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Here we are again with yet more ‘fun and games’ with the Employment Rights Bill.   We now have the House of Lords amendments published on...

For us employment law geeks, it’s probably fair to say that the twin peaks of 2025 to date have been a lengthy Bill in progress and a...

It's always great (and somewhat surprising) when the 'powers that be' do what is promised. But so it came to pass with the ERB...

For any charities that fundraise via bucket collections in retail premises (supermarkets and the like), the Fundraising Regulator has...

After a slightly surprising amount of back and forth between the Commons and Lords, the Data (Use and Access) Bill has now received Royal...

Upcoming reforms in the Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill) could finally open the door for charities to use the soft opt-in approach...

The Government has today announced that 25 ‘trailblazer neighbourhoods’ will receive up to £20 million over the next decade.  This is hot...

Without stating the obvious, charities exist to pursue their charitable purposes in a way that delivers public benefit rather than...

Like most of my clients, I work in a values-driven sector. And also like many of my clients, my mind is constantly alert to our...

We are told that Gary Lineker leaving the BBC was a ‘mutual’ decision and there was no dismissal.   Let’s imagine that there was no...

It is fair to say that the issue of payments to charity trustees is an emotive one with strong arguments on both sides of the fence.  The...

To paraphrase the Kipling poem very badly, if you can keep your head and apply the April statutory increases when all around you there is...