A Conservative Government – Where next for Inheritance Tax?
Well, the honest answer at this stage is ‘we don’t know!’. Not altogether helpful I appreciate but, unfortunately, it is a true reflection of where we are! The Conservative Manifesto […]
The Budget – what it means for social care providers
The LGA estimate that Councils will need to find a further £330 million to fund social care to ensure providers can pay the Living Wage from an already shrinking budget. […]
Another twist in the tale of sleep-ins and National Minimum Wage (NMW)
Introduction The most common approach to sleep-in shifts across the care sector has been to pay a flat rate for a sleep in shift, rather than pay an hourly rate […]
Important decision on Section 20 consultation for major works
The case was Various Occupational Leaseholders of Foundling Court and O’Donnell Court, Brunswick Centre, London v (1) London Borough of Camden (2) Allied London (Brunswick) Limited [2016] UKUT 366 (LC) […]
Radio 4’s ‘File on Four’
Unfortunately, what the programme did not do is highlight the good care and practice that is delivered by social care providers and their care workers everyday across the country. For […]
Company Secretary Update – June 2017
1. Register of Persons with Significant Control (PSC Register) update UK Companies and LLPs have been required to prepare and maintain a PSC Register since 6 April 2016. The Fourth […]
What do post-Brexit trade deals hold for UK procurement?
The GPA is a free trade agreement promoted by the World Trade Organisation (“WTO”) that regulates “public procurement”. Alongside the EU Treaty, the GPA forms the basis of the UK’s […]
Shared Parental Leave – will more flexibility for families mean complexity for employers?
The draft regulations will apply in relation to children born or adopted on or after 5 April 2015 but the implications can have effect already for expectant parents or adopters. […]
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 come into force later this month
The 2015 Regulations represent some significant changes for purchasers across the public sector, who now have a short window in which to consider the changes that are needed to their […]
Reading the runes – a mixed bag…
The 3 million apprentices that the government hopes to have in place will partly be paid for by the new apprenticeship levy, whereby every employer with a wage bill of over […]
Estate Planning – Inheritance Tax and Gifts
Inheritance Tax is primarily payable on death on the value of your assets at that time. You can reduce the liability by making lifetime gifts and then surviving seven years. […]
Brexit and Charities – what next?
For those working in the third sector, and for us all, the Brexit outcome creates some profound uncertainties, and tells us some difficult truths. There are also immediate practical implications. […]