Posts from September 2017
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EU considering ways to protect 'gig' and zero hours workers
According to the Independent newspaper the European Commission wants more social protection and rights for casual workers, such as those...
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Localism v The Pro-Growth Agenda: MP requests DCLG intervention in Maidstone Local Plan
Anyone who thought that encouraging the adoption of up-to-date Local Plans would prove a panacea for England's planning and housing woes...
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Flexible Working
We often find that there is a clash of approach between employers and the law when it comes to flexible working requests. Many employers...
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Can Prefab homes solve the UK's housing crisis
We want to share banking and development specialist Laura Mitchell's article for the Manchester Property Group on how modular and offsite...
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Cancelling holidays
At the risk of wading in to what looks like a really messy workplace dispute...readers might be interested to know that Ryan Air may well...
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Land Registry Issues Change of Gender Form - by Lorraine Rose
The Land Registry has this week launched a new form enabling a registered owner to update their name on the registered title following a...
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Land Registry Issues Change of Gender Form
The Land Registry has this week launched a new form enabling a registered owner to update their name on the registered title following a...
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Two-thirds of employers not using levy funds to train staff
The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced on 6 April 2017 and requires employers with a payroll of over £3 million to pay 0.5% of their...
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Things you might have missed in the DCLG Consultation: It's not all about Housing Need
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the best way to prompt the release of a consultation document, that you are actually...
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Waning confidence bites. Can Brexit be blamed?
The Times has published an interesting, although worrying article on the performance of shop openings in the second quarter of the year....
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The Enforcer: The Mayor of London gets tough on Affordable Housing Provision
If Boris Johnson will always be remembered as the Mayor who introduced the 'Boris Bike' to the capital; then the current Mayor of London,...
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TUC says flexible working request can end in worse outcomes
According to a survey carried out by the TUC, two out of five low-paid young parents who ask for flexible work arrangements are...
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Micro Homes & Straw Houses: Alternative Methods of Construction Hit the News
Solving the housing crisis is undoubtedly a difficult thing to do, which might be one of the reasons why there has been so little...
01/09/17