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Half of UK SMEs Not ‘Gender Diverse’

13th February 2017
Over half (52%) of SME owners in the UK would not class their businesses as ‘gender diverse’, despite 65% feeling that enough is being done to encourage women into their sector. The results were obtained from the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey that questions over 900 UK SME owners and senior management across […]
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Are You Ready for the New Anti-Money Laundering Directive?

13th February 2017
Lawyer Monthly hears from Tom Orange, a solicitor at Byrne and Partners LLP, who outlines everything you need to know about the new rules and how to prepare your business for compliance.
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Widespread Shortcomings in Cybersecurity Readiness

13th February 2017
A study of 3,000 companies in the UK, US and Germany, conducted for specialist insurer Hiscox, reveals that more than half (53%) of businesses in the three countries are ill-prepared to deal with cyber-attacks. The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2017 assessed firms according to their readiness in four key areas – strategy, resourcing, technology and […]
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Report of State Highway Safety Laws: Second Year of Unacceptable Increases in US Crash Deaths

10th February 2017
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) have released the 2017 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws. The 14th annual report rates all 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) on adoption of 15 basic traffic safety laws. This "report card" exposes deadly gaps in these essential laws and should serve as both a […]
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UK Businesses Exposed to Increased Risk of Modern Day Slavery

10th February 2017
Russia, Slovakia, India and Pakistan, according to the BSI Trafficking & Supply Chain Slavery Patterns Index, are all ‘severe risk’ source countries of ‘modern day slaves’ to the UK. Of the G7 nations, Italy is identified as a ‘high risk’ nation – partly due to the conflict in Syria. Greece and Turkey are additionally categorized […]
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Smart, Science-Based Regulation Needed to Advance America's Energy Renaissance and Jobs

10th February 2017
API President and CEO Jack Gerard testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last week on the need for smart, science-based oil and natural gas regulations so that American consumers and workers and the environment can continue to benefit from America's energy renaissance. "America is now leading the world in oil and natural […]
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Steep Rise in Health & Safety Fines

9th February 2017
The largest UK fines for health and safety incidents have increased substantially in the past year, with some of the biggest brands in business having to pay millions of pounds for failing to control serious risks to employees and the public. There were 19 fines of £1 million or more in 2016 – the largest […]
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Over 100 Businesses & Trade Associations Against Border Adjustment Tax

9th February 2017
A collection of well over 100 businesses and trade associations that represent millions of American jobs recently announced a new coalition to stop the Border Adjustment Tax or BAT. Americans for Affordable Products (AAP) will run a national campaign to engage consumers and show lawmakers that pursuing tax policy that will result in higher costs […]
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AIPLA Reveals Evolving Mindset Surrounding Administrative Patent Trials

9th February 2017
Bloomberg Law and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) recently announced the findings of a nationwide survey of patent attorneys and agents that gauged their feedback regarding proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The survey suggests that initial complaints about the rate of invalidity decisions issued by the PTAB have largely […]
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How Are the Ways Agreements Are Made Changing?

8th February 2017
Mark O’Halloran, Partner at Coffin Mew, gives an exclusive overview of how contracts, agreements and the arrangements we make in our day to day life and work are adapting to the intricacy and flexibility of today.
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