Burges Salmon blog

January 28, 2022

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Private Sector Focus on Decarbonisation: Ineos tenders for hydrogen plant at its largest production site

COP26 saw world leaders adopt the Glasgow Climate Pact; an international agreement which calls for decisive action to decarbonise the...

Private Sector Focus on Decarbonisation: Ineos tenders for hydrogen plant at its largest production site

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January 28, 2022

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ASA escalates action against influencers who regularly fail to disclose ads

Written by Noel Hung

On 18 January 2022, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) announced that they were launching a new...

Burges Salmon

January 26, 2022

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EIS – Beware the preference

The enterprise investment scheme (EIS) provides valuable income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) reliefs to investors. Unfortunately EIS...

Burges Salmon

January 26, 2022

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Tweaks to the stronger nudge to pensions guidance but is a shove needed?

On 17 January, the Government published its response to its Stronger Nudge to Pensions Guidance consultation along with the final version...

Tweaks to the stronger nudge to pensions guidance but is a shove needed?

Burges Salmon

January 24, 2022

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FCA publishes its approach to TPR firms that do not meet its expectations

This post was written by Carly Phillips-Jones

On 18 January 2022, the FCA published a new webpage setting out its approach to firms...

FCA publishes its approach to TPR firms that do not meet its expectations

Burges Salmon

January 24, 2022

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The bedrock of responsible business

Having a happy and engaged workforce is the bedrock to performing well as a responsible business. Whether aiming to make strides in...

Burges Salmon

January 24, 2022

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FCA consults on strengthening financial promotions rules to protect consumers

Following its Discussion Paper, published in April 2021, FCA published a consultation paper (CP22/2) on 19th January 2022 titled...

FCA consults on strengthening financial promotions rules to protect consumers

Martin Cook

January 21, 2022

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HM Treasury target misleading cryptocurrency adverts

Further to the ASA’s clamps down on crypto-asset advertising and as discussed in one of our previous blog posts, HM Treasury has now...

Tom Weld

January 20, 2022

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Building Safety: Responsibility for fire safety repairs - Government signals a hardening attitude in cladding crisis

Building on previous recent announcements, in a strongly worded statement to parliament on 10 January 2022 the Secretary of State for...

Building Safety: Responsibility for fire safety repairs - Government signals a hardening attitude in cladding crisis

Lucy Pegler

January 20, 2022

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ICO publishes report on the impact of the pandemic on individual's privacy rights

The pandemic has presented many obstacles in response to which we’ve seen the emergence of technology and data based solutions. To...

ICO publishes report on the impact of the pandemic on individual's privacy rights

Lynsey Reid

January 20, 2022

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More detail emerges on the implementation of biodiversity net gain requirements

In November 2021 The Environment Act (“the Act”) received Royal Assent and entered the statute books. One of the most significant...

More detail emerges on the implementation of biodiversity net gain requirements

Harry Jewson

January 20, 2022

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Parallel imports: no change to UK's IP exhaustion regime for now

Following a public consultation on the future of the UK's IP exhaustion regime, the UK IPO has announced that it has not been possible to...

Parallel imports: no change to UK's IP exhaustion regime for now

Lynsey Reid

January 19, 2022

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Local place plans come into force in Scotland

Provisions in the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 allowing community bodies to prepare local place plans come into force on 22 January 2022....

Local place plans come into force in Scotland

Richard Handel

January 18, 2022

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Family Mediation Week

This week is Family Mediation Week. It is an opportunity to raise awareness of family mediation and of the benefits it can bring to...

Lloyd James

January 18, 2022

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Decarbonising the Supply Chain – Welsh Government

Against the backdrop of COP26 and increasing scrutiny on projects and supply chain, the Welsh Government (on 3rd December 2021) released...

Tom Hewitt

January 17, 2022

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ELMS - still a long way to go?

We have written before about concerns over the roll-out of the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) - that central plank to post...

Alice Honeywill

January 13, 2022

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AD Bly Groundworks and Civil Engineering Ltd v HMRC: a reminder of the principles of tax relief on pension contributions by employers

This post was written by Leonardo Robinson and Charles Gray

A recent First-Tier Tax Tribunal case, decided on 26 November 2021, serves as...

Burges Salmon

January 13, 2022

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A Trustee’s New Year resolution – get ready for the new Single Code of Practice

In July 2019 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) announced its plans to combine the content of its existing 15 Codes of Practice into a single,...

A Trustee’s New Year resolution – get ready for the new Single Code of Practice

Crispin Freeman

January 13, 2022

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NMPA changes, opportunities for fraudsters and the need for clear messaging

Last month, the Government confirmed that the normal minimum pension age (“NMPA”) would be increasing from the age of 55 to 57 on 6 April...

Eilidh Wood

January 13, 2022

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Scottish government considers the ‘right to disconnect’

As we begin to settle in to the New Year and adjust to working life after the festive break, the ‘right to disconnect’ is back on the...

Scottish government considers the ‘right to disconnect’

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January 13, 2022

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Another milestone reached on the Government’s TCFD Roadmap: Standard Listed Companies

On 17 December 2021, the FCA announced that climate-related financial disclosure obligations are being extended to issuers of standard...

Peter Ramsden

January 11, 2022

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CPPAs: The shape of things to come?

Increasing wholesale gas and electricity prices, and the wider green agenda, have led to a continuation of, and perhaps steepened, uptake...

Tom Whittaker

January 7, 2022

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Artificial intelligence assurance, good governance and the UK AI strategy

AI assurance is set to play a crucial role in delivering the UK National AI strategy's effective governance objective according to the...

Roxanne Ratcliff

January 7, 2022

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Challenge businesses to develop career opportunities for black and minority ethnic young people

The city in which we are headquartered is similar to many others in the UK. 22% of people under 25 are black or minority ethnic in...

Challenge businesses to develop career opportunities for black and minority ethnic young people

Burges Salmon

January 6, 2022

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Looking back at platform M&A in 2021 - and all geared up for 2022!

There have been some really interesting platform M&A deals over the last year, and we at Burges Salmon have been fortunate enough to...

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Burges Salmon blog Archive

Private Sector Focus on Decarbonisation: Ineos tenders for hydrogen plant at its largest production site

ASA escalates action against influencers who regularly fail to disclose ads

EIS – Beware the preference

Tweaks to the stronger nudge to pensions guidance but is a shove needed?

FCA publishes its approach to TPR firms that do not meet its expectations

The bedrock of responsible business

FCA consults on strengthening financial promotions rules to protect consumers

HM Treasury target misleading cryptocurrency adverts

Building Safety: Responsibility for fire safety repairs - Government signals a hardening attitude in cladding crisis

ICO publishes report on the impact of the pandemic on individual's privacy rights

More detail emerges on the implementation of biodiversity net gain requirements

Parallel imports: no change to UK's IP exhaustion regime for now

Local place plans come into force in Scotland

Family Mediation Week

Decarbonising the Supply Chain – Welsh Government

ELMS - still a long way to go?

AD Bly Groundworks and Civil Engineering Ltd v HMRC: a reminder of the principles of tax relief on pension contributions by employers

A Trustee’s New Year resolution – get ready for the new Single Code of Practice

NMPA changes, opportunities for fraudsters and the need for clear messaging

Scottish government considers the ‘right to disconnect’

Another milestone reached on the Government’s TCFD Roadmap: Standard Listed Companies

CPPAs: The shape of things to come?

Artificial intelligence assurance, good governance and the UK AI strategy

Challenge businesses to develop career opportunities for black and minority ethnic young people

Looking back at platform M&A in 2021 - and all geared up for 2022!