The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced the furlough scheme will be extended until the end of April 2021. The eligibility criteria for the UK-wide Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will remain unchanged. Additional key points on the extended...

With effect from the end of the transition period following the UK’s departure from the European Union, unless the EU decides that the UK can be treated as an equivalent state for the purposes of data protection law, the UK will become a “third...

Just when we all thought that furlough was definitely going to end, we’re faced with a second national lockdown and the Chancellor announces an extension to furlough until the 31st March 2021. Key points on the extended furlough scheme are: ...

When the transition period ends and the UK’s exit from the European Union is complete, businesses with customers in Europe will need to exercise care to keep on the right side of data protection legislation.   Under the European...

Company and insolvency legislation and practice has changed in the past six months in a number of areas as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects. This is not least due to the introduction of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and the Corporate Insolvency...

It is clear that the disruption caused by Covid-19 is far from over, but as the economy is unlocked, what does the future look like for business? Ben Madden, Head of Corporate and Commercial takes a look at how the Government’s support measures have...

I have written previously about the likely coming into force of the Corporate Insolvency & Governance Bill (CIGB), including the impact on winding up petitions brought during the COVID-19 lockdown period. [Read article]   Although the CIGB...

Many companies have entered administration in response to the COVID-19 crisis but have retained furloughed employees in the hope that they will emerge from lockdown to a brighter future. In a case which will have major consequences for vast numbers of such...

Companies are having to consider how they hold meetings in order to make valid decisions while Covid-19 affects day to day activity and the regulations and measures which the Government has introduced in response to the situation.  All types of...

With businesses up and down the country having been severely affected by the Covid-19 lockdown measures, the UK Government has announced and implemented a number of relief measures to help keep businesses afloat and to mitigate the effects of the impending...