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Tax

Final approval by the Spanish Parliament of the Draft Law on the Tax on Certain Digital Services

On 7 October 2020, the Senate plenary session definitively approved the Bill on the Tax on Certain Digital Services. The

Employment and pensions

Coronavirus Job Support Scheme set to change the pensions picture from November

Employers need to review pension and life assurance arrangements as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends and the Job Support

Financial Services

Quincecare: a challenge to fintechs providing business banking services

As more businesses switch from traditional banks to digital services, fintech providers remain duty bound to protect against fraud which

Intellectual property

Designs first published in the UK ineligible for EU unregistered designs protection

Designs first disclosed in the UK will no longer be eligible for protection, requiring UK designers to be creative in

Financial Services

Regulation of DeFi: a perspective from Singapore

A radical shift in distribution structures brought about by decentralised finance will require a rethinking of how financial products and

Workforce Solutions

IR35: does recent news mean that umbrella companies should not be used?

This week there have been reports that a final amendment to the IR35 legislation means that staffing companies or end

Real estate

Collecting cash in the construction industry: tools for chasing debtors in light of further Government restrictions

The government has extended the restriction on the enforcement of statutory demands until 31 December 2020. The extension from the

Digitalisation

Quantum computing | Ground-breaking commercial opportunities from solving the (as yet) unsolvable

Quantum computers will support powerful commercial applications by solving currently intractable problems. We consider the pathway to bringing this technology