Industry News - Company and Commercial Law

09/03/2010
2010 'will be a good year for landlords'
This year could be a good time to seek a conveyancing lawyer with a view to purchasing a buy-to-let property.

09/03/2010
Employers 'should change the law on toilet breaks'
A change in the law is needed in order to make toilet breaks a compulsory part of the working day, it has been argued.

08/03/2010
Insurance 'still essential for vacant commercial properties'
Investors building up a business or currently in the process of seeking tenants for their commercial property have been warned that they must have a valid insurance policy in place in the meantime.

08/03/2010
Students and graduates 'feel discrimination is rife'
Students and recent graduates feel that discrimination, particularly relating to ethnicity, is rife in UK workplaces.

08/03/2010
University pays out £100,000 after stress claim
A UK university has paid compensation after an employee claimed that he had been the victim of work-related stress.

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12/02/2009
FSB: Delay new laws

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the government to postpone the introduction of a raft of new laws.

Small businesses could be out of pocket to the tune of £800 million by their passing and the FSB believes the laws will only heap more financial pressure on struggling smaller companies.

The FSB is advising the government to reconsider extending flexible working to parents of children up to the age of 16, as this will cost small businesses £61 million.

It also states that increasing staff holidays by four days could result in small business being £724 million out of pocket.

John Wright, national chairman of the FSB, says smaller organisations should be able to concentrate on keeping jobs rather than committing extra time and money to paperwork.

"Suspending legislation that could cost small firms up to £800 million will allow them to concentrate on getting the economy back on track," he says.

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18/01/2010
Public house portfolios 'could expand in 2011'
Next year will be the best time for an expansion of portfolios of public house properties, it has been suggested.

06/01/2010
New business start-ups 'higher in 2009'
Last year is likely to have seen more business start-ups in the UK than in 2008, it has been suggested.

02/12/2009
Warning for businesses may raise insolvency issues
Banks are still substantially disconnected from businesses despite the efforts of the government, it has been claimed.

01/12/2009
Banks pledge to support firms as insolvency threat remains
NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland have issued a pledge that they will do more to support small businesses.

30/11/2009
Warning to get balance right on internships
New regulation on the use of interns in firms may go a long way to avoiding undue exploitation, it has been suggested.

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