Blurring: combining hospitality and retail/service industries
A hairdresser serving wine or a restaurant selling its own olive oil. These are just a few examples of blurring. Blurring is about combining and blurring different industries. In practice, this blurring usually involves the serving and/or selling of alcohol at a mixed form of retail and/or service and hospitality industry.
Explanation in pictures
Are you considering business activities that combine different industries? Then read the attached letter on what to look out for and watch the explanation in pictures on the subject of blurring. The municipality encourages new initiatives. Of course, these must fit within the laws and regulations. Recently a proposal of the law on the subject of blurring was submitted to the House of Representatives. So something might change, but for the moment we assume the attached letter is based on the currently applicable rules.