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Gambling in Crypto: The Next Revolution? Wendy Saunders comments for Gambling News
01 September 2021
If the first technological revolution in gambling occurred in the 1990s with an explosion in virtual gambling, might crypto bring about the next gambling revolution?
UK to pare back new takeover screening powers - Wendy Saunders comments for the Financial Times.
20 November 2023
The deputy prime minister has said the UK's investment screening powers are to be pared back to make them more "business friendly", less than two years after they have been introduced. Wendy Saunders comments on how the refinement of the scope of the NS&I regime will boost confidence in the UK as an investable jurisdiction.
Lewis Silkin advises Havas on acquisition of Creative Lynx, top digital health and wellness communications agency
15 June 2012
Lewis Silkin has advised leading global advertising and communications services group Havas on the acquisition of a majority stake in the leading European digital health and wellness communications agency, Creative Lynx.
Roundtable: wellbeing
12 October 2015
Karen Baxter's comments from a roundtable on legal workplaces and the challenges facing the professions' mental wellbeing have been featured on the Law Society Gazette website.
Employee Wellbeing conference developing effective strategies and improving business performance
15 November 2016
The CBI estimates that 175 million working days are lost each year in Britain due to sickness and the HSE have reported that stress is responsible for 43% of those lost days. PwC have calculated that the related annual cost to business is £29 billion.
This Place Minds: Promoting positive mental wellbeing in the technology sector
14 May 2019
Mental wellbeing is rising to the top of corporate agendas. Organisations are increasingly aware that a failure to address employee “wellness”, and particularly issues around mental health, can be costly. Poor mental health at work costs the UK economy up to £99 billion each year. There is clear evidence that employers who promote positive mental health in the workplace have a happier and more productive workforce.
This Place Minds: Promoting positive mental wellbeing in the media and live industries
21 May 2019
Mental wellbeing is rising to the top of corporate agendas. Organisations are increasingly aware that a failure to address employee “wellness”, and particularly issues around mental health, can be costly.
This Place Minds Ireland: Promoting positive mental wellbeing
30 May 2019
Mental wellbeing is rising to the top of corporate agendas. Organisations are increasingly aware that a failure to address employee “wellness”, and particularly issues around mental health, can be costly. Poor mental health at work costs the Irish economy up to €11 billion each year. There is clear evidence that employers who promote positive mental health in the workplace have a happier and more productive workforce.
Promoting positive mental wellbeing in law firms - Hong Kong
21 November 2019
Mental wellbeing is rising to the top of law firms’ agendas with many worrying reports in the legal press on the mental health of staff and partners in law firms.
Resourcing for 2021: homeworking, flexibility and wellbeing
04 March 2021
In the second of our three-part series exploring resourcing challenges, opportunities and trends in 2021, we examine the trend towards homeworking and other flexible working arrangements and the growing focus on wellbeing, trust and culture.
Future of Sport: The Player Care Group and the future of player wellbeing with Hugo Scheckter
05 November 2021
In this episode, JJ Shaw and Stephen O’Flaherty are joined by Hugo Scheckter (Founder and Managing Director of The Player Care Group).
Irish employers take time to promote mental wellbeing of staff - Linda Hynes comments for the Irish Examiner
19 April 2024
In observance of Stress Awareness Month, Linda Hynes shares insights with the Irish Examiner on fostering employee wellbeing as a top business priority
Minister welcomes decision by Lewis Silkin to open new office in Cardiff
12 November 2012
Welsh Business Minister Edwina Hart has welcomed the news that Lewis Silkin is expanding its footprint within the UK and is to open an office in Cardiff to join its London and Oxford locations.
Lewis Silkin welcomes Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Brand Academy 2016
25 January 2016
Lewis Silkin was delighted to welcome Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE CMG, the Minister for Intellectual Property, as the keynote speaker at our flagship brand event Brand Academy 2016 - “The Power of Brands - Opportunity or Threat?” on 21 January 2016.
Clare Reddy comments for Property Week: Industry welcomes Lords report calling for overhaul to unlock potential for offsite manufacturing
03 August 2018
Clare Reddy comments in an article for Property Week, which discusses offsite manufacturing and the need for clients, designers and contractors to collaborate if the innovative construction technique is to take off in UK.
Hospitality industry welcomes post-Brexit salary threshold review
10 July 2019
On 24 June, the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the £30,000 minimum salary threshold it proposed for sponsoring skilled workers in the post-Brexit immigration system, which is due to be rolled out from 1 January 2021. This move has been welcomed by the hospitality industry as an opportunity to ensure it can sponsor medium skilled workers from 2021 without having to pay substantially above market rates.
Tech entrepreneurs to David Cameron: Welcome skilled immigrants to keep the UK a global tech hub
02 November 2015
Olga Nechita has been quoted in an article by City A.M. on the open letter organised by the Coalition for a Digital Economy, which urges David Cameron to welcome more skilled migrants.
IR35: a welcome sigh of relief
15 October 2020
New guidance released by HMRC offers some re-assurance to businesses looking to hire contractors through agencies or umbrella companies. Despite broad wording in the Finance Act potentially suggesting otherwise, HMRC guidance indicates that they will not require the new IR35 rules to be operated if the contractor is an employee of a third party such as a UK based agency or umbrella company.
Autumn Budget 2021: Welcome! Everything is fine.
28 October 2021
The Chancellor has hit upon a canny trick. Make the difficult announcements a few weeks before your Budget speech so that when the spotlight is really on you can simply promise rainbows and puppy dogs for all. The Health and Social Care Levy announced in September which comes in from April 2022 year is expected to yield about £12.7bn next year. Factor in the associated bolt-on increase in dividend income tax and that’s extra tax of around £14bn. None of the decisions announced today come close to that sort of scale.
The meaning of “knowingly concerned” for breaches of financial promotion restrictions – welcome clarification for directors
25 April 2022
On 25 March 2022 the Court of Appeal held that a director who had been found “knowingly concerned” in an investment communication made in breach of section 21 of FSMA was not liable because she believed that the communication had been sufficiently authorised. The clarification of what constitutes “knowledge” in these circumstances will be welcomed by directors and professional advisors.