New Tobacco and E-Cigarette Retailing Rules (UK)

Finance and Legal
12/05/2017 The 12-month transitional period that allowed retailers to sell off tobacco, tobacco products and e-cigarettes that do not comply with the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Regulations and the revised EU Tobacco Product Directive ends on 20 May, when they
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Record Fine for Nuisance Calls Company (UK)

Finance and Legal
12/05/2017 A company that made 99.5m automated calls over 18 months on a wide range of topics including PPI compensation and road traffic accidents has been fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office – a record penalty for a firm
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Novel ‘Last Mile Re-Supply’ Technology (UK)

Government
4th May 2017 Proposals for autonomous systems capable of handling the ‘last mile’ resupply of front line military forces from a physical base or logistics vehicle are invited for a 3-phase competition Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) under the Defence
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Higher Penalties For Excessive Speeding (E, W)

Government
28/04/2017 Offenders who drive at speeds excessively above legal limits now face more severe penalties that ‘reflect the potential harm’ that can result as the seriousness of the speeding offence increases, under new sentencing guidelines for magistrates that came into
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Protect Against Cyber Crime (UK)

Government
28/04/2017 Businesses must treat cyber security as a ‘top priority’, urged the head of the National Cyber Security Centre after the government’s first cyber security survey revealed almost half of UK businesses suffered a cyber breach or attack during the
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