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Financial support for SMEs: the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)
04 May 2020100% Government-backed loans of up to £50,000 for small and medium businesses
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Financial support for SMEs: The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
06 May 2020Government-backed loans of up to £5 million to small and medium businesses
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Government announces extension to Job Support Scheme for closed business premises
12 October 2020The Chancellor has announced an extension to the Job Support Scheme targeted at businesses required to close entirely due to tighter local or national coronavirus restrictions. Under these proposals, the government will pay two-thirds of wages for businesses forced to close in the coming months as it seeks to slow the rise in coronavirus cases. This article looks at what we know so far and considers what affected employers should do now.
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New changes to the Job Support Scheme – an open and shut case?
23 October 2020The Chancellor has significantly expanded the Job Support Scheme after objections from businesses, particularly those in tier two areas, that they are facing massively reduced demand but less support from the government than tier three businesses legally forced to close. Under the revised scheme, employees will have to work fewer hours and employers will need to contribute less in order to qualify. The changes could have a significant impact – but there is precious little time available to employers to take the steps needed to take advantage of the scheme before it comes into effect.
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Coronavirus Job Support Scheme – FAQs for employers
04 November 2020These FAQs explain how the government’s proposed Job Support Scheme would have worked if it had been introduced in November 2020 as originally planned.
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Logistics & Supply Chain
Today’s world is all about speed to market. Retailers, manufacturers and other businesses involved in selling or buying goods and component parts face a litany of challenges when it comes to ensuring supply chain cost efficiency and visibility.
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The Great Occupier/Developer Office Debate: Matching Supply and Demand
28 April 2021The past 12 months have changed the landscape of the commercial property market in the UK and beyond.
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The engagement landscape: labour supply solutions and risks
18 October 2022The engagement landscape of today is markedly different to what we had several years ago – and use of third party staffing suppliers, known as employment businesses, is on the up.
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Champagne supernova: Cristal brand owner sues cava producer (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
23 June 2017Do you know your Champagne from your Cava? Quite possibly, but a High Court judge held in late 2015 that a Spanish cava producer trading under the brand name, “Cristalino” had used a confusingly similar sign to that of the famous tipple preferred by rappers and the like, “Cristal”.
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Lewis Silkin is speaking at the Global Immigration Law Summit 2017 on 27 February 2017
27 February 2017Business immigration partner Andrew Osborne is going to join a plenary session on the Transfer of Highly Skilled Workers at this year’s Global Immigration Summit in London.
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Ciara Fulton speaking at Legal Island’s Diversity and Inclusion Summit 2022
05 May 2022Legal Island present the Diversity and Inclusion Summit 2022 - A Close Look at Inclusive Leadership and the Practical Tools of D&I.
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I have been an IP/commercial lawyer for 25 years. My work covers traditional IP issues, from patent licensing, portfolio management through to global IP restructuring.
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New Partner Jeremy Summers' appointment is covered in City A.M.
24 July 2014City A.M. have mentioned the appointment of Jeremy Summers in their 'Who's switching jobs' section this morning.
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Five policy and legislation changes to expect this summer: Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Resource
20 July 2021Changes to local plan-making and methods for making developers contribute to the infrastructure that supports their schemes are among the alterations promised for the next few months
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Court orders summary judgment against employer for failure to reimburse expenses incurred for the benefit of the business
28 June 2023On 6 April 2023, the Court of First Instance granted summary judgment to a former employee of a Hong Kong company for various payments and benefits owed to the employee.
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Commercial Court confirms that Recast Brussels Regulation does not permit intra-EU anti-suit injunctions
21 August 2018The decision in Nori Holdings has reaffirmed that West Tankers remains an authoritative statement of EU law, providing welcome clarity following the introduction of the Recast Brussels Regulation and Advocate General Wathelet’s comments in Gazprom. However, whether or not the UK courts will regain the ability to grant anti-suit injunctions restraining proceedings in EU courts after the UK leaves the EU remains to be seen.
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Advertising foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS)
07 December 2023Advertising of HFSS foods is under a lot of scrutiny in the UK due to the obesity crisis, but recently has been put more on a back burner by the UK government due to the cost-of-living crisis and opposition to proposed legislative measures from some government MPs. Advertising HFSS products is already tightly regulated in the UK, but there are new rules on the horizon.
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John Lewis and adam&eveDDB successfully defend copyright claim
03 April 2023A claim that John Lewis and adam&eveDDB (“adam&eve”) copied a children’s author in creating the 2019 John Lewis television commercial and an associated book has been rejected by a High Court judge in London. The court found John Lewis and adam&eve had created the ad and book independently. The court also made an order that the unsuccessful claimant publicise the failed claim on her website and social media accounts.
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Lewis Silkin represents LUSH in successful IP infringement claim against online retailer Amazon
10 February 2014Lewis Silkin’s widely acclaimed intellectual property (IP) and brand management team has represented its client, Lush, the manufacturer, supplier and retailer of cosmetics globally under the LUSH brand, in a successful trade mark dispute concerning Amazon’s website.