Sugar tax: what you need to know
George Osborne has used his latest budget to announce a sugar tax to be imposed on the soft drinks industry in two years’ time.
17 March 2016
Public procurement: will the evaluation of social value become compulsory?
The UK government has announced changes to extend the scope of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, designed to rebuild trust after the collapse of Carillion.
13 July 2018
Successful claim for Co-operative Bank subsidiary
Burges Salmon advised Co-operative Bank subsidiary on a successful claim against a solicitor who failed to report critical information about the structure of a residential property transaction.
14 August 2013
Subject Access Requests: obligation to comply confirmed by Court of Appeal
To what extent are businesses obliged to comply with Subject Access Requests? We review the most recent Court of Appeal decisions on this issue.
13 March 2017
Subject access request successful for judge's notes from employment tribunal ruling
The Ministry of Justice has released a judge's handwritten notes to a claimant in order to challenge a ruling. This appears to be the first successful data request from a courtroom.
21 August 2017
Children and age-restricted ads: new statutory controls proposed on HFSS advertising
Tackling the promotion of HFSS products to children remains high on the ASA's agenda. This is likely to step up amid the government's consultation to introduce a 9.00pm watershed on HFSS product ads
10 May 2019
Public procurement: Court of Appeal gives guidance on Development Agreements
The Court of Appeal has given judgment in the case of Faraday Development Ltd v West Berkshire Council, providing guidance on the application of procurement law to Development Agreements.
27 November 2018
Streamlined Advice: will fintech firms go where others fear to tread?
The industry may see a shift-change that enables Streamlined Advice to succeed where Basic Advice and Simplified Advice failed. Can fintech and robo-advice disrupters take forward the opportunity?
08 August 2017
Public procurement: CCS imposes new subcontract requirements
CCS has issued a new procurement policy note requiring central government, executive agencies and NDPBs to include new contract provisions for subcontract advertising and SME spend.
13 April 2018
Chemicals regulation: significant points for 2015
Geert Dancet, Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency 'ECHA' has issued a reminder to companies affected of some significant developments in chemicals regulation for 2015:
18 February 2015
PSD2 – The great unbundling of the banking system
In this guest article, Moneyhub Enterprise's CTO Dave Tonge gets us up-to-speed on PSD2 implementation, its challenges and the opportunity for the UK to lead on API innovation.
15 December 2016
Strained relations in the UK yoghurt market
According to the Court of Appeal, a substantial proportion of the public believes that Greek yoghurt comes from Greece so yoghurt made elsewhere should consequently not be labelled 'Greek'.
03 February 2014