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Thousands of businesses could be at risk of prosecution for furlough fraud as staff admit contacting colleagues and completing work during leave.
In this most strange of years, the problems with A-Level and GCSE results may seem like just another short-term political crisis.
I recently placed an online order for a perishable product with a large, well-known company (who shall remain nameless). The wrong product was delivered and said…
Earlier this month, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment that will have major implications for all businesses which transfer personal data…
Furlough has undoubtedly been a huge success. According to the British Chamber of Commerce, since March the scheme has been used by two thirds of British businesses supporting approximately 9.4…
In my column on 4 May, I reported that the UK government was trialling a contact tracing app, which was due to be rolled out nationwide later…
COVID-19 has affected the business world in a variety of ways, but not all of them have been negative.
21st century entrepreneurs truly live in a world without borders, marshaling economic opportunities that transcend country lines to produce and extract wealth from all available marketplaces…
As the worst of the covid-19 heath crisis appears to be behind us at last and we begin to take our first tentative steps out of…
Brighton & Hove Albion FC has applied to the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) to trade mark the terms ‘Albion’ and ‘The Albion’, but what for…
Ailsa Anderson, an associate solicitor at law firm Irwin Mitchell, looks at the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill and highlights how the legal duties of…
On 10 May, Boris Johnson outlined the Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy. It’s safe to say that most were not expecting a significant or imminent ease of the lockdown restrictions.
Managing a business during the COVID pandemic is stressful enough, but imagine the extra complexity it adds for business owners who are in the process of…
As it is anticipated that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will come to an end, following a winding down period, employers are having to consider now…
Partner Sue Dowling, head of Blandy & Blandy Solicitors’ leading Employment Law team, explains the need for an employer to follow Collective Redundancy Consultation legislation when seeking…