Business Law Blog

Why 'evidence of effort' matters

• Posted2018-07-24 00:00
• AuthorMatt Rowley

We all tend to think of ‘regulated industries’ as those where safety or financial stability is critical – for example airlines and banks. The reality is that all businesses are exposed to regulation, ‘red tape’, bureaucracy,...

Getting your ducks in a row

• Posted2018-06-07 00:00
• AuthorStephen Proctor

Whether they are buying, leasing or selling commercial property, our job is to help our clients strike the right deal for their business and to deal with any issues that might threaten to delay or compromise a successful conclusion. Where transactions rely...

Promoting business in market towns

• Posted2018-04-05 00:00
• AuthorPeter Mills

In an environment dominated by a shift from physical to online contact and where many private and public services are being progressively centralised, how do market towns maintain their role as economic ‘kingpin’ in their locality? The key may...

If you are responsible for HR in your organisation, you will hopefully have locked onto the fact that new data protection rules (GDPR), coming into force on 25 May, have an impact on how you store and use employee and other personal data.　 There is a...

GDPR: Marks for showing your 'workings out'

• Posted2018-01-09 00:00
• AuthorMatt Rowley

GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018 and will impact on every organisation to some extent. Everyone has some work to do!  How much will depend on how compliant you are now with the existing requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and how much...