conclusion of legal proceedings brought by the alcohol industry. Find out more about minimum pricing

Sign the online petition urging David Cameron not to drop minimum unit pricing in England and Wales.

Health First sets out for the first time a series of no-nonsense recommendations to tackle alcohol harm in the UK.

The strategy was developed by a group of experts indepdendent from the government and the alcohol industry, under the auspices of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK.

There was unanimous agreement that a 50p minimum unit price should be the priority. The strategy also calls for tougher restrictions on alcohol marketing, the empowerment of licensing authorities to control the overall availability of alcohol in their area, and a reduction in the drink-drive limit to 50mg/100ml.

Alcohol Focus Scotland has published profiles for all 32 local authority areas in Scotland, showing the estimated cost of alcohol-related harm.

In 2010/11, the bill for Glasgow was £364.7m - the equivalent of £615 per person. In Edinburgh the total was £221.8m, and in Aberdeen, £120.9m.
 
Find out how much alcohol costs your area