
Dementia currently affects 1 in 14 people in the UK. Many people will either know someone with dementia, have had to support and care for someone with dementia or have been diagnosed themselves.
This quarter the key highlights are:
1. The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014
The Act came into force on 1 August, consolidating and generally updating industrial and provident society law. For an overview of the main points please refer to our ebriefing, An Act of housekeeping: revisiting IPS law.
Following on from the introduction of the Act, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued some guidance on the impact on societies registered before 1 August. This confirms that such organisations should be referred to as ‘registered societies’ rather than co-operatives or community benefit societies, even on their websites and stationery (although there is no obligation to update your website and stationery as a result of the Act coming into force, but you may wish to do this over time). The guidance can be found here.
2. BIS consultation on Company filings
BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) has published the Government’s response to its consultation paper on simplifying a company’s statutory filing requirements (see ‘Red Tape Challenge: Company Filing Requirements’).
The Government has decided that instead of requiring companies to file an annual return at a set point every year they will be required to ‘check, notify changes if necessary and confirm’ the statutory information at least once in a 12 month period. Private companies will also have the option of whether or not to keep a register of directors (including their residential addresses), secretaries and members. Companies House also proposes to increase its use of electronic communications. There are no timescales in place for the amendments to the Companies Act 2006 as yet, but we’ll keep you posted.
3. Board diversity
The EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission) has published guidance on how companies can comply with equality law when making appointments to Boards (see ‘Appointments to Boards and Equality Law’). The EHRC’s view confirms that it will generally be unlawful to select a Board Member because of their gender, although companies are permitted to address any disproportionately low participation on Boards by enabling or encouraging applications from a particular gender (provided that selection is based on merit).
Spotlight: Execution of documents
This quarter we have received a lot of queries regarding the correct execution of documents. Key points to remember are:-
Please contact Gemma Bell on 0121 214 3596 or gemma.bell@anthonycollins.com; Victoria Jardine on 0121 212 7431 or victoria.jardine@anthonycollins.com or Sarah Greenhalgh on 0121 214 3607 or sarah.greenhalgh@anthonycollins.com.
Dementia currently affects 1 in 14 people in the UK. Many people will either know someone with dementia, have had to support and care for someone with dementia or have been diagnosed themselves.
The 2022 Code replaces the NHF Code of Conduct 2012 (the 2012 Code) and sets out the baseline standards that the NHF expects of its member registered providers (RPs).
The High Court has dismissed a challenge by the Police Superintendents’ Association to the closure of legacy public sector pension schemes.
In my recent blog, I said that we would be issuing a series of ebriefings and blogs highlighting issues with the Procurement Bill. This is the first of these.
Contractors and delivery partners are facing a ‘perfect storm’ in many cases with a number of factors directly impacting upon the profitability of their work.
Worker status, like Piers Morgan, is one of those things that we think has gone away and then it pops up again!
We are seeing a steady trickle of decisions focused around the issue of flexible working requests or employer requirements for changes to working patterns (both pre and post the pandemic).
For those of us who have endured a choppy cross channel journey, the mention of P&O Ferries will invoke some nauseous memories.
Successive generations have witnessed seismic shifts in the workplace; post-war it was the return of the soldiers and the impact on working women who had to work in their place.
In this podcast, Puja Desai interviews Kimberley Foster and discusses her experience with counselling. This is a really helpful podcast for anyone who has thought about counselling.