7 July 2020 Blog Guidance on returning to public fundraising published by Fundraising Regulator The Fundraising Regulator and Chartered Institute of Fundraising ("IoF") have published new guidance to support the return to public fundraising, to protect the safety and wellbeing of both fundraisers and the public, as the country sees the return of non-essential shops and other businesses beginning to resume their activities... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 July 2020 Blog Alert for large charities issued: the importance of transparency and accountable governance Publication of the Charity Commission’s decision following its charity inquiry into The Royal National Institute of Blind People and RNIB Charity was accompanied by an alert issued to charities... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
2 July 2020 Blog Changes to termination clauses in the construction industry The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020Â ("the Act") which came into force on 26 June 2020 has far reaching consequences for a number of industries... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
2 July 2020 Blog Final details of flexible furloughing Scheme now in place The legal framework has now been published for the new, more flexible version of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which launches on 1 July. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
1 July 2020 Blog Next steps for the COVID-19 Future Fund The UK Government's support scheme for innovative companies has been very successful, and is now being expanded to include... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
1 July 2020 Blog Next steps for the COVID-19 Future Fund The UK Government's support scheme for innovative companies has been very successful, and is now being expanded to include companies that participate in accelerator programmes based outside of the UK... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
1 July 2020 Blog MF/1 Changes in Cost in a post Covid-19 world This blog looks at clause 6 of MF/1 which deals with Changes in Cost... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
1 July 2020 Blog Pressure mounts on Government to implement ethnicity pay reporting Pressure is growing on the UK Government to take more effective action to address racial inequality. There have been a number of reports and enquiries on this subject in recent years, but in most cases little progress on implementation... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 June 2020 Blog Another iteration of the Caldicott Principles coming down the track. Could this help with future local lockdowns? The launch of this consultation is timely. Leicester is set to see an extended lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. But could this have been better managed? Reports in the FT suggest that a delay in sharing Covid-19 test data delayed the city’s response... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 June 2020 Blog Ordinary Residence determinations: most unlikely candidate for stirring you from lockdown torpor? In a clutch of recent Ordinary Residence Determinations, the Secretary of State has managed to put the cat well and truly amongst the pigeons by resiling from the Government’s own statutory guidance on the issue of which local authority is responsible for commissioning section 117 aftercare services... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
30 June 2020 Blog NHS Trust commended for pre-emptive application to the Court of Protection The recent case of Re KL (2020) concerned a young lady known as K who required treatment for cervical cancer... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
29 June 2020 Blog Are food factories & processing plants the new Coronavirus hot-spots? A number of outbreaks in factories, particularly abattoirs, has put the spotlight once more on food companies, but this time their factories and processing plants... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read