How the ‘experience economy’ is changing the hospitality sector
Silas Heys, head of Harrison Drury’s hospitality and leisure team, looks at how guests’ changing expectations and other social factors are placing greater demands on hospitality businesses. Primarily because of…
A guide to retirement planning for business owners
Jan Wright, a director within our private client team at Harrison Drury, outlines the key five areas that business owners need to address when doing their retirement planning. Like most…
Growth in corporate deals for Harrison Drury
Harrison Drury has reported a significant upturn in corporate activity and is confident about growing its deals pipeline further in the rest of 2018. So far in 2018, the firm…
Refusing an anti-doping test – what we learned from the Ryan Bailey case
Matthew Astley, joint head of Harrison Drury’s sports law team, looks at the lessons from the landmark case of UK Anti-Doping v Ryan Bailey. Mr Bailey faced a potential four-year…
Harrison Drury advise on MBO at Bainbridge Electrical
Cumbria-based Bainbridge Electrical has been bought in a seven-figure management buyout (MBO). The industrial and commercial electrical engineering contractor has been taken over by commercial manager James Dickinson, who has…
Handling employee data under new data protection laws
From the 25 May 2018, The General Data Protection Regulation and what will become the new Data Protection Act 2018, will form the UK’s new data protection framework. Harrison Drury’s…
So, you want to go into the hospitality business?
Silas Heys from Harrison Drury solicitors talks through some of the key property issues to consider when launching a hospitality venture. Property is something that all hospitality ventures have in…
What is an Overdrawn Directors’ Loan Account?
Directors’ loan accounts (DLAs) are accounts held within the books of a limited company. As the company is a separate entity in law from its directors, they are necessary to…
What is eSports and how should it be regulated?
Harrison Drury’s sports team takes a look at the fast-growing area of eSports and some of the emerging regulatory issues associated with it. A simple way to attempt to define…
Harrison Drury helps FIT Events Ltd strengthen for future
FIT Events Ltd, organiser of the highly successful FIT Show for the window, door and glazing industry, has announced changes in its shareholding structure. Angus Montgomery Ltd, which has been…
