Health and safety is often portrayed in a negative light, bearing the brunt of pedantic jokes. However, when it goes wrong, the impact on businesses can be catastrophic and all good humour is quickly forgotten. For this reason alone, ensuring health and safety is at the top of a company’s agenda is imperative. Larger firms
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Taking steps to stamp out bribery in the workplace
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The Bribery Act 2010 is the current legislation that lays out what can be considered a bribery offence. It also requires organisations to have anti-bribery measures in place. According to the Bribery Act, there are three main offences: Giving a person a bribe to have them do something improperly Requesting, accepting or receiving a bribe
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How you can access legal support without breaking the bank
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Business Times takes a look at how small businesses can get the legal advice they need without breaking the bank. Seeking legal advice in the UK can be a costly and time-consuming process for small businesses. So much so, that it has become something of a last resort. In fact, a recent report by Deloitte showed
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How to manage employee expectations on holiday requests
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Most commonly, the leave year runs from January until December for employees. For those granted the basic four weeks guaranteed under European law, it’s a case of use it or lose it. But what if an employee is unable to take annual leave? Should employees expect to be able to carry it over into the
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The seven key employment law issues for 2017
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The past 12 months has brought forth a number of challenges for business owners and managers across the North West and throughout the UK. Significant employment law changes are anticipated for 2017, amid the ongoing uncertainty resulting from the Brexit referendum. With this in mind, in order to ensure that employers enter the New Year
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The test of control at the heart of the Uber judgment
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Earlier this year a survey of 2,238 people, undertaken by the University of Hertfordshire and Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), found that 21 per cent of the population – around nine million people – had attempted to find work via ‘sharing economy’ platforms and that one in ten, equivalent
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What small businesses must know about GDPR and MiFID II
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MiFID II (The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) will be weaved into UK law from July 2017 and will demand immediate compliance from January 3rd 2018. It’s a weighty piece of regulation for the financial services industry and is applicable to anyone who provides services linked to financial instruments. So, even if you’re a lone
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The first 100 days: Legal advice for small businesses
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There is a tremendous amount of legal advice issues for start-ups to consider in their first 100 days; from establishing a company and brand, to preparing to sell new products or services and employing staff to help the business succeed. Navigating a tangled web of legal considerations with limited or no legal experience, increases the risk
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European Commission announces plans to reform business restructuring and insolvency rules
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When a UK business is struggling, the choices can seem restricted to insolvency procedures that do not always provide the required solutions and are often forced on the business owner by the creditors. To avoid insolvency can mean entering into arrangements with creditors together with possible refinancing, but that sector has become increasingly difficult over
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The recent developments all Airbnb landlords must consider
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Airbnb is one of the great digital success stories of the sharing economy; in less than a decade, the Silicon Valley start-up has reached a value of $30 billion. Globally, there are more than 100 million users of more than 2.3 million listed properties. London now has the third-highest number of Airbnb listings (25,357), just behind
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