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Corporate

Predictions 2022: What could be in store for US and international business?

Businesses will be readying themselves for growth and transformation in a year in which the world hopes to move on...

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18/01/2022

Corporate

Predictions 2022: What could be in store for US and international business?

18/01/2022

Workforce Solutions

What to do as full IR35 enforcement looms for the private sector

Eight reasons for a legal review of processes before HMRC starts full enforcement in the private sector

14/01/2022

Workforce Solutions

Staffing companies face a busy legal agenda and emerging M&A risks in 2022

What developments will likely cause the most concern for investors and end clients of staffing and workforce solutions companies as...

15/12/2021

Workforce Solutions

Getting ready for Supreme Court decision affecting holiday pay for temps, zero-hour and umbrella workers

A decision on the holiday pay issues in Harpur Trust v Brazel is anticipated in the new year – businesses...

08/12/2021

Workforce Solutions

New regulation of umbrellas? Government launches call for evidence

Opportunity to articulate the benefits of employment intermediaries in a modern, flexible economy and make suggestions about how disreputable operators...

01/12/2021

Employment and pensions

Driving change in employment in 2022: the challenges that arise from accelerating transformational change

The pandemic, hybrid working, employee engagement, reward and retention, and ESG are all areas posing challenges for businesses to focus...

12/11/2021

COP26

COP26 | Energy Day

Welcome to the fourth instalment of our daily COP26 updates: a digest of what is on the agenda each day...

04/11/2021

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Can sustainable disruption and technology deliver decarbonised cities?

Against the backdrop of COP26, the reduction of carbon emissions in cities and identifying methodology, technology and investment to achieve...

02/11/2021

Urban Dynamics

Artificial intelligence and jobs | Delivering the right skills in the UK's workforce

What are the ramifications for the UK workforce, and staffing and training companies in particular, of the growing deployment of...

02/11/2021

COP26

COP26 | World Leaders' Summit begins

Welcome to the first instalment of our daily COP26 updates: a digest of what is on the agenda each day...

01/11/2021

Workforce Solutions

Risks of overreliance on substitution in IR35 status determinations

Court of Appeal decision confirms right of substitution unlikely to remove personal service element in determining working arrangements

26/10/2021

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

New research by Economist Impact, supported by Osborne Clarke, has identified 12 technologies that can help cities achieve their carbon-emission...

20/10/2021

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Workforce Solutions

HMRC pressure builds to get on top of risks in staffing supply chains

Recent guidance makes clear HMRC expects end users and agencies to carry out due diligence on staffing suppliers

14/10/2021

Employment and pensions

The management power of the employer and the return to on-site work

The health crisis caused by Covid-19 has forced the companies to introduce remote working as a preferred way to work...

29/09/2021

Employment and pensions

UK Court of Appeal shows red card to referees

Occasional work can be 'employment' and, by extension, within the IR35 tax regime

17/09/2021

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Corporate

Predictions 2022: What could be in store for US and international business?

Businesses will be readying themselves for growth and transformation in a year in which the world hopes to move on...

New -

18/01/2022

Corporate

Predictions 2022: What could be in store for US and international business?

18/01/2022

Workforce Solutions

What to do as full IR35 enforcement looms for the private sector

Eight reasons for a legal review of processes before HMRC starts full enforcement in the private sector

14/01/2022

Workforce Solutions

Staffing companies face a busy legal agenda and emerging M&A risks in 2022

What developments will likely cause the most concern for investors and end clients of staffing and workforce solutions companies as...

15/12/2021

Workforce Solutions

Getting ready for Supreme Court decision affecting holiday pay for temps, zero-hour and umbrella workers

A decision on the holiday pay issues in Harpur Trust v Brazel is anticipated in the new year – businesses...

08/12/2021

Workforce Solutions

New regulation of umbrellas? Government launches call for evidence

Opportunity to articulate the benefits of employment intermediaries in a modern, flexible economy and make suggestions about how disreputable operators...

01/12/2021

Employment and pensions

Driving change in employment in 2022: the challenges that arise from accelerating transformational change

The pandemic, hybrid working, employee engagement, reward and retention, and ESG are all areas posing challenges for businesses to focus...

12/11/2021

COP26

COP26 | Energy Day

Welcome to the fourth instalment of our daily COP26 updates: a digest of what is on the agenda each day...

04/11/2021

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Can sustainable disruption and technology deliver decarbonised cities?

Against the backdrop of COP26, the reduction of carbon emissions in cities and identifying methodology, technology and investment to achieve...

02/11/2021

Urban Dynamics

Artificial intelligence and jobs | Delivering the right skills in the UK's workforce

What are the ramifications for the UK workforce, and staffing and training companies in particular, of the growing deployment of...

02/11/2021

COP26

COP26 | World Leaders' Summit begins

Welcome to the first instalment of our daily COP26 updates: a digest of what is on the agenda each day...

01/11/2021

Workforce Solutions

Risks of overreliance on substitution in IR35 status determinations

Court of Appeal decision confirms right of substitution unlikely to remove personal service element in determining working arrangements

26/10/2021

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

New research by Economist Impact, supported by Osborne Clarke, has identified 12 technologies that can help cities achieve their carbon-emission...

20/10/2021

Read time 2m

Workforce Solutions

HMRC pressure builds to get on top of risks in staffing supply chains

Recent guidance makes clear HMRC expects end users and agencies to carry out due diligence on staffing suppliers

14/10/2021

Employment and pensions

The management power of the employer and the return to on-site work

The health crisis caused by Covid-19 has forced the companies to introduce remote working as a preferred way to work...

29/09/2021

Employment and pensions

UK Court of Appeal shows red card to referees

Occasional work can be 'employment' and, by extension, within the IR35 tax regime

17/09/2021

Read time 2m

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