Sep 17, 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...
Sep 16, 2024 Employee ownership: A succession plan for businesses By David Alcock Many business owners have dedicated years, if not decades, to building their companies. But when the time comes to step away, an...
Aug 09, 2024 Now let the change begin - what does the new Government have in store for HR? By Libby Hubbard If you want to know what the new Government has in store for HR and employment relations following the King's speech then our August...
Jul 17, 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...
Jul 11, 2024 Acronyms anyone?? There's a new MoU between RSH and HO By Sarah Patrice The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) and the Housing Ombudsman Service (HO) have put in place a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Jul 01, 2024 Subject access requests – when to weed out third-party data By Emma Watt Libby Hubbard There are things in life, like taxes and laundry, that we know are necessary for democracy and cleanliness respectively but are just a...
Jul 01, 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...
Jun 21, 2024 Investigation into chatbot - a 'warning shot for industry' By Emma Watt The ICO has concluded its investigation into Snap Inc.’s use of its 'My AI' chatbot feature on the Snapchat platform. The My AI chatbot...
Jun 18, 2024 Corporate transactions with employment specialists: the perfect podcast collaboration By Laura Jordan Michael Brownlee The sale or purchase of a business is never just about the contracts, the indemnities, the warranties and the late-night negotiations;...
May 22, 2024 Muddying the waters of volunteer status By Katherine Sinclair Esther Campsall Volunteers are the lifeblood of many charitable organisations. Those organisations could not exist without them, but neither could they...
May 21, 2024 A conversation about sushi – small talk, or harassment? By Jackie Morris In the case of Sato-Rossberg -v- SOAS University of London, an employment judge has dismissed claims by a Japanese professor that she was...
May 17, 2024 Procuring regeneration projects under the Procurement Act 2023: playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the same order! By Mark Cook Local authorities and housing associations are at the centre of many land-based projects, whether this is for small-scale developments,...