There is increasing public awareness of the challenges facing universities as a consequence of coronavirus (COVID-19), not least the adverse financial implications for many within the UK's diverse higher education sector.
Since its introduction in March, the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has acted as a financial lifeline to many employers, charities included. But what is going to change?
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has filed a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office about the NHS test and trace service. The complaint relates to the fact that a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) has not been carried out.
On 4 June 2020, the UK hosted the Global Vaccine Summit, at which Boris Johnson told attendees that events such as these were vital to the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Commission have published supplementary guidance for trustees anxious to measure the potentially serious effects of coronavirus on their charity's work.
Genomics England has announced a new nationwide programme in which it will seek to study the genetic factors which play a part in an individual's susceptibility to coronavirus (COVID-19).
How can charities plan for a post-coronavirus (COVID-19) world? Trustees have a duty to govern which includes the need to plan, but as even the short term future is uncertain, how can this be done effectively?
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme) will remain in place until the end of October with changes from 1 July 2020 requiring increasing employer contributions. Businesses currently taking advantage of the Scheme need to consider...
In line with the duties as set out in Keeping Children Safe In Education 2019 (KCSIE), now is a timely reminder that schools must ensure that safeguarding remains at the forefront of everyone's mind in this particularly unusual time.
We have been working with academies and schools who have accessed the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for the private income streams, most notably for before- and after-school clubs or some nursery provision, as most staffing costs are publicly funded.
Six UK-based organisations are to receive a share in €117m worth of research funding that has been awarded to eight collaborative research projects focused on the "development of therapeutics and diagnostics which are aimed at combatting coronavirus".
Faced with increasingly uncertain rents, landlords should remember claims against former tenants or their guarantors - and the strict time limits which apply.
