Written by Jane Mickleburgh, Associate at Spire Solicitors LLP. On 8th July 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, announced a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday to help Britain’s housing market following…
Following on from the previous update on valuing your Intellectual Property (IP), this update focuses on the more operational side of how to protect IP. As we said in part…
Time and performance pressures on business owners can be unremitting at times, but perhaps for many, never so hard as now. When business owners/managers have got through with dealing with…
For some, the importance of making a Will can be overlooked, only thought about in the event of an upcoming holiday or ill health. Many have good intentions of making…
With an eye on our last update about the necessities of the virtual shop window for your business, this week’s update catches up with the Office for National Statistics view…
Many couples are now choosing to live together before they get married, or are choosing to not get married at all. It is currently the fastest growing family type in…
Couples seeking a no-fault divorce will have to wait until autumn 2021 even though proposed legislation removing fault from the divorce process has reached the finishing line of its parliamentary…
COVID-19 is first and foremost a tragedy and is impacting people on a deeply human level. For many of us, it has also changed our priorities around what’s important, while…
As we prepare to start gradually opening our offices over the coming weeks, Sarah Hughes, Spire Solicitors LLP, comments on how we have been able to, as well as will…
The 10 June 2020 marked the cut-off for new entrants to the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Many have been lobbying the Government to deal with the disadvantage this could…
‘I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.’ Oprah Winfrey No-one has any clear and definitive…
