Estate Planning

For three decades David Loewi and Des Gunewardena ran one of the biggest and most successful restaurant companies in the land. They were the titular “D”s in restaurant group D&D…

London-based tech company CultureAI has secured $10m (£7.7m) in a Series A funding round, co-led by Mercia Ventures and Smedvig Ventures. The investment is set to propel CultureAI’s product development,…

With the Bank of England’s latest interest rate decision just two weeks away, today’s inflation figures for June were always going to be important. The figures showed that inflation came…

Labour will legislate for a fiscal lock to require the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to provide an independent assessment of any major tax and spending plans. Sir Keir Starmer…

Britain’s data watchdog has lambasted London’s Hackney Council for a cyber attack that “severely” impacted residents, saying the breach was “a clear and avoidable error.” In October 2020, hackers infiltrated…

A new Planning Bill unveiled in the King’s Speech is intended to lift the “major brake” on the UK’s economic growth, by unlocking housing and infrastructure projects across the country.…

Labour’s Renters’ Reform Bill will introduce significant changes to rented housing in England and Wales, including on no-fault evictions and having a pet. Legislation will be introduced “to give greater…

Pension schemes will be pushed to pool their assets in “superfunds” as part of government plans to divert more of the country’s retirement cash into the economy and boost returns…

The new Labour government will not reverse the controversial decision to scrap the northern leg of High Speed Two (HS2), it has been confirmed. As part of the Kings Speech,…

Labour will ban the sale of leasehold flats and attempt to replace the system with commonhold, King Charles said earlier today. The government will implement and extend Michael Gove’s modest…