Commercial Property
Commercial Property – Before you contact a commercial property agent, you will need to decide whether you want to buy a property or lease one. Which of these is right...
Health and Safety and Computers
Health and Safety and Computers – One concern for computer-based workers should be posture. Sitting in a bad posture for a whole working day, or even the majority of one...
Safe Temperatures and Noise Levels
Temperature Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Safe Temperatures and Noise Levels – Safe Temperatures and Noise Levels – Employers have an obligation under the Workplace (Health, Safety and...
Reporting Accidents
Accidents which need to be reported Reporting Accidents – Under the RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) regulations, the following occurrences need to be reported if...
Health and Safety Legal Duties
Health and Safety Legal Duties – As an employer, the law requires you to take measures to ensure that your business premises are a safe place to work and have...
Mergers and Acquisitions
Acquiring another company or merging two companies brings into play all kinds of rules and regulations about what is permissible and the processes you must undertake in order to do...
Business Insolvency
If a company is a limited liability partnership, company insolvency would mean one of the following: liquidation administration receivership voluntary arrangement with creditors If the company is an individual, insolvency...
Liability Insurance
Employers’ liability insurance Most employers are obliged to take out employers’ liability insurance as soon as they start their business. This is to cover the cost of compensating any employees...
Taking Disciplinary Action
Taking Disciplinary Action – When running your own business, there will likely come a time when you have to deal with an employee who is causing trouble, not pulling their...
Am I Self-Employed?
Am I Self-Employed? – IR35 regulations are designed to prevent what is known as disguised employment. Disguised employment occurs when someone works for a company as a contractor through another...