Recently the UK’s new Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham who took over in July 2016, published the £400,000 Monetary Penalty Notice issued to TalkTalk on 30 September 2016. This Notice detailed her reasons for imposing the highest ever UK fine for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. Denham was pretty scathing – “Yes […]
Workplace experts, Acas, have launched a new guide to help employers manage staff who have a potentially life threatening or long term illness such as cancer, HIV or multiple sclerosis. It is estimated that by 2020 almost one in two people (47%) will get cancer at some point in their lives but some employers may […]
Law firms and their clients continue to make national headlines for all the wrong reasons, as both sides are now a prime target for cyber criminals. The increased frequency of attacks like these is truly alarming, not only for clients, but also for the solicitors who can take a huge hit to their reputation in […]
Arlington Investors has announced the purchase of ten buildings leased to the University of Leeds from Rockspring Property Investment Managers as part of an £85.5 million property acquisition. Alongside the Leeds properties, Arlington also acquired a London based building with 232 studios that are let to students. With this purchase, Arlington now boasts over 7,800 […]
All around the world companies, small and large, make use of marketing agencies to deliver and nurture their services and clientele. To this end agencies have some of the most client to business interaction, are themselves companies with employees and legal matters to attend to, and like any company, must adhere to regulations and be […]
ONS Migration Statistics Quarterly report for the period January 2016 to March 2016 showed that net migration to the UK has not changed significantly, at 327,000. The figure for EU-only net migration is 180,000. These figures are to be expected and it is strong evidence of the growing fear among EU citizens, leading up to […]
With the dust settling on the UK’s decision to leave the EU, Blacks Solicitors’ Phil Gorski takes a closer look at the impact this will have on cybersecurity and intellectual property for businesses. How Brexit will affect data protection in the UK? UK businesses have for some time now been thinking carefully about what they […]
Responses from over 600 participants from 180 sectors revealed that almost 50% fear the biggest risk post-Brexit is added costs through duties or taxes, followed by customers and suppliers having a potential negative view of the UK (19%) and exchange rate issues (18%). The Institute of Export (IOE) - the only professional body in the […]
New research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) suggests half (52%) of small firms have been stung by unfair contract terms with suppliers, costing nearly £4 billion in the last three years. Suppliers are failing to make auto-rollover clauses clear up front (24%), tying businesses into lengthy notice periods (22%), charging high early termination […]
According to recent figures from the ONS, there were 3.8 million fraud offences committed last year. Fraud has become the most common crime committed in the UK. But when it comes to serious fraud – the big ticket crime committed by banks, companies and their employees – there is little serious data, only broad brush […]
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