15 Apr, 2024 ESG - social value is no longer a mere nice-to-have By Adriana Klincova Highlighting the positive impact of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on their workforce, local community, and broader society is...
28 Mar, 2024 Community Ownership Fund - final round By David Alcock The first window for Round 4, the final round of the Community Ownership Fund, is now open for applications until 10 April. The funding...
20 Feb, 2024 Riding to compliance: learning lessons on fire safety By Precious Mealia The owner of an equestrian yard has been fined £5,000 by Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service for being in breach of a...
19 Feb, 2024 Expansion of Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme By Adriana Klincova Announced last week, the expansion of the existing Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme (AHGS) to a £6bn fund, will support both new...
16 Jan, 2024 Government tweaks statutory paternity leave provisions By Libby Hubbard As we anticipate some flurries of snow this week, so the flurry of employment-related legislation continues! This latest offering, draft...
11 Jan, 2024 Community ownership - time for a change By David Alcock It was great to see in this piece in The Guardian recently that the Labour Party is considering adopting the recommendations of the...
21 Dec, 2023 Looking back on 2023... with some Hollywood glamour By Libby Hubbard If 2023 started relatively slowly for HR professionals, then it has certainly picked up pace in the latter months. The new legislation...
04 Dec, 2023 Sick of reading about holiday entitlement? Now you can listen instead! By Libby Hubbard Following on from Hannah's blog on the Government's draft Regulations to amend the Working Time Regulations 1998 (found here), Hannah and...
13 Nov, 2023 ‘Non-routine’ tasks - when the health and safety of employees must come first By Precious Mealia The Barnsdale Hall Hotel (now the Rutland Hall Hotel and Spa) has been fined £146,700 together with £50,000 of costs after pleading...
08 Nov, 2023 The Government response is out and it looks like 12.07% is on the way back in By Hannah Bollard We blogged back in January about the Government's consultation on how holiday entitlement for part-year workers and workers with...
27 Oct, 2023 The Procurement Act has landed…and more procurement news By Steven Brunning Yesterday, nearly three years since the Cabinet Office began its Green Paper consultation, the Procurement Act 2023 received royal...
05 Oct, 2023 Measures to tackle late payment of invoices don't go far enough By Emma Watt The Government has recently announced 'tougher' measures to tackle the issue of late payments to small businesses. The new measures...