Scotland

08 Mar 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Pavement Licence Relaxations Extended

In a letter from Robert Jenrick (minister of Housing, Communities and Local Government) to Leaders of Local Authorities on Friday (5th March) the Minister announced plans to extend the life of certain relaxations for businesses for up to 12 months...

03 Mar 2021

A Hospitality Budget

Today the Chancellor has spoken and has delivered his Budget to take the country out of the Pandemic and into 2021,it would appear that he heard many of the requests made by the Hospitality industry with the continuation of many of the support veh...

03 Mar 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Furlough Scheme to be extended to end of September 2021

In his budget this afternoon, the Chancellor will announce that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, more commonly referred to as the ‘Furlough’ scheme, will be extended until end of September 2021. The scheme was first introduced in ...

26 Feb 2021

New Consultation | Protect Duty - Martyn's Law

The Home Office have today launched a new consultation entitled ‘Protect Duty’ but may more commonly be known as Martyn’s law. Martyn Hett was amongst those who tragically died following a terrorist attack at the Manchester Aren...

25 Feb 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - FCA Policy Checker

Following the ruling on Business Interruption Insurance by the High Court in January the FCA have created a useful Policy checker tool. The tool, which can be found online here, is a general guide to help policy holders to check if their policy w...

23 Feb 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Scotland Announce Road Map

Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, has this afternoon (Tuesday 23rd February) announced Scotland’s road map for exiting Covid19 restrictions. A phased return of Scottish schools will commence on Monday (1st March) with all School...