Business News

• Consultation on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents

  • PostedFebruary 22, 2019

  On 25th January 2019, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (‘BEIS’) opened a consultation on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents. The consultation document can be found...

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• BBC analysis suggests that Gender Pay Gap is growing

  • PostedFebruary 20, 2019

  The BBC has completed analysis on the private companies that have published their latest gender pay gap figures and notes that 4 in 10 companies are reporting wider gaps than...

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• When does an employer have knowledge of an employee’s disability under the Equality Act 2010?

  • PostedFebruary 19, 2019

  This was the question addressed by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the recent case of Lamb v The Garrard Academy. An individual is considered disabled if they have a physical...

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• Commercial Leases and SDLT – Don’t Break It

  • PostedFebruary 15, 2019

  Where Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is potentially payable by a tenant on a lease transaction, a little thought at the outset could save some significant outlay. A landlord open...

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• UK driving licences and Driver CPC: driving in the EU from 29 March 2019

  • PostedFebruary 14, 2019

  There is some possibility that the UK may not have agreed any ‘deal’ with the EU by the day it is due to leave the EU. So, what happens if...

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• Taxi Licensing Update for both Drivers and Operators – February 2019

  • PostedFebruary 12, 2019

  Matters you might consider and questions you may ask. Is your taxi licence safe both as a driver or Operator? In other words is the local authority likely to challenge...

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• Commercial landlords – what are your obligations?

  • PostedFebruary 4, 2019

  Despite the uncertainty in some other markets, property investment is still regarded as a longer term source of ongoing revenue. If you have the capital and choose to invest it...

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• Asda loses appeal in initial stage of equal pay case

  • PostedJanuary 31, 2019

  In a judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal this morning, it was ruled that supermarket staff (mostly women) and warehouse staff (mostly men) working at supermarket giant Asda...

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• The Changing Boundaries of Privilege

  • PostedJanuary 30, 2019

  If you or your business are facing a dispute, your first telephone call may well be to your legal advisors. Your next internal email to a colleague however could cause...

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• Truck Cartel Update – January 2019

  • PostedJanuary 28, 2019

  There has been some significant progress in the claims being made for compensation. We can now update you about this. You may recall the reasons these claims are being brought:...

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• Agricultural Transport – getting it right

  • PostedJanuary 22, 2019

  Businesses in the agriculture sector have to juggle many different sets of regulations, policed by different regulators such as the Environment Agency. The penalties for non-compliance have gone through the...

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• Update on the EU Settlement Scheme

  • PostedJanuary 21, 2019

  Further to our article below, Theresa May has this afternoon (21 January 2019) announced in her Brexit statement that the £65 fee which millions of EU citizens were going to...

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