Skip to main content

Business Insights

Subscribe

Recent Posts

Reset Filters
Irwin Mitchell

What does the latest lockdown mean for grassroots sport?

At midnight on 5 January 2021, England entered its third national lockdown in its fight against Covid-19. As was the case during the...

19/01/21
Joanne Moseley

No vaccine, no job? Can employers insist their staff take the Covid-19 vaccine?

Last week, the outspoken owner of Pimlico Plumbers said that he wouldn't offer a job to anyone who hasn't been vaccinated. Given that the...

19/01/21
Liam Salt

Out with the old and in with the new: the future of CBILS

CBILS extended once again, to the end of March 2021, and a new government scheme to take its place on the horizon by  Rachel Adams and...

19/01/21
Stephanie Reeves

Business Interruption Insurance – businesses win big in The Supreme Court

On 15 January 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its highly-anticipated appeal judgment in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”)...

18/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Should you furlough staff who are having to home school their children?

According to a survey of 50,000 workers, over 70% of working mothers who asked their employers to furlough them because schools had...

16/01/21
Nicola Gooch

As the Class E PD Consultation closes, what next for England's High Streets?

We have just under two weeks until MHCLG's consultation on Class E to Resi PD Rights closes.* Given the impact those proposals could have...

15/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Has the Regulator refused to authorise mass daily Covid testing in schools and colleges?

Just before Christmas, the DfE asked secondary schools and colleges in England to get ready for daily mass Covid testing. It started...

15/01/21
Irwin Mitchell

Green paper is green light for reforming procurement rules for public private developments

We are all getting used to being outside of the European Union at the end of the transition period, and shoppers in Northern Ireland,...

13/01/21
Elizabeth Thomson

Party Walls - the basics

Real Estate Disputes partner, Paul Henson, has produced a helpful overview. For further information, please get in touch with Paul...

12/01/21
Liam Salt

Brexit implications on cross-border insolvency

By Kunal Gadhvi - Partner and Nazmul Miah - Solicitor, Restructuring and Insolvency As of 11pm on 31 January 2020 the UK ceased to be a...

12/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Long Covid - implications for employers

Official UK data suggests nearly 10% of people with Covid still have symptoms 12 weeks after infection. And, there's anecdotal evidence...

12/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Employment law changes 2021 - guide for businesses

Happy new year to all our readers. There are a number of important changes taking place this year that businesses need to prepare for. We...

11/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Key employment cases that will affect the education sector in 2021

We have identified three cases which will have a big impact on employment law and education HR policies and practices over the next 12/18...

07/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Employment law changes 2021: guide for schools and colleges

Happy new year to all our readers. There are a number of important changes taking place this year that schools and colleges will need to...

07/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Update on establishing lateral flow tests in schools and colleges

Before Christmas we published answers to the top ten questions schools and colleges had raised with us following the Department for...

07/01/21
Joanne Moseley

DfE publishes guidance on pupils who can access full-time education during lockdown

We are aware that some schools and colleges are struggling to deal with the huge numbers of parents/guardians who want their children to...

06/01/21
Joanne Moseley

How will the new lockdown rules affect your organisation?

The new legal rules that will apply to the English lockdown have been published. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No....

06/01/21
Nicola Gooch

New Year, New Laws: What Planning Changes were made between Christmas and New Year?

Welcome to 2021*. Whilst I am hopeful that the coming year will be an improvement on 2020, it certainly doesn't look like being any less...

05/01/21
Joanne Moseley

New lockdown grants available to retail hospitality and leisure sectors

The Chancellor has just announced that the government has put aside £4.6 billion in lockdown grants to help support those businesses most...

05/01/21
Joanne Moseley

Education sector: what's the best way to respond if your staff refuse to return to work because of concerns about coronavirus?

Yesterday evening the Prime Minister announced that England would go into a third national lockdown. The message was clear – everyone...

05/01/21
Elizabeth Thomson

Pretty vacant or ugly shell?

This article by Ben Gildea,  an associate solicitor in the real estate disputes team at Irwin Mitchell, first appeared in Estates Gazette...

21/12/20
Joanne Moseley

Top 10 questions answered about rapid coronavirus testing in schools and colleges

On Tuesday 15 December, the government announced that teachers and pupils will have access to rapid testing from the start of January...

18/12/20
Joanne Moseley

Breaking: furlough scheme extended again - this time until the end of April 2021

The Chancellor has just announced a further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.  According to this press release, the...

17/12/20
Claire Petricca-Riding

Air – the 2020 (and 2021?) battleground

What a week it has been  - the final week of the Michaelmas term has been a busy one for both the Government and the Courts. We have seen...

17/12/20
Elizabeth Thomson

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas 2020...

...telecommunications expert, Ben Gildea, looks back over the developments of the past year for the telecommunications sector. This is...

16/12/20
Nicola Gooch

Have yourself a Merry Planning Christmas: MHCLG launches revised standard housing methodology!

Nothing quite says 'Christmas' to us planning nerds than a series of significant policy announcements* from MHCLG.   This year, the MHCLG...

16/12/20
Liam Salt

Sustainable financing: Consumer attitudes in a Covid driven environment

by Daniel Campbell - Banking and Finance Undeniably difficult though this year's lockdowns have been - where most international travel...

16/12/20
Elizabeth Thomson

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas 2020...

...real estate disputes expert, Bryn Davey, considers the case of Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd and others v Persons Unknown [2020] . This is the...

15/12/20
Elizabeth Thomson

On the Tenth Day of Christmas 2020...

...real estate disputes expert, Rachel Belinfante, considers the case of Beaumont Business Centres Limited v Florala Property Limited . ...

14/12/20
Elizabeth Thomson

On the Ninth Day of Christmas 2020...

...real estate disputes expert, Glenn Rhodes, examines a Court of Appeal decision on notices.  This is the ninth in a series of twelve...

11/12/20