UKIP announced a new leader and new branding on Friday 29 September 2017, with the logo making far more headlines than the leader.

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With unacceptable levels of homelessness and a broken housing market a call is made for more innovative housing solutions.

A new best...

The recent High Court case involving a dispute between current Premier League footballer Wilfred Bony and his former agents has cast...

Arguing that a lack of government funding in social housing is ultimately short sighted the National Housing Federation cites the...

I have worked with family businesses for a number of years now, helping to conceptualise what the succession plan might look like, and...

Last year, an employment tribunal's decision to classify Uber's drivers as workers caused quite a stir! We saw a reaction in recruitment...

Over the past couple of weeks, it has emerged that proposed reforms to the Lobbying Act, recommended by Lord Hodgson and endorsed by the...

The Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, David Orr,  makes a compelling argument for a change in government policy.

As I have discussed in previous blogs (see

Getting a foot on the housing ladder is an aspiration for most of us, however millennials face a housing crisis which their grandparents...

We are at an exciting phase of Inspired Spaces North 2017 - the shortlist has been revealed! Prolific North readers are treated to a...

A timely wake up call today about the dangers of unsolicited marketing and, in particular, automated marketing calls made without...

Secondary Legislation to enable charitable companies and Community Interest Companies to convert into CIOs has been laid in Parliament...

It is no exaggeration to say that a trial by social media could result in a serial killer being set free and you being sent to prison for...

An interesting turn of events.

Yesterday MP Mike Penning proposed a motion to extend the time limit for bringing claims in the Employment...

An interesting approach to street fundraisers in Newcastle...

As reported in the article below, fundraisers in the city must stay within...

GDPR deals with data protection for all individuals within the EU and is due to come into force in May 2018.  Brexit will not have an...

The Charity Commission has taken the quite drastic step of seeking to engage the Charity Tribunal in respect of its efforts to persuade...

The cross rail north debate is often played out in the media with a firm focus on the passenger needs. And with the Northern Powerhouse...

The latest statutory inquiry opened by the Charity Commission has been reported on the Commission's website.

It concerns the repeated...

Further commentary upon the impact of employment tribunal fees having been declared unlawful... and the possible impact on trade union...

Great to see Cammell Laird doing so well and attracting such regional, national and international recognition.  

A number of our clients are echoing concerns raised by the CBI and Institute of Directors about government immigration plans leaked this...

I was pleased to be part of the Brabners team which helped to donate £3000 to the Merseyside branch of the homelessness charity, Crisis....

Design and Build Contracts whereby a contractor takes on the responsibility for both design and construction of a project at an agreed...

It's great to hear that The Football Association is collaborating with social video platform Grabyo in effort to share exclusive VR360...

An interesting article has appeared on the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network's pages, written anonymously by the Chief Executive of a...

An interesting (and concerning) ruling from the European Court of Human Rights. 

The ECHR has ruled that an employer who read an...

The traditional loan agreement would often allow one club to temporarily transfer the player registration of a player to another club....

Over the past couple of weeks, the Charity Commission has issued its second Official Warning - this time to the Gurdwara Guru Nanak...

News today that Asda has been unsuccessful in its latest attempt to foil equal pay claims being brought by thousands of its employees. 

Describing GDPR under the 7 stages of grief is spot on and probably feels familiar to many grappling with this at the moment.

But what it...

As an employment team we are regularly asked to advise clients as to the enforceability (or otherwise) of restrictive covenants in...

Despite legitimate complaints from within the sector (see my earlier blog on the Small Charities Coalition's views here: