14 Nov, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Navigating the risks of a work Christmas party By Chris Cuckney With the festive season fast approaching, businesses will be planning their work Christmas parties to thank staff for their hard work...
08 Nov, 2024 Clock ticking on the "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence By Matthew Garbutt "Preparing "reasonable procedures" is now essential for businesses to mitigate risk under the new offence - proactive steps today will...
07 Nov, 2024 England University Fee and Loan Increases - Pan Para Hoy, Hambre Para Mañana? By Tim Garcia Rises to University tuition fees in England (to support the financial stability of the university sector) were announced earlier this...
01 Nov, 2024 Budget: what does this mean for the health and social care sector? By Joe Mulrenan The general consensus across the health and social care sector is one of yet another missed opportunity to bring social care to the front...
31 Oct, 2024 The Autumn Budget 2024: Will the Budget deliver growth in UK energy and infrastructure? By Michael Corbett Hywel Davies Oliver Moir Alexander Dustan Gareth Miles Kathryn Emmett Adam Merlander +4 more... Show less On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered the first Budget under a Labour government since 2010, emphasising in her...
29 Oct, 2024 Twin peaks: Transition finance and the agenda for growth By Susan Hughes Kathrine Meloni “Transition finance” has been in successive UK Government’s sights as an opportunity for the UK. An ambition to make the UK a global...
23 Oct, 2024 Report on the Modern Slavery Act 2015: Calls to make the UK, once again, a world leader in the fight against modern slavery By Moira Thompson Oliver Remi Pfister Helena Campbell Mizan Rahman +1 more... Show less A House of Lords Select Committee, tasked with considering the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), recently published a report setting out...
21 Oct, 2024 New incentive scheme for Long Duration Electricity Storage in Great Britain By Michael Corbett Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett On 10 October 2024, the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) confirmed plans to create a new revenue support...
16 Oct, 2024 Biodiversity COP begins next week: Implementation is the order of the day By Richard Hilton Helena Campbell The COP16 Biodiversity Summit begins on Monday 21 October, and will run until 1 November. Unlike climate change conferences, which take...
14 Oct, 2024 Sustainability reporting features prominently in the FRC’s Annual Review of Corporate Reporting By David Watkins Samantha Brady Helena Campbell Maxwell Curtis +1 more... Show less In September, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK,...
10 Oct, 2024 Renters' Rights Bill – Second reading By Suzanne Gregson The second reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill was held by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner on 9 October 2024. This is the first time...
02 Oct, 2024 PFI Expiry - But what about NHS LIFT? By Caroline Mostowfi Much has been written over the last 12 months or so stressing the need to take positive action in preparation for the expiry of...
30 Sep, 2024 New guidance published on the development of the UK SRS: Confirmation that, so far, the UK is staying the course with ISSB implementation By Samantha Brady Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell The Department for Business and Trade has published new guidance on the Government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Reporting...
04 Sep, 2024 How Coinbase went from DC ‘kids table’ to political power seat By Sarah Wolter The crypto-world heavyweight Brian Armstrong, his exchange Coinbase Global, and the super PACs they fund haven’t given anything to...
23 Aug, 2024 How does an internal investigation affect an inquest? By Samantha Grix Narin Masera After having recently represented a Registered Provider of Social Housing (RP) during an inquest following the death of one of their...
25 Jul, 2024 Labour government to announce decisive and swift reform of the NPPF early next week By Passle Group Prior to its election as the majority party in the House of Commons, the Labour Party made notable pledges to reform the inefficiencies...