Business Barometer is encouraging for West Midlands business confidence

crime and regulatory

Government plans its autumn road safety strategy – what can we expect?

In April 2025, HM Senior Coroner for Lancashire Dr James Adeley produced a Prevention of Future Deaths Report addressed to the Transport…

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Employment

Clarke Willmott urges support for retailers in autumn statement

Clarke Willmott is calling on the Chancellor to provide urgent help to the UK’s retailers in her forthcoming autumn statement in order to prevent “a continued surge in redundancies, contract breaches and tribunal claims.”

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Case Commentary

Epping Forest case: Planning law, Use Class, injunctions and migrant hotels

The recent legal battle between Epping Forest District Council (“the Council”) and the Home Office over the use of the Bell Hotel in Essex has spotlighted a critical intersection of planning law, asylum policy, and local governance.

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Agriculture

Potential tax changes on the sale of property

With the prospect of an Autumn Budget fast approaching, HMRC are now considering plans to raise money from a tax on the sale of homes…

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