If the doomsayers are proved right, 2008 will be a tough year for British business in which significant redundancies may feature.
Employers should beware as a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision has the potential to significantly increase the cost of getting the consultation process wrong.
Where an employer is proposing to dismiss 20 or more employees at [...]

Posted: January 17th, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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Frank Zappa died 14 years ago. Iconic to many people, his muisc has been and still is played by several tribute bands. Like the music of the Beatles, Presley and Abba. But the Zappa Family Trust is not happy about this according to a report in Herald-Review.com and its lawyers have sent letters of claim [...]

Posted: January 14th, 2008 under Intellectual Property.
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The IPKat has learnt of another setback for US presidential hopeful Barack Obama. A university student, Stefan Doyno, has challenged his use of the ‘Change Rocks’ slogan, claiming that he has a registered trade mark over the phrase, which he uses on jewellery where you can indeed change the rocks. A visit to the USPTO’s [...]

Posted: January 11th, 2008 under Business Advisory Services.
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Why not start the new year with something positive. Check out the company name, logo or design or your product names or the brands used in your business and give them some real value - register a trade mark for them. The cost to apply is fixed, is a few hundred pounds not thousands, and the [...]

Posted: January 11th, 2008 under Intellectual Property.
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Since 2003 the way the UK’s income tax regime applies to individuals who acquire shares in a company by reason of employment has been altered and updated.  Whilst most advisers have been up to speed with this for some time now (even though the 2003 legislation has been amended several times since its introduction), client [...]

Posted: January 10th, 2008 under Corporate Finance.
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