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Covid-19: extension to testing
In an important development for employers, the government announced yesterday that it was extending testing so that any worker who cannot...
Green Hydrogen: a growing focus
With the Net Zero target and a number of key Climate Change Committee reports emphasising the need for hydrogen in our energy system it...
Key Themes from the Pensions Regulator's Annual Funding Statement
Notable to see that the key themes from the Regulator's Annual Funding Statement include not only the need to focus on the current...
Varying orders and agreements in family proceedings
Concluding a financial agreement with a court order should achieve finality. However, with the unprecedented impact we are seeing as a...
Private M&A transactions: ordinary course of business?
Agreements documenting conditional private M&A transactions typically set out a detailed regime which applies to the gap between...
Supreme Court rules on Government powers to influence LGPS investment decisions
The Supreme Court judgement in the Palestine Solidarity case has important implications for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)...
More time to apply for BPS - welcome news for busy keyworkers or an indication of payment delays to come?
The RPA has announced a one month extension to the deadline for applications for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and claims for Countryside...
The coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS): which pension schemes are covered and other key questions
Which pension schemes are covered? Guy Opperman, the pensions minister, made a statement to Parliament on 27 April about the...
No strawberries for Wimbledon?
This BBC report highlights the extent to which the UK crop picking sector relies on migrant workers and the impact that a workforce...
PINS appeal decision is a timely reminder to pay strict attention to CIL Regulations
The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) have confirmed that a specific date for the intended commencement of a chargeable development must be...
UK - State of the Tech Nation 2020
Tech Nation has recently published its annual report into the UK's digital economy, and the key findings are encouraging for those of us...
Where are the new tools for LGPS withdrawal?
I was interested to see the results of a recent LGPS Scheme Advisory Board survey which showed that:
- less than 5% of those LGPS funds who...
Health Tech procurement - what happens next?
We blogged a couple of weeks ago about how Covid has acted as a catalyst to accelerate the use of tech in the healthcare sector. last...
EU Trade Talks – End of Round Two
The second week-long round of UK-EU Future Relationship negotiations has ended and the EU’s negotiating team has announced that...
IPA guidance on PFIs and COVID-19 - the limitations of force majeure?
On 2 April 2020, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (the “IPA”) released a guidance note on COVID-19 in the context of Private...
Transport Committee launches inquiry on benefits of e-scooters
Following the Department for Transport's publication of its consultation on micro-mobility vehicles, the Transport Committee has launched...
Mothballing sites- some key issues to consider
One of the sad, but almost inevitable consequences of the current COVID outbreak is that companies will have either gone ahead with, or...
Pensions related Case Law - Directors & conflicts of interests - key issue for schemes
The recent case of Davies v Ford [2020] EWHC 686, has emphasised the need for Directors to avoid conflicts of interests when offering to...
Commercial leases – rent enforcement ban
Since the moratorium on forfeiture of commercial leases under the Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force, some commercial landlords have...
Are English testators more vulnerable than their Scottish equivalents?
I was slightly disappointed to see that the government is "reviewing the case" - usually a euphemism for taking about 2-3 years to decide...
HSE provides guidance for food businesses managing COVID-19 related risks
The Health and Safety Executive has produced updated guidance for the food industry to help manage COVID-19 related risks for employees...
Where now for M&A?
In an interesting article, the FT explored the impact of COVID-19 on global M&A and the mixed outlook across various geographies and...
Material Adverse Change: will WPP/Tempus be replaced by Moss Bros/Brigadier?
On 22 April 2020, the Board of Moss Bros Group plc announced that it had been informed by Brigadier Acquisition Company Limited that it...
Urgent procurements - when does the exemption in the Public Contracts Regulations apply?
The European Commission issued guidance earlier this month on when and how the "extreme urgency" exemption applies during the Covid...
COVID-19: A driver for accelerated change in Industrial & Logistics
Thanks in part to the rise of e-commerce, demands on the I&L sector have been growing for a number of years. As a result of the...
Net Zero - Sustainable offices, do they deliver higher rents?
Whilst we all get use to working from home a new report was published by JLL last month on the UK office market. It concluded that...
Can a company hold a virtual AGM?
The short answer is not yet. Last Friday BEIS and the FRC issued some guidance in a Q&A format on this topic. This made it clear that...
EU Trade Talks – Round Two
The European Commission (EC) has published its agenda for the second round of UK-EU Future Relationship negotiations, taking place via...
Poor air quality and Covid-19: linking health and the environment
Poor air quality may be a contributing factor to the severity of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to emerging evidence. Clearly, it...
Opening up urban road use during the pandemic and beyond
The Government has issued temporary guidance relaxing publicity requirements for the making of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs)...
The benefits of Demand Responsive Transport services - can trials necessitated by the pandemic demonstrate the wider benefit they can offer to the current transport network?
COVID 19 has had an unprecedented impact on transport passenger providers. With legislation and guidance on social distancing and...
Large housing developments, are there economies of scale?
Knight Frank's recent report "Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission: Cost & Value - 2020" provides a fascinating insight...
When is there a legal duty to buy out benefits?
We live in strange times. Some trustees will need to consider whether now is the time to act.
For some schemes, the stars may align...
CAVs in the healthcare sector - a sign of rapid tech adoption during COVID-19
The pandemic is rapidly accelerating the use of technology in healthcare which is probably long overdue and is likely to have long...
Eligibility criteria for CLBILS announced
Your business must:
- be UK-based in its business activity
- have an annual turnover of more than £45 million
- have a borrowing proposal which...
Planning focus on healthcare sites as part of the Government’s Covid-19 response
As outlined in our recent updates, the Government has made several expedient changes to the planning regime as part of its response to...
Brexit negotiations return
After the last two trade talk sessions were cancelled, EU and UK have brought Brexit negotiations back onto the table with trade...
WFH
Yesterday's edition of Property Week carried an article written by Helen Beresford, head of ID:SR at architects Sheppard Robson, under...
COVID-19: Digital Consultation and Engagement
The traditional physical public consultation models are being challenged by COVID-19. The use of digital consultation has therefore...
Statutory residence test relaxations in relation to Covid-19 for certain highly skilled individuals
Rishi Sunak has announced limited relaxations to the UK statutory residence test (SRT), in relation to Covid-19. Any days spent in...
FinTechs using open banking APIs to make things easier for consumers and SMEs during COVID-19
With the advent of COVID 19, the huge increase in remote working is a ripe breeding ground for scammers, for example, criminals who pose...
Views sought on greater flexibility for pensions contributions
We welcome the new guidance from the Pensions Regulator on flexibility regarding DC pensions contributions. The area is developing on a...
As opposite-sex marriage declines, what protection is there for unmarried couples if their relationship breaks down?
The Office of National Statistics has reported that the rate of marriages is declining and over the last 40 years there has been a...
Sixth Carbon Budget delayed as CCC focus turns to resilient recovery from Covid-19
The UK's Committee on Climate Change has announced that the publication of the Sixth Carbon Budget (2033-2037) has been delayed to...
Creating a market for carbon reduction
The lack of an established market enabling land owners and occupiers to obtain a financial benefit from decarbonising activities on their...
Sponsoring EU workers? Don’t leave it too late!
Before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit was pretty much all that most employers seemed to talk about. You may recall (although...
Key workers: be aware of public service pension quirks
It has been fantastic to see the public support for key workers during this current crisis - and I hope that it will be enduring....
Hand sanitiser to fight Covid-19: navigating chemicals regulation
We are pleased to be using our experience and expertise in chemicals regulation to assist in the efforts by the business world to ramp up...
Building safety a priority during the COVID-19 crisis
For now, the construction industry is understandably focused on managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, important issues...
YTL Arena Bristol given the green light by the Secretary of State
I am pleased to bring you some good news before the Easter weekend in the form of the Secretary of State deciding not to call in the...
Right to work checks in the time of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised various immigration law issues for employers employing migrant workers in the UK. One key concern is how...
Latest COVID-19 guidance for employers with employees still at work
The Government has just issued significantly updated guidance for employers on COVID-19. This will be of particular interest to those...
A big moment for renewable energy in the UK
Amid the economic gloom of current weeks there is at least some good news. This is today's release of new analysis that for the first...
The land use sector will be crucial for Net Zero
A new report from the Governments advisory committee the "Natural Capital Committee" has been looking at the role nature based...
Lost in Space
As part of his responsibilities as Chief Strategy Office (UK) at Cushman & Wakefield Richard Pickering leads C&W's Futures...
Covid-19: Updated immigration guidance
The Home Office and UK Visas and Immigration provided updated COVID-19 guidance on 3 April. The key changes are summarized below.
Heritage assets - a hindrance to housing infrastructure?
Last week, my colleague Gary Soloman and I recorded a webinar on garden cities, regeneration and compulsory purchase. We focused on some...
The latest guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
With increasingly restrictive social distancing guidance causing decreases in revenue, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...
Companies failing to enable social distancing risk HSE intervention
HSE has issued a joint statement on safe working with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
The...
COVID-19: Planning applications progressing remotely
As the planning industry adapts to working remotely, we are pleased to see that planning applications are still progressing. In this...
Housing - A new era post Covid-19
Much has changed in the last three weeks. However the UK's housing shortage has not gone away and it is easy to forget that in the...
March quarter day's rent - gone, but not forgotten
It is clear that many commercial tenants - especially those in the retail sector for all too obvious reasons - have not paid rent due on...
Is a country whose tax year is based upon the Annunciation ready to Make Tax Digital?
On this first day of the tax year it's worth recalling why the UK's tax year starts on 6th April.
It’s all the fault of the Angel Gabriel.
Family Court hearings to be conducted remotely unless absolutely necessary for parties to attend
The Family Court has been slowly moving into the 21st Century. It has been possible to e-file certain documents and applications for some...
Trustees must consider legal duties as well as TPR guidance on CETVs
Trustees should take care to put TPR guidance into context, and consider their legal obligations when deciding how to react to the...
Covid-19 means planned capital gains tax changes may impact more people than anticipated
With effect from 6 April 2020, the rules in relation to principal private residence relief will change. These rules provide relief from...
Pensions & the Proposed New Restructuring Plan- How will it apply to pensions schemes?
The proposed new Restructuring Plans raise key questions for pensions.
The fundamental starting point is that employers should seek to...
Covid-19 and renewable energy
One of the few good news stories in recent weeks has been the reduction in carbon emissions and pollution, exemplified by the smog-free...
Burges Salmon launches new Covid19 Pensions Law Helpline for trustees, employers and advisers
The pensions legal team at Burges Salmon are pleased to announce a new Helpline to assist with the large number of queries arising due to...
Morrisons data breach - has the Supreme Court got it right?
In a decision that will come as a big relief to the supermarket giant Morrisons and other UK businesses, the Supreme Court has overturned...
Construction sites can remain open - Covid-19
The Government has again confirmed today that construction sites may stay open if they comply with the Safe Operating Procedures (SOP)...
Furlough and pensions – what do employers still need to consider following Government guidance?
Welcome news in an update for employers on 26 March that the Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme will cover minimum employer...
Suspense in Trading in London Real Estate
What a difference a few days makes. Only a month ago Savills were reporting transactional volumes in the City up by 58% year to date with...
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