14 April 2008
City Centre Crackdown on Licensed Premises

Brighton & Hove City Council has recently introduced a special policy to crack down on new licence applications and extended drinking hours across the city centre. The policy is based upon a “presumption of refusal” for applications falling within the central city zone spanning between Preston Street to Upper Rock Gardens, and from the Sea Front back to Western Road, Church Street and Edward Street.

15 August 2007
Employer’s Holiday Alert – New Regulations

On 19 July 2007, the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007 became law, increasing the statutory minimum holiday entitlement for workers in two phases:-

26 January 2007
New obligation on Companies to dispose of their old IT equipment

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive came into force on the 2nd January 2007. The directive requires all suppliers of IT equipment to offer to dispose of the hardware free of charge. Although the new rules take effect immediately, suppliers do not have to take full responsibility until the 1st July 2007.

26 January 2007
Changes to Companies Websites and E-mail footers

Every registered company must now include on their letters and e-mails, details of their company registration number, place of registration and registered office addresses. The change in the law took place on the 1st of January 2007 and was implemented to bring the UK in line with European legislation.

10 January 2007
Wynne Baxter introduce new age package for employers

Wynne Baxter solicitors has introduced a new retirement procedure template as a result of the recent age discrimination laws. The latest legislation means that it is compulsory for all employers to follow the procedure when they are dismissing an employee due to retirement. Wynne Baxter’s template policy is aimed at businesses of any size, and there are very few firms outside of London who have such a procedure up and running.