Carillion, the second largest building contractor in the UK and the lead on a number of key public service contracts, entered into liquidation last week. Various commentators have highlighted poor

The underlying question for any guarantor is a basic one – what is the extent of my liabilities? The principal question for any lender on the other hand is –

Flexible working is increasingly commonplace and most employers will have had experience of employees whose working pattern is atypical, or of employees who have made a request to change their

The third Monday in January is considered to be the most depressing day of the year and was labelled “Blue Monday” by psychologist Cliff Arnall in 2005. Contributing factors include

In the recent decision of Barter (Re Ivy House) the Upper Tribunal had to consider whether to discharge a restrictive covenant that had been imposed on the applicants only four years previously.

It doesn’t matter how fantastic the provisions you negotiate into your documents are: if you don’t get them signed correctly they will be of little value in practice. The requirements

It is just over five years since the first employers started to automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying pension scheme. Research has shown that this policy has generally been

Andrew Peddie, corporate partner in Gateley plc’s Reading office, summarises the key aspects of an IPO and what businesses considering it as an alternative to sale or other fundraising options

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It is almost a year since new regulations were introduced with the intention of clarifying the rules on the use of electronic signatures. However, one year on and many business