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Following recent news of the UK’s plans for an Apprenticeship Levy, by which the government aims to reach its target of three million apprentices by 2020, a City & Guilds survey reveals a third of UK businesses are unaware of the implications it will have on their costs and more. Here David Lynch, Managing Director […]
Health Canada is concerned about the dangers of unregistered pesticides being brought into Canada. Unregistered pesticides brought in from other countries have not been assessed for safety by the Department, and may not be labelled or packaged properly for safe use in Canada. The current Pest Control Products Regulations allow pesticides (regardless of their registration status […]
2016 has been a challenging year for the legal sector, with increasing court fees threatening the access to justice, and the Brexit vote introducing uncertainty. However, the Bar Council continued to campaign assiduously on behalf of the Bar, and to support the profession in delivering specialist advice and advocacy. From establishing a Brexit Working Group, which lobbies […]
Last week we heard that NHS services throughout England will have a legal duty to charge foreign patients upfront, when treatment is non-urgent and not eligible to be free. If they cannot pay in advance, as of April 2017, overseas patients will have to forgo services, and be refused operations. The announcement came from Health […]
A United Nations expert has called on the Government of Cameroon to restore internet services to predominantly English-speaking parts of the country which have been cut off in “an appalling violation of their right to freedom of expression.” “I am particularly concerned at the tightening of the space for free speech at a time where […]
TFSA rules forget about small businesses, shows an MEI Viewpoint suggesting that the category of qualified investments be expanded. Large corporations are already well-served by various investment vehicles; it is now time to think of small companies as well. Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) are the perfect tool for this. "TFSAs provide a flexible savings option, […]
There’s no need to make a tedious link between how Brexit is a divorce itself, between the UK and the EU. The fact of the matter is that when the UK does leave the EU it will have many legal implications. Divorce is one of the most common reasons many people in the UK seek […]
60 years after the market launch of Contergan (active ingredient: thalidomide), the greatest pharmaceutical scandal in the Federal Republic of Germany continues to boil. A lawsuit will be heard in the Bonn Regional Court at 12:00 hrs on the 15th February that is more explosive than appears at first sight. The Contergan victim Andreas Meyer, […]
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 […]
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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