The UK has 4.8 million family businesses – 88% percent of all businesses in the UK – big brands such as Dyson, Warburtons and Specsavers are but a few that spring to mind. While the majority are small businesses, over 17,000 are medium and large companies.

Lola Poyner, aged 6, from Warwick has already raised more than £2,000 for Warwick Hospital and University Hospital Coventry and has now received her biggest single donation yet with a further £175 from Leamington based solicitors, Wright Hassall.

The Supreme Court has this month provided guidance on the relationship between statutory directors’ duties and the interests of a company’s creditors.

A leading Midlands law firm has strengthened its private client team with four key appointments.

It may be tempting to think it safe to go ahead and breach a confidentiality agreement if it would not lead to the other party suffering any financial loss and the likelihood of their getting an injunction is slim.

Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) share options continue to represent a powerful weapon in the armoury of small and medium-sized businesses when it comes to recruiting and retaining key employees.

If your employees are regularly accessing work emails and documents while abroad, you need to be clear that any such activity does not constitute an international transfer of data. There is guidance to help you decide but ultimately all businesses should have clear rules about the access of work systems while overseas.

Below we set out the seven key duties for directors under the Companies Act 2006, how to ensure you comply and details of the consequences if you don’t.

The impending application of the Loan Charge 2019 is causing taxpayers to assess their position and identify what they should be doing before the 5 April 2019 deadline.

Freya Summers, Partner and Kevin Hall, Partner discuss the different types of exit options and VAT considerations there are when selling a business.