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  • Amazon could be a big winner of Rishi Sunak’s investment tax break
  • Jay-Z sells majority stake in Tidal music streaming service to Jack Dorsey’s Square
  • Manchester United borrow £60m as debt rises amid Covid-19 pandemic
  • Frasers Group warns of store closures after ‘near worthless’ budget support
  • Companies ‘will quit UK’ over Sunak’s corporation tax rise
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  • US suspends tariffs on Scotch whisky and Stilton cheese
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Contracts, Human Resources HR, Employment and legal advice for owners and managers of SME small and medium sized business owners.

Contact tracing app

Contact tracing revisited: Whatever happened to the UK’s smartphone app?

23 June 202023 June 2020 Legal Jon Belcher 4 Comments

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 that month.

Design IP

Start-ups: Getting off on the right IP foot

19 June 2020 Legal Business Matters 3 Comments

COVID-19 has affected the business world in a variety of ways, but not all of them have been negative.

Rolex

Filing an International Trademark: The nuts and bolts

5 June 20205 June 2020 Legal Business Matters 2 Comments

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 at any given time.

Working from home

Who’s watching us while we WFH? The pitfalls of monitoring a remote workforce

3 June 2020 Legal Jon Belcher 1 Comment

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 lockdown, thoughts have turned to the economic consequences of the pandemic.

Brighton

Brighton & Hove Albion FC seeks trade mark protection for ‘Albion’

2 June 20202 June 2020 In Business, Legal Business Matters 2 Comments

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 and is the application likely to succeed?

Asian business

COVID-19 – Directors’ legal duties and minimising the risk of personal liability

27 May 20206 July 2020 Advice, Legal Business Matters 2 Comments

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 directors have changed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Contact tracing app

Government’s return to work plan puts businesses at increased risk of legal claims

22 May 2020 Advice, Legal Business Matters 2 Comments

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.

Valuing your business for divorce proceedings during the uncertainty of COVID

20 May 202020 May 2020 Legal Business Matters 3 Comments

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 divorcing.

Coronavirus Job Retention Claim

Life after furlough leave – Employment issues employers may face

8 May 20208 May 2020 Advice, Legal Business Matters 2 Comments

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 how they are likely to have to manage their businesses going forward

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 to make 20 or more staff redundant.

Collective consultation – When must an employer consult with their employees

6 May 2020 Legal Business Matters 3 Comments

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 to make 20 or more staff redundant.

empty tables

Advice for landlords of commercial premises whose tenants are in rent arrears

6 May 2020 Legal Business Matters 2 Comments

Due to the impact of COVID-19 on businesses across the country, new rules are now in place limiting the measures commercial landlords can take if their tenant is in rent arrears.

Share dividend

Business owners and shareholders – the risk of paying unlawful dividends during the COVID-19 Pandemic

5 May 2020 In Business, Legal Business Matters 3 Comments

It goes without saying that the current situation represents a very difficult and unpredictable time for many businesses and for the economy.

Contact tracing app

Can contact tracing app help ease lockdown?: Five key questions for UK government

4 May 20204 May 2020 Legal, Opinion Jon Belcher 1 Comment

With coronavirus cases finally falling in the UK, thoughts have turned to how to ease current lockdown conditions.

Office

Does exactly what it says on the tin: the power of IP

28 April 20204 May 2020 In Business, Legal Business Matters 0 Comments

Had it not have been for a forgotten tin opener, Ermal Fraze’s family picnic one Sunday in 1963 might have been entirely unremarkable.

middle aged businesswoman looking worried

Resolving commercial disputes from your front room

28 April 2020 Advice, Legal Business Matters 0 Comments

The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the personal and professional lives of people worldwide.

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Extra 1.3m people in UK to start paying income tax over next five years

An extra 1.3 million people will have to start paying income tax – and a further million will be pushed into higher rate taxation – over the next five years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Amazon could be a big winner of Rishi Sunak’s investment tax break

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