Defra has launched its latest policy paper ‘Unleashing Rural Opportunity’ containing, among other suggestions, five key planning proposals designed to help grow the rural economy. At first reading (and second) it all sounds a bit vague – a proposal ‘to consult’; a commitment to ‘explore’; and a promise ‘to consider’. Of the five proposals, only one (to provide £2.5m funding for a network of ‘rural housing’ enablers to help boost the supply of rural housing) appears – sort of – definite.

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Defra has launched its latest policy paper ‘Unleashing Rural Opportunity’ containing, among other suggestions, five key planning proposals designed to help grow the rural economy. However, most organisations with knowledge of, and support for, thriving rural communities are likely to find the government’s proposals too cautious.

Forward planning is vital to ensuring your financial future and enables you to have security, freedom and be prepared for those bumps in the road that you're bound to encounter.

A leading global supplier of fasteners and metal engineered components to the automotive sector has expanded its presence in Southam by taking up 15,000 sq ft of space at a new industrial scheme.

Some standard form contracts include the express obligation that the contractor must proceed “regularly and diligently” with the works. What does this obligation entail?

The Government has announced pay rises in the public sector – and that they will be partly funded by ‘significant’ increases in UK visa and immigration health surcharge fees for foreign migrants who come to the UK to live, study and work.

When it comes to Software Developers creating IP for customers (i.e. they enter into a contract with a customer to do so) there are some important caveats to include in the contract between parties, where IP cannot, or from a commercial perspective, should not, be assigned to the customer.

Many organisations across the United Kingdom emphasise the importance of supporting their LGBTQ+ employees, however research shows that there is still a lot of work to be done to truly achieve inclusivity within workplaces across the country.

Labour’s new White Paper, 'Restoring control over the immigration system', delivers on its manifesto pledge to tighten immigration rules amid rising public concern and Reform UK’s growing popularity. Despite decades of tough talk from successive Prime Ministers, net migration has continued to rise. The paper uses unusually strong language for a Labour PM and signals stricter, more costly processes for businesses relying on migrant workers. While the system isn’t being overhauled, the changes aim to reassure voters and blunt the appeal of rival parties.