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A recent meeting of the Chamber’s Retail and Consumer Brands Forum explored how brands can maximise their innovation and gain visibility in…

Interview

The government’s support package for the tech sector announced on 20 April seeks to support high growth start-ups and SMEs, but questions still remain…

COVID-19

The crisis has hit the luxury industry at a time of great disruption to traditional brands, as competition mounts from new entrants and consumer…

COVID-19

Force majeure clauses are a standard provision in many business contracts. Yet there is no English or Scottish case-law which refers to force majeure…

COVID-19

The Chancellor has set out a package of temporary measures to support businesses through the period of disruption caused by COVID-19. The package of…

Analyses & Studies

The UK Government should negotiate an extension of Brexit talks beyond the end of 2020. Such a move would command cross-party and business support,…

COVID-19

Business is booming for companies who provide remote working solutions, but as the unprecedented experiment in home working enters its fourth week in…

COVID-19

Following the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, many workplaces were closed and employees were asked to work from home if they could. However, some jobs…

COVID-19

The good news is that consumer spending is strong, but trends that began before the outbreak of coronavirus have gained momentum, creating…

COVID-19

Options open to businesses to manage their staff and salaries include forms of paid and unpaid leave, accessing government support programmes, and in…

COVID-19

Frances Weston stepped in to manage the UK operations of the European digital transformation & asset finance provider amid the growing coronavirus…

COVID-19

COVID-19 has accelerated the largest shift in working practices in modern times, with employees working remotely in record numbers. During this time,…