Regulatory & Compliance

While all businesses encounter legal issues at one time or another, anyone running a web development company, a software business, a branding and design agency, or PR and marketing firm…

In a previous blog I looked at the four previous UK convictions for corporate manslaughter and how a guilty plea by the corporate entity could help the company’s individual directors…

The annual Lytham Proms concert has once again proved a huge success with over 30,000 people attending the three-night music extravaganza – and Harrison Drury playing its own role in…

When it comes to securing bank funding, businesses not only have to demonstrate loan security, but also the ability to service the loan over the long term. With those in…

The ever-growing demand for cosmetic dental procedures has made treatments such as tooth-whitening a lucrative new revenue stream for dentists and dental surgeries. Such is the relative simplicity of administering…

New proposals on the maximum fines imposed by magistrates in England and Wales will have significant implications for businesses, not just individuals. The justice minister Jeremy Wright announced this week…

Do I have to give staff time off to watch the World Cup? This is a question we always get asked around the time of major sporting events. There seems…

New rules aimed at encouraging long-term sick employees to return to the workplace have come into force in the UK. Changes to legislation, which came into effect from April 6…

Changes to the way UK employment claims are dealt came into force today (May 6) with prospective claimants now being required to submit an ‘Early Conciliation Form’ to ACAS before…

A recurring theme in many of my conversations with clients over recent months has been the dearth of new talent available to their organisation. With the economy in recovery mode,…

The new head of the NHS in England has met with a group of patient safety campaigners to discuss what needs to happen next to change the NHS culture into…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently launched a consultation on new draft site safety regulations which aim to remove some of the red tape in the construction industry. HSE…

New rules aimed at reducing the number of employment tribunals have come into force and could see employers facing fines of up to £5,000. Changes to the law, which came…

I’ve seen many cases over the years where businesses have fallen foul of environmental law because they thought the relatively benign nature of their operations meant it wasn’t something they…

If you cast your mind back to the onset of the most recent recession, many health and safety professionals were warning that workplace accident, injuries and fatality rates would increase.…

Since 2004, certain plans and programmes have been subject to a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a way of increasing the consideration of environmental issues. The SEA is intended to…

Waste management continues to become an increasing environmental and economic concern to some of the largest corporate entities. What is even more interesting, however, is the way in which many…

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) recently announced plans to regulate nurses and midwives using a new process known as revalidation. Under the revalidation plans, nurses and midwives will have…