4/16/2026 11:53:40 AM CMA cracks down on 'drip pricing': a lesson on transparency for businesses with add‑on fees By Emma Watt The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has delivered a clear message that pricing transparency is no longer a ‘nice to have’: it is...
11/21/2025 9:38:50 AM PFI Fridays #6 - Breaking up is hard to do (but it doesn’t have to be): The PFI exit clause edition By Rumandeep Dhariwal Alex Lawrence PFI contracts have underpinned the delivery of many schools, hospitals, and other public infrastructure during the first quarter of the...
7/1/2025 2:50:56 PM Fundraising in retail spaces - new guidance By Anthony Collins For any charities that fundraise via bucket collections in retail premises (supermarkets and the like), the Fundraising Regulator has...
6/18/2025 8:20:39 AM The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 By Rumandeep Dhariwal Ben Pumphrey After a slightly surprising amount of back and forth between the Commons and Lords, the Data (Use and Access) Bill has now received Royal...
5/29/2025 10:19:47 AM Charity begins with truth: AI, the climate, and the courage to rethink nuclear By Anthony Collins 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...
3/3/2025 9:18:17 AM Innovation in care By Emma Watt LaingBuisson's recent Social Care Summit NORTH and Innovation in Care brought together leaders across health, care, commissioning and the...
2/7/2025 3:38:09 PM Updates to the NHS Standard Contract 2025/26 By Emma Watt The NHS Standard Contract is the contractual basis on which Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) contract for all healthcare services other than...
2/6/2025 1:49:41 PM A greener perspective - risks, duties and goals for trustees By Anthony Collins I recently held a seminar with numerous housing associations (all of whom are, of course, charitable organisations) exploring what...
11/12/2024 10:53:05 AM New criminal offence -'failure to prevent fraud' By Emma Watt The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) created the new corporate criminal offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’...
8/19/2024 8:16:11 AM ICO issues £6m fine for software provider following 2022 ransomware attack By Emma Watt The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has provisionally imposed a £6m fine on Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd, an NHS software...
7/17/2024 11:51:16 AM Corporate sustainability and supply chain due diligence By Emma Watt The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ((EU) 2024/1760) (the Directive) comes into force on 25 July 2024 and introduces new...
7/3/2024 4:10:10 PM Reasonable endeavours and reasonable alternatives By Emma Watt ‘Reasonable endeavours’ is a phrase so commonly associated with lawyers and legal advice, that it is only slightly less frustrating to...