Business Weekly - Guest Blog
Guest blog: Leading entrepreneurs on issues affecting the Cambridge technology cluster.
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Employment law in 2022: What should employers expect?
Given the continued uncertainty generated by the pandemic, it is more difficult than ever to predict how employment law will develop during the... Read More
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Cell and gene therapies: How to encourage and promote the move to market
The evolution of advanced therapy medicinal products, or ATMPs, is bringing real world results, write James Fry, partner, and Isabel Teare, senior... Read More
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IP in 2022 – What next and where?
Intellectual Property (IP) has changed much less than many other sectors since 2019 – largely because it is, as its name implies, intellectual,... Read More
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A dangerous kind of neighbourhood watch!
A judge has ruled that a householder’s use of video and audio devices installed outside his property, ostensibly for the purposes of crime prevention... Read More
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Carbon Offsetting – an important tool that needs some sharpening?
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines ‘Carbon Offsetting’ as “the activity of trying to stop the damage caused by activities that produce carbon... Read More
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Autumn ’21 Budget: A mixed picture for employers
As widely expected, last month’s Budget offered a combination of tax rises and relatively modest real terms increases in public spending, focused in... Read More
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Transforming cancer treatment with precision medicine
We are entering a new era of precision medicine, where technological advances may revolutionise the field of cancer treatment by making sure every... Read More
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How far will Government go in enhancing flexible working rights?
Last month’s consultation on flexible working is the first step towards the Government’s manifesto commitment of making it the “default”, writes... Read More
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Autumn Budget 2021 – Corporate Tax predictions
Having already given one set of Budget predictions in 2021, back in March, I had thought that my writing for Business Weekly was done for the year,... Read More
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Autumn Budget – Personal Tax predictions
The 2021 Autumn Budget will be delivered on 27th October. This will be the second Budget in 2021, following the March Budget and will be Rishi Sunak’... Read More
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Commercial leases emerging from Covid-19: pandemic clauses and rent arrears
Covid-19 has affected our businesses and led to an increased number of disputes followed by court proceedings and some interesting judgments,... Read More
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International Trade: Rules of origin
Leaving the EU is unquestionably changing the way that the UK trades with countries in the zone. Needless to mention, the EU is a very important... Read More
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All change for public contracts
Making up a third of all public spending in the UK – more than £290 billion every year – public sector procurement of works, services and supplies is... Read More
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UK scientific excellence will get UK over the line in Covid marathon
If we ever needed a reminder that emerging from a pandemic would be a marathon rather than a sprint, recent events have made all to clear the... Read More
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Effective and economical websites for startups and small businesses
We all appreciate websites are critical in modern business, offering nothing less than a shop window for the world. But how can you produce a site... Read More
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Fleshing out the vision for the Oxford2Cambridge Arc
The Government is trying to create a full-scale picture of what the Oxford2Cambridge Arc should look like for those who live and work in the area,... Read More
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The ‘game continues’ in the Lillywhites rent dispute
There is currently a case going through the High Court involving the Lillywhites building (I’m pretty sure I bought a tennis racket there many years... Read More
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Necessity the mother of invention?
Patents have been in the news a lot recently, mostly in predictable ways. Intellectual property that prima facie monopolises life-saving medicine is... Read More
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Calling all companies: How do you exploit the green dividend?
Did you know you could use your employee benefits to help fight the battle against climate change? Let’s talk green benefits, writes Steph Butcher,... Read More
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Tenant considerations on expiry of a commercial lease
If your commercial lease is coming to the end of its term, you should start to think about what happens when the lease ends, as it is not as simple... Read More