
Government extends commercial property evictions ban until March 2021
January 2021
The Government has confirmed that the eviction ban for commercial tenants has been extended until 31 March 2021.

Businesses face legal action over unpaid business rates
January 2021
Local authorities have begun to take legal action against businesses that fail to pay their business rates bills.

FSB proposes move to turn Covid emergency debt into shared ownership schemes
January 2021
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on the Government to introduce new measures to help companies struggling with COVID-related debt, including employee shared ownership.

2021 is set to be another big year for employment
January 2021
Beginning with Brexit and a further Covid lockdown, there can be little doubt that 2021 is going to be a significant year for employment law.
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Are you making full use of the Government’s COVID-19 financial support package?
January 2021
Download our latest guide to make sure you are taking advantage of the support on offer

MAT to be broken up after ‘breakdown of trust’ amongst governors
January 2021
An academy trust is to be broken up following a “breakdown in trust” between its central operation and local governors.

Coronavirus economic difficulties could result in more private school closures
January 2021
The leader of Independent Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) has claimed that economic difficulties caused by Covid-19 could result in struggling private schools being “tipped over the financial edge”

School heads warn of unsustainable Covid burden
January 2021
Ofsted has revealed that schools are buckling under the ‘unrealistic pressures’ of delivering education during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Research reveals divorces rose to the highest levels in five years
December 2020
New figures have revealed that divorces in England and Wales rose to the highest level in five years in 2019, reaching a total of 107,599 amongst opposite-sex couples.

Grandparents set to increase gifting following pandemic and families set to inherit more than expected
December 2020
Two recent studies have revealed that UK grandparents are reconsidering their plans following the Coronavirus pandemic, which may mean that many families are set to inherit more than they expected to.