07/08/2017 The landmark judgment, in which the Supreme Court on 26 July upheld an appeal by Unison and ruled that employment tribunal fees introduced in 2013 were unlawful, had a number of immediate effects, eg the government stopped collecting fees

07/08/2017 Trading Standards will regulate compliance with, and enforcement of, the bans on the manufacture and sale of plastic microbeads* in cosmetics and personal care products when they come into force in England on 1 January 2018 (for manufacture) and

07/08/2017 Government proposals for a statutory Universal Service Obligation (USO) that would ‘as soon as possible’ give every home and business in the UK the right to request a high speed broadband connection has sparked an offer from BT for

07/08/2017 Charges for access to the Openreach network of underground ducts and telegraph poles that form the essential infrastructure of the UK broadband network will be capped by Ofcom in order to boost competition by helping create a level playing

07/08/2017 HM Revenue & Customs has launched an online tax forum linked to a dedicated webchat service to give small firms and the self employed real-time answers to generic tax questions, advice on industry-specific topics and the opportunity to draw