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• High Street Al Fresco Boost Via Licensing Regime Extension

  • Posted14 October 2022

  A temporary pavement licensing regime that was introduced to enable al fresco dining at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended by the Government. Initially put in...

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• Thinking of Setting Up a Franchise Business? Seek Professional Advice

  • Posted11 October 2022

  The franchising model enables many people to achieve their ambition of setting up in business on their own account. However, as a High Court case showed, it is vital not...

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• COVID-19, Furlough and a Failure to Make Reasonable Adjustments

  • Posted6 October 2022

  Many thousands of carers continued to toil under conditions of enormous pressure throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. However, an Employment Tribunal (ET) has found that a care home provider breached its...

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• Business Difficulties? It’s Unwise to Pay Your Other Creditors Before HMRC

  • Posted3 October 2022

  When companies experience cashflow difficulties, stressed directors all too often prioritise trade and other creditors over HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). As a tax tribunal ruling showed, however, such a...

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• Upper Tribunal Business Rates Ruling Marks High Street’s Sad Decline

  • Posted30 September 2022

  Britain’s high streets have changed immeasurably in recent decades and many once proud buildings are no longer attractive to retailers. An Upper Tribunal (UT) ruling in the context of a...

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• Commercially Sensitive Conversation ‘Overheard Through Flimsy Partition Wall’

  • Posted28 September 2022

  In modern offices where CCTV is ubiquitous and partition walls are flimsy there is an obvious risk of commercially sensitive conversations being overheard. In a guideline decision, the High Court...

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