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Decarbonisation

Environmental marketplaces: creating a high-integrity voluntary carbon market in the UK

Government consultation on enhancing the integrity of voluntary markets could boost confidence and catalyse investment
IT and data

UK and EU GDPR for HR | Summer 2025

The Data (Use and Access) Act, work surveillance, 'excessive' subject access requests and employment records
Corporate

Moving on up: the why, the why not to and how of London AIM to Main Market transfers

What are the reasons for interest and the process involved and why might staying be a correct decision for some
Financial Services

International Funds Focus Quarterly | July 2025

UK regime for asset management takes two steps forward with private fund manager rules and regulatory capital proposals
Financial Services

The first six months of the FCA's new approach of 'regulating for growth'?

The FCA says it will streamline rules to boost growth but promises so far are yet to address the real
Intellectual property

UK Supreme Court affirms relevance of post-sale confusion for trade mark infringement for first time

Realistic post-sale circumstances can be considered when assessing similarity and likelihood of confusion
Financial Services

UK FCA aligns conduct rules in banks and non-banks for serious non-financial misconduct

The financial regulator has confirmed that bullying, harassment and violence constitute NFM
Decarbonisation

Environmental marketplaces: EU and UK head towards copycat ETSs and CBAMs

Potential alignment of emission trading schemes could reduce the scope of EU and UK carbon border adjustment mechanisms
IT and data

Data (Use and Access) Act becomes law, with first ever changes to UK GDPR

New law goes beyond data protection, enabling fundamental changes to data usage by businesses
Workforce Solutions

Guaranteed hours and 'day one' employment rights for UK agency workers deferred to 2027

A new timetable for the Employment Rights Bill pushes back implementation of both rights by six to 12 months into
Tax

Procurement Act 2023 introduces new mandatory exclusion grounds from UK public bids for tax penalties

Suppliers are at increased risk of being excluded from bidding for public contracts in relation to tax non-compliance in their
Life Sciences and Healthcare

High Seas Treaty makes progress with global signatories at UN ocean governance summit

The UN marine biodiversity conference has helped move the treaty closer to ratification although it is not there yet