Articles & Blogs

Thinking of starting, joining or expanding a MAT?

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Those readers who have recently seen presentations by the Schools Commissioner Frank Green, will know that the current political focus is firmly placed on school collaboration, and the expansion of the multi academy trust (MAT) model.

A Practical Guide to Major Property Developments

Friday, 13 November 2015

We have all seen the wow factor that accompanies a brand new campus or building.

A Practical Guide to Major Property Developments

Articles & Blogs Further Education

One of the Lads - Tackling Sexual Harassment and 'Lad Culture' on Campus

Friday, 13 November 2015

Although aimed at universities, there are some helpful lessons to be learned for further education colleges from the call to arms of David Javid, the government's Business Secretary.

Articles & Blogs Charities

Scope - 'It's Your Decision'

Monday, 28 September 2015

A Charity Commission inquiry report published this month affirms the importance of proper decision making.

Articles & Blogs Real Estate

ESOS compliance - With the deadline looming, how can we help you?

Monday, 14 September 2015

The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is an energy assessment scheme which aims to encourage greater energy efficiency amongst businesses.

Articles & Blogs Independent Schools

Compliance Toolkit

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Keeping up to date with regulatory change has never been so important, or so challenging.

Articles & Blogs Private Client

The Office of the Public Guardian's New Standards for Professional Deputies

Wednesday, 02 September 2015

The Office of the Public Guardian has been promising reforms to their supervision of deputies for some time.

Articles & Blogs Procurement

Procurement - New Utilities and Concessions Regulations Now Published

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

The changes will affect purchasing activity across all regulated utilities in England and Wales, and the concessions rules introduce a more detailed regulatory regime

Articles & Blogs Employment

Unfair Dismissal of Employee who Came to Work Smelling of Alcohol

Friday, 19 June 2015

The Employment Tribunal (ET) has found that an NHS trust's (the Trust) dismissal of a healthcare assistant after he attended work smelling of alcohol and subsequently refused to attend a follow-up Occupational Health (OH) appointment was unfair.

Articles & Blogs Pharma & Life Sciences

Government Re-Thinks Position on Hub-and-Spoke in Pharmacy

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

The government has announced that it is delaying plans to introduce legislation that would have seen the expansion of hub-and-spoke pharmacy dispensing, following pressure from retail pharmacy representatives that questioned the evidence behind the move.

Articles & Blogs Technology & Startups

Google+ and YouTube Have Called it Quits

Friday, 15 April 2016

Brad Horowitz (Vice President of Google’s streams, photo and sharing services) has published a blog post announcing that Google is splitting Google+ from its other, more popular service, YouTube.

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs)

Thursday, 31 March 2016

Entrepreneurial GPs have been looking at Vanguard care models for a while and a number of new models have emerged across the country

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

Sexting - a Best Practice Approach to Managing Incidents Involving Pupils

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Sexting, it seems, is almost becoming a norm amongst our teenagers, which raises serious safeguarding consequences for those involved and for the schools which have to deal with such incidents.

Articles & Blogs Further Education

Zero Hour Contracts - Guidance for Colleges and Legislating to Enforce Ban on Exclusivity

Friday, 13 November 2015

The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published guidance for employers on zero hours contracts. The government has also published draft Regulations aimed at enforcing the ban on exclusivity.

Articles & Blogs Higher Education

US Safe Harbor Provision Suspended

Thursday, 05 November 2015

The consequence of the ruling is that universities that currently rely on Safe Harbor will need to review how they ensure that they transfer data to the US in line with the law in the UK.

Share this page: