Legal advice

The small business legal advice section provides in-depth guides and features on tax, company and employment law for UK SMEs and sole traders.

How small businesses can prepare for GDPR

Here, Andrew Bridges, data quality and governance manager at REaD Group, tells you how to prepare for GDPR next year.

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What is the SFO process and how can you defend accusations

Here, Aziz Rahman, Senior Partner at Rahman Ravelli provides a step by step guide helping to inform small businesses on what the SFO processes are and how they can defend themselves from serious accusations.

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When poor performance becomes a legal issue: what do you do?

Here, Asif Robbani, LLB(Hons) LLM, director of Francis George Solicitor Advocate, discusses the legal issues of poor performance at work.

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Is 2017 the year for anti-money laundering?

2017 is the year for anti-money laundering to triumph in the UK and transparency is the key, according to Aziz Rahman of Rahman Ravelli.

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How and when should an SME issue a CCJ?

Given the UK’s current late payment culture, Rachel Mainwaring, operations director at Creditsafe, tells us when SMEs should apply for a CCJ.

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Closing the gap on delayed compensation claims

Travel delay compensation is much more than just about getting your money back. It’s about wasted time as Dr. Steve Cassidy, managing director, Viaqqio, explores.

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Investment – are you legally prepared?

Here, Karen Holden, founder of A City Law Firm, guides us on how to safely and legally secure investment for your business.

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Keeping your employees safe in the workplace

Owner managers need to understand their legal requirements around health and safety in the workplace, and become familiar with the process involved when employees suffer an injury at work.

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Investment – are you legally prepared?

Here, Karen Holden, founder of A City Law Firm, guides us on how to safely and legally secure investment for your business.

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Keeping your employees safe in the workplace

Owner managers need to understand their legal requirements around health and safety in the workplace, and become familiar with the process involved when employees suffer an injury at work.

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Shareholders’ agreement: Why is it necessary for your small business?

Asif Robbani discusses why getting a shareholders' agreement in place at the start of a business is so important.

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The dangers of intellectual property infringement for small businesses

Rachel Jones explains why small business owners need to be vigilant to protect their brand online and shares practical steps to tackling infringing and counterfeit products.

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Time to face the music: the duty to report ushers in a new era for late payments

Dafydd Llewellyn, managing director of UK SMB, Concur, talks us through how the new Payment Practices and Performance regulations 2017 will affect small business suppliers.

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How do I deal with theft in the workplace?

Often seen as a victimless crime, workplace theft can impact businesses of all sizes and is believed to cost the UK economy more than £193 billion per year.