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Unlocking the value of our ideas – what really is Intellectual Property?

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In today’s dynamic, diverse and competitive business landscape, safeguarding your innovative ideas and creative assets is increasingly paramount. Many businesses’ largest and most valuable assets include things which are not physical and instead are intangible such as creations, concepts or ideas – this is intellectual property.  But what actually is intellectual property and how can […]

Lost work property: Everything you need to know

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After a year of working from home, employees across the UK are getting used to travelling into the office again.  No longer is the morning commute a short trip from the bedroom to the kitchen table, home office or garden shed. We’re back in the office two or three days a week and many of […]

The final furlough: Your obligations from September 30th

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Unless there is a dramatic change in Government policy, 30 September will be a major milestone in the UK’s post-pandemic economic journey, as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) finally comes to an end. David Sheppard, an employment lawyer at Capital Law, considers what this means for employers currently using the scheme… Universally referred to as […]

40% of businesses sacked staff due to breach of security during Covid

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39 per cent of UK business decision makers have admitted to dismissing staff members due to a breach of company cyber security policy since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. That’s according to research from Centrify, which surveyed 200 UK business decision makers, revealing that almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of companies have made substantial changes to […]

43% of UK business owners ‘not confident’ in making redundancies in line with the law

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43% of UK business owners are not confident they could make redundancies in line with the law, according to a survey carried out by BrightHR. With a third of UK organisations expected to cut jobs in the next quarter of 2020, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook, the firm says its results are a […]

Coronavirus: The employment laws your business needs to know

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There have been unprecedented impacts on employees’ rights during this coronavirus pandemic, including the right to health and safety and the right to be paid. Alex Monaco, Founder of Monaco Solicitors and the first ever Employee Rights Day, explains the key laws your business needs to be aware of… What is the furlough scheme? The […]

PA Life updates its Privacy Policy

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In light of the new data protection law (GDPR) that comes into force on May 25, 2018, PA Life has updated its Privacy Policy. To ensure we as a brand and company are offering you total transparency and control, we have outlined what information we collect, how we store it and why we need this […]

How to get your company ready for the GDPR law

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Matt Smith, director and co-founder of Black Tomato Group and Alana Buchanan, business development manager at Black Tomato Agency, reveal how you and your company can stay ahead of the curve in time for GDPR 2018 What is GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and applies […]

France to introduce new law which stops employees working out of hours

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France is set to give workers the ‘right to disconnect’ from work emails outside of their contracted hours in a bid to ease pressure and offer a better work-life balance. Workers will be able to ignore telephone calls and emails from their bosses during evenings and weekends in an attempt to help them have more […]