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Business. Law. Conversation. This is a business podcast series with a legal twist. Join our Muckle LLP lawyers and guest business leaders, for Q & A’s and conversation across the full spectrum of topical business issues.Business challenges. Buying a business. Accessing finance. Engaging employees. Managing commercial contracts, property or disputes. Each episode will give you practical tools, tips and tactics to improve your organisation and address real-life legal needs, with lashings of extra business insight on top.Follow us @MuckleLLP or visit www.muckle-llp.com Podcasts are not legal advice. Laws may have changed since recording.
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Introduction Keep up to date with changes in employment law, including key legislative and case law developments and practical guidance with the first of our quarterly online updates from members of our Employment team. What the session covers This session will be of interest to all HR professionals providing an overview of current themes affecting all employers. We'll explain our shared views on the changes, based on what we see day-to-day and where we think things will go, to try and he...
In this first episode we invite Dianne Sharp from DKS Straightforward to discuss our journey to agile working, with Jason Wainwright, our Managing Partner, Debbie McCormack our Director of Operations and Designer Simon Grundy of Simon Grundy Commercial Interior Design, who helped transform our office into a fully flexible workspace. Their insight on the transformation, the challenges and the game-changing benefits of going agile (together with some cracking top tips) will really help if...
With a phased restart starting to gather pace, and businesses making adjustments in order to re-open quickly, the economy is facing issues which have never been faced before. Practical and legal issues arise in relation to supply chain, employees and contracts when considering how to restart right. In this episode, recorded on Thursday 4 June 2020, as part of an online roundtable webinar series, our team are joined by Sarah Glendinning, Regional Director of the CBI, to discuss the issu...
The impact of Lockdown focused more attention on data than ever before and businesses have many questions. How has COVID-19 changed how businesses record and manage data as businesses restart in the new normal? What should businesses do with employee health data? How will the much talked about ‘test and trace’ system work and what is the impact on data protection? In our latest podcast, we discuss these questions with our data protection gurus - Alex Craig, a partner and tech lega...
For many businesses, going digital has been the key for survival during the pandemic, but it's not that straightforward for the manufacturing sector. North Shields based Bay Plastics started as a small shop in a converted flat and evolved to become a plastics stockist, designer and fabrication specialist operating from a state of the art 40,000 sq ft manufacturing plant and supplying customers across the globe. And then COVID-19 arrived, putting all businesses in the sector under extrem...
There’s been substantial legislation to protect tenants from forfeiture and eviction during the current pandemic. And while this has been welcomed by many businesses, it has put commercial landlords under increasing pressure with many having difficulty recovering rent and leading some to claim that ‘it’s a tenant’s market out there’. In this podcast, leading real estate and property litigation lawyers share some advice that they’ve been giving to clients now that COVID-19 has drastically chan...
The new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, which came into force on 26 June 2020, is arguably the most significant reform to the UK’s insolvency framework in decades. The largely debtor friendly changes are welcomed by many, but they may make life more difficult for suppliers and creditors. In this episode, three leading lawyers explain the changes and what they mean to businesses in just 25 minutes. Whether you’re experiencing problems with cashflow because of COVID-19 or eager to coll...
With the UK tightening measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 following an increase in infections, the Legal Spectrum Podcast series visits the role of business in the community. Charities have been hit hard by the onset of coronavirus, while many businesses will understandably be weighing up whether they can continue to support their local communities. Here, four philanthropic experts from a range of organisations explore how businesses can continue to make a difference in communities throu...
In this podcast, recorded in late October, we are joined by Barclays manufacturing relationship managers Sally-Ann Cain and Martin Brown to discuss their thoughts on COIVID-19 and how it has affected manufacturers in our region. Interviewed by Robin Adams, head of our manufacturing team, Sally-Ann and Martin touch on themes of diversification, adaptability and communication. They also offer some tips to help with future planning.
Subject Access Requests (SARs) are complex, time consuming and often stressful, but there are ways to make the process of responding to SARs easier on yourself. So say lawyers Sam Roberts and Alex Craig, who specialise in personal data management and share their insight and advice in this quick(ish) podcast. What’s covered: · new changes to the SAR process · how to complete a SAR · common SAR queries and how to d...
Today we’re talking Brexit, with the transition period due to end in just a few weeks. What will a free trade agreement with the EU look like? What will trading on WTO rules actually involve? How will company costs, supply chains and quality control be affected? Here, commercial lawyers and Brexit buffs Robin Adams and Luke Donockley explain what it all means for businesses in this brief and straightforward update.
What do World Trade Organization (WTO) rules actually mean to businesses in practical terms? What do they mean for border checks, tariffs and quality control? And what is involved in a Canada style agreement versus an Australia style agreement with the EU? Just a few of the questions that our Brexit buffs, commercial lawyers Robin Adams and Luke Donockley, cover in this quick, 15 minute podcast.
What will Brexit do to your commercial contracts? How might it change the terms we operate under? What should businesses be looking for in their existing and future agreements? There are many ways in which Brexit can impact contracts, as commercial lawyers Robin Adams and Luke Donockley share some practical examples to help businesses in this podcast.
The end of the Brexit transition period means the end of free movement within the UK for EU workers. But where will your current EU migrant employees stand after 31 December 2020? How can you support your existing people? How do you sponsor skilled EU workers? What should employers be thinking about now? Employment lawyer Amy Sergison wraps up all the key points in this short podcast.
The way public procurement is done will change at the end of 2020. We know OJEU, the platform for advertising tender opportunities, will be replaced by the UK government’s new Find a Tender Service. But how will this impact public authorities and businesses looking to sell to the public sector? What will happen when we stop following EU procurement laws? And what can we do to prepare? Procurement lawyer Alison Walton shares her thoughts, advice and some top practical tips in this podcast.
How do you prepare for something when you don’t know exactly what’s coming? This podcast has a few pointers that will help, as commercial lawyers Luke Donockley and Robin Adams share their top tips for getting your business ready for Brexit.
What happens to GDPR post-Brexit? Are the rules around data protection changing? What do businesses need to do to stay compliant? These are just some of the grey areas our data protection experts, partner Alex Craig and solicitor Samantha Roberts, clear up in this straightforward chat about the various scenarios businesses may face in 2021.
Simon Taylor, Head of Chelsea FC Foundation, chats to John Devine, partner and head of sports and charities law at Muckle, about how the charity has coped throughout the pandemic, with some fascinating insight into the positives of adapting to help others overcome adversity.
What are the key considerations to ensure everything runs smoothly on your construction development project? In this first episode in a podcast series from Muckle LLP, we introduce some of the factors we’ll be exploring in more detail in coming episodes. Contributors: Lucilla Waugh, Partner and Head of Construction and Engineering, at Muckle LLP is joined by Hugh Welch, Senior Partner in corporate.
How can you make sure you’re delivering in the right way, on time and on budget when working on a development project? Lucilla Waugh from Muckle LLP is joined by Carol Cairns from Northumbrian Water Group who shares her experience when it comes to ensuring successful delivery. Contributors Lucilla Waugh, Partner and Head of Construction and Engineering, at Muckle LLP is joined by Carol Cairns, Strategic Planning Manager at Northumbrian Water Group.
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