Search results

Resuming operations after COVID-19 lockdown: What are the employment implications? This briefing outlines the main employment law issues and practical steps which employers should consider when planning how to move beyond the current lockdown. UK businesses are turning their minds to how they will resume operations when the current COV... COVID-19 - Further Impact on Commercial Leases: CRAR In this briefing we examine the new restrictions on the use of Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR). Having placed a moratorium on forfeiture, the Government has announced further steps to restrict enforcement action by landlords against tenants of co... Pensions Bulletin - April 2020 COVID-19; Funding and Investment; Regulatory easements; Job Retention Scheme; DB Transfers; Pension Schemes Bill; GMP Data Rectification; Brexit Transition Period Topics covered in this bulletin: COVID-19 Refresher Funding and investment concerns Re... Practical tips for mitigating the risk of supplier insolvency in commercial contracts A short briefing identifying some of the key considerations and practical remedies that can help mitigate the risk of supplier insolvency in commercial contracts. Current market uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to the insolvency o... A Hard Day’s Night - lessons from lockdown Over the lockdown period, the ratio of government debt to national income in the UK has reached levels last seen when the Beatles first hit the charts. The period has been a helter skelter for many finance and treasury teams who have had to take swift act... Lockdown pirates: at what cost? COVID lockdown has had us all settling in to a new way of living and leaving us with enough hours to binge watch the hottest new dramas. With cinemas closed, the film industry has adapted to offer new releases straight to digital rental. This week the UK ... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter European Commission publishes final report on the evaluation of the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation and accompanying Guidelines The European Commission has published its final report on the evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemption Regula... Modernising competition law: European agencies look to address sustainability gap Promoting sustainability, including environmental objectives such as fighting climate change, has not traditionally been a core function of competition law enforcement. There is a growing view that competition law has even had a chilling effect on potenti... Competition Law in the Digital Age This edition covers the Italian focus on COVID-19 and e-commerce, the UK Digital Markets Unit, and the French decision in relation to online newspapers. Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is a quarterly publication intended to provide insi... Flexible furlough - where next for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme? This publication considers the amendments to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme announced by the Chancellor on 29 May 2020. These include additional flexibility for employees to work part time during furlough, and increasing employer contributions to th...