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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