12 Dec, 2024 New data laws coming in 2025 By Emma Watt The Data Use and Access Bill (the Bill) contains the Government's proposals to update the UK’s data protection legislation. The Bill...
06 Dec, 2024 Charity mergers roundtable By Catherine Gibbons On 23 October, we had the pleasure of hosting CEOs and senior managers from 17 prominent charities within the social care sector for a...
19 Nov, 2024 Webinar: A practical guide for housing associations: Responding to the Law Commission consultation on changes to community benefit societies By Victoria Jardine Earlier this Autumn, the Law Commission launched a consultation on proposed changes to co-operative and community benefit society law and...
18 Nov, 2024 A new era for mutuals? By David Alcock The manifesto for the new Government committed Labour to work to double the size of the co-operative and mutual economy. We are starting...
12 Nov, 2024 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’...
30 Oct, 2024 A new regime for employee ownership By David Alcock You may have missed it in the Budget, but at the same time as the speech was published, the Government also published their response to...
01 Oct, 2024 Proposed reforms to community benefit societies may have far-reaching consequences for the social housing sector By Victoria Jardine In mid-September 2024, the Law Commission published the findings of its ongoing review of the laws and regulations that govern...
30 Sep, 2024 Rising whistleblowing in charities - what this means and how to respond? By Anna Dabek Today's article in the Civil Society highlights the Charity Commission’s latest report showing a significant rise in whistleblowing...
17 Sep, 2024 Time to make your voice heard By David Alcock The slightly delayed consultation on the future of the law governing co-ops and community benefit societies has been released today. The...
17 Jul, 2024 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...
01 Jul, 2024 Securing the future of employee ownership By David Alcock With six days to go until polling day, it was great to read the Employee Ownership Association's proposals for building on the expansion...
12 Jun, 2024 Updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education for 2024 By Katherine Sinclair The Department of Education has now updated its statutory guidance for schools and colleges - Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)...