Retirement and Dental Bodies Corporate
We have looked in previous articles at the issues which practices need to consider when they operate as a limited company, known in the…
Corporate & Commercial
Are Virtual Operating Models Here to Stay?
Like many other people, I’m just coming to the end of a full year working exclusively, or at least mainly, from home. One of the most…
Dental Practice Structure – To Be a Company (or not to be)?
This is a subject which we come back to fairly regularly as dental lawyers. Practices decide that they wish to incorporate, in other words…
Corporate Webinar | The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
In the last days of the Brexit transition period, the UK and EU finally agreed a trade deal – the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The…
Business Interruption Insurance: Good News for Small Businesses
Many small businesses were forced to close as a result of the restrictions imposed on travel and trade in response to the COVID-19 outbreak…
COVID19 Support for Businesses: Update Following National Lockdown
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced a new grant package of £4.6 billion to support the hardest hit businesses through the new…
What a year! Please don’t let the Grinch steal Christmas Gifts too!
What a year! All of us have been living under unprecedented restrictions on our lives this year, missing loved ones and all the usual…
Corporate Webinar | Insolvency, Commercial Contracts and Supply Chain
Today’s business leaders are faced with overwhelming and competing challenges as we continue to navigate the impacts of the Coronavirus…
New Law can Force Suppliers to Continue Supplying Insolvent Companies.
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 came into force on 26th June 2020 and amongst other changes, it now prevents suppliers…
Coronavirus “Bounce Back” Loan Scheme
In response to criticism from businesses that the administration of the CBILS scheme has been too slow to meet their urgent need for…
Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS): Changes and Updates
Extended Support for SMEs
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced plans, yesterday, to revise the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan…
Goodbye Wrongful Trading and Welcome to the UK, Chapter 11?
On 28 March 2020, Business Secretary Alok Sharma announced new insolvency measures to help businesses pull through the coronavirus crisis.…
Coronavirus: UK Government support for the Self-Employed
On 26 March the Chancellor announced his plan to help self-employed individuals who are at risk of losing their livelihoods due to…
Coronavirus: UK Government Support for SMEs
The Chancellor and the Scottish Government have introduced a number of measures to support SMEs amid the disruption caused by COVID-19.…
University Spin-outs play role in Scotland's economic growth
In late 2019, Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow, published a report on industry engagement and the…
Exit Day: What Happens Next for Data Protection?
Whether you sit in the pro-Brexit camp or in the Remain camp, Exit Day is here. We must now all accept that the UK will leave the EU at…
Mothercare; More misery for the UK High Street
Following on from my recent article on the collapse of Watt Brothers and Bonmarche, it is a great shame to now have to report on the…
Alexa – can I stay in Gourock
Amazon faces eviction from its Gourock “fulfilment centre” after having ignored a notice to quit from its landlord, M7 Real Estate…
Thomas Cook – A Very Bumpy Landing
What Has Gone Wrong?
On the surface, it is not hard to see what may have gone wrong over the past 8 years since the last restructuring of…
Brexit and Business Continuity: is there such a thing?
When it comes to Brexit, no one seems to know what tomorrow will bring - particularly in the event of no deal scenario. With Boris…
The Growing Business of Franchising
Franchising is a common way of scaling a business quickly. The world’s largest franchises are household names: McDonald’s, Subway,…