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July 3, 2025
Farming and Vineyard Safety Reminder
In 2023-24, the HSE promised 440 proactive inspections across agriculture. It is worth considering how your business would perform on such an inspection, especially since vineyard work, like farming, is high risk. Agriculture employs only 1% of the UK workforce but accounts for 18% of workplace deaths (HSE 2021-2022).
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June 3, 2025
Changing the use of a leased commercial premises
If you are a commercial property tenant and want to change the use of your premises for a different business venture, is this possible and if so, what do you need to know? The starting point is to look at the terms of the lease. Typically, a landlord will grant the tenant a lease for […]
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June 3, 2025
Break clauses and commercial leases
Break clauses are common in commercial leases, providing both the landlord and the tenant with the opportunity to end the lease early. However, for your break notice to be valid, you will need to ensure that you have observed the break clause requirements to the letter. Typically, the break clause will provide for either the […]
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April 10, 2025
Desk status confirmed by Employment Tribunal ruling
With firms asking employees to return to the office, squabbles over desk arrangements might become more common, and employers might want to consider a recent Employment Tribunal ruling on desk allocation. A recent case involved an estate agent who resigned his role after being denied a ‘symbolically significant’ seat after viewing it as a demotion. […]
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April 10, 2025
Ruling provides further guidance on worker status vs employment status
Employers should take note of a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision which gives clearer guidance on the assessment of worker status vs employment status. In the case Ter-Berg v Malde and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned a previous tribunal decision which considered the legal test for both worker and employment status to be interchangeable. […]
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April 10, 2025
Business Property Relief changes and your business.
Have you considered how changes announced in the October 2024 budget to Business Property Relief (BPR) may impact on your plans for succession or selling your business in the future? With effect from 6 April 2026, businesses worth less than £1m will qualify for full BPR, whilst those valued above £1m will receive a reduced […]
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April 10, 2025
Shared Parental Leave: Are your employees using it?
It is ten years since shared parental leave was introduced in the UK, but research published recently by The Dad Shift has found only 2% of new fathers have benefited from it during this period. Shared parental leave gives up to 50 weeks leave and up to 37 weeks of pay after the birth or […]
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April 10, 2025
AI Policy for your workplace
Do you know how many of your employees are using Artificial Intelligence to assist with their work? As the use of AI and the number of platforms increases, employers need to consider what it means for their business, if and how employees should be allowed to use it and what the risks and benefits of […]
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March 10, 2025
Occupation orders
A question we are often asked is can I make my ex leave the house? Where either joint owner cohabitant wants to stay in the home and for the other person to leave, they can apply for an occupation order as long as they are entitled. An Occupation Order is a short-term solution, and it […]
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March 10, 2025
Multi-generational living and divorce
The rising cost of living in recent years means many families are considering living together to help share living costs and to combat other issues such as loneliness and care needs in old age or help with young children for busy working parents. But what happens if there is a relationship break down and subsequent […]
