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The Government is planning to reverse last year's Supreme Court ruling on holiday entitlement for part-year workers...

The construction market is familiar with the need for cladding remediation works, however the Building Safety Act relates to more than just cladding. 

Draft regulations the Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 have been published to ban the supply of single-use plastic in England from October 2023. Key definitions and exclusions, including the meaning of packaging, are reviewed.

A recent Advertising Standards Authority ruling has underlined the importance of stating #ad in order to ensure marketing communications are obviously identifiable as adverts.

At the Oxford Farming Conference on 5th January, Farming Minister, Mark Spencer, announced more money for farmers and landowners through both the Countryside Stewardship and the Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes.  He also confirmed an expanded range of actions under the schemes, which farmers could be paid for, would be published soon.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on its draft annual plan for 2023 to 2024.  As food & agriculture continues to be of interest to the CMA, the CMA’s draft annual plan will be of particular relevance to businesses in this sector.

Food & Agri update Fri 13 Jan - Defra energy update April 2023 to March 2024 #energybilldiscountscheme ASA rulings on promotions. Northern Ireland Protocol IT sharing agreement. Net Zero independent review and single use plastics upcoming legislation #food #agri #update #energy #promotions #defra #asa #plastics #netcarbon #ecolabelling

The Vice-President of the Court of Protection has published a letter in relation to section 49 reports, following a meeting with NHS Mental Health Directors...

Making medicines available to those in low or middle income countries is an ongoing challenge. What is the contribution of the Medicines Patent Pool to addressing that problem?

The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill goes considerably further than its abandoned predecessor, which applied only to the transport sector...

The Building Safety Act introduces leaseholder protections for leaseholders with a qualifying lease (sections 118-120 and Schedule 8).  These protections came into force on 28 June 2022 and were a very late addition to the Building Safety Act.

Regulations lower threshold for publication to Contracts Finder...