The Australian government is intending to introduce a ‘patent box’ regime with the objective of boosting life sciences innovation across the region and incentivising investment in the sector in response […]
Continue Reading →15 South Korean companies have established a business council for hydrogen development. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →China has launched a pilot scheme which will enable renewable energy generators and corporate users to trade directly on green power. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in conjunction with the UK Department of Transport (DfT), has updated its guidance on work-related road safety to make it clear that employers are […]
Continue Reading →The Singapore High Court held, that an application to set aside an arbitral award was not time-barred because the timeline was extended by an earlier application to correct the award. […]
Continue Reading →The UK government will “prioritise consumers” in any action it takes in response to the wholesale global gas price increase, the business secretary has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →AI systems cannot own or transfer patent rights under UK law currently, the Court of Appeal in London has ruled. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The amount of UK tax underpaid by large businesses has jumped 15% to reach £6.1 billion for 2019-20, up from £5.3bn in 2018-19, according to the latest ‘tax gap’ statistics […]
Continue Reading →Regulators have joined forces to apply a more rigorous value to money regime for defined contribution (DC) pensions, including the 18.7 million non-workplace DC scheme members. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Ed Goodwyn tells HRNews about the UK government’s plans to curtail the scope of non-compete clauses Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →South Africa’s Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) published a draft of its national infrastructure plan 2050 (NIP) for public comment on 10 August 2021. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Jon Fisher tells HRNews about HMRC’s approach to enforcement of ‘technical breaches’ of NMW laws Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Katherine Metcalfe tells HRNews about new HSE guidance aimed at clarifying ‘driving at work’ duties Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Proposed changes to UK planning policy remove uncertainty about the priority given to the development of major solar power plants and will spur a greater number of ‘utility scale’ projects […]
Continue Reading →The need for new carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure has been acknowledged by the UK government and support illustrated for its development in proposed changes to planning policy. Read […]
Continue Reading →Delays of sometimes more than a year in the issue of judgments and long delays in listing cases have been reported by users of the tax chamber of the UK’s […]
Continue Reading →For ‘no greater liability’ clauses in collateral warranties and third party rights schedules to work as intended, warrantors must ensure that their provisions do not conflict with those in the […]
Continue Reading →The governments across the UK and local authorities should consider reducing burdens, and extending supportive measures, for the hospitality industry to support its fragile recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Read […]
Continue Reading →Users of Singapore’s PayNow and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will be able to transfer money between the countries with the linking of the countries’ two real-time payment systems by […]
Continue Reading →China’s market regulator the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) has proposed some amendments to the existing e-commerce law. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The UK government will make over £200 million of support available to offshore wind projects during the next round of the contracts for difference (CfD) support scheme, it has confirmed. […]
Continue Reading →Lynette Jacobs tells HRNews why it may be a good time to review reward strategies as salaries rise Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Ed Goodwyn tells HRNews that notwithstanding the EAT’s decision in Caldwell going over the head of a union needs to be carefully judged Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) has raised S$1.65 billion (US$1.23bn) from its first green bond issuance, the proceeds of which will be used to fund sustainable projects. Read Complete Article
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