Revised Company Size Thresholds Take Effect from April 2025
The UK government has enacted a significant reform to company reporting rules by increasing the financial thresholds that define a company’s size for accounting and filing purposes. From 6 April 2025, businesses will see the turnover and balance sheet limits rise by approximately 50%, allowing thousands more companies to qualify for simplified reporting obligations under […]
Steel Act 2025: Govt Powers to Safeguard Industry
In 2025, the UK government enacted the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act, marking a significant moment in the state’s willingness to intervene in strategically vital sectors. The Act gives ministers emergency powers to oversee and, where necessary, take control of steel manufacturing operations to prevent closures that would threaten the UK’s industrial base, national resilience, […]
DMCC Act 2024: Key Consumer Law Changes Ahead
The UK government has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act), marking one of the most substantial overhauls of consumer protection law in over a decade. Coming into force in April 2025, this legislation is designed to tackle misleading business practices, increase fairness in digital marketplaces, and give regulators sharper tools […]
Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: A New Legal Era for Digital Defence in the UK
In a decisive step toward hardening national cyber defences, the UK government has introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, a landmark piece of legislation aimed at improving the UK’s preparedness against cyber threats. The bill is part of a broader national strategy to address the rising tide of cyberattacks targeting public institutions, private businesses, […]
UK Immigration Reforms 2025: A Tighter Framework with Big Implications for Business
n 2025, the UK government announced a sweeping set of reforms to the immigration system, aimed at reducing net migration and increasing pressure on employers to prioritise domestic recruitment. While framed politically as a response to public concerns over immigration levels, the practical effects of these reforms will be felt most acutely by UK businesses—particularly […]
The Employment Rights Bill: Reshaping the Workplace in the UK
The UK government is moving forward with one of the most significant employment law overhauls in recent years through the introduction of the Employment Rights Bill. Framed as a landmark step towards promoting fairer, more secure work, the legislation is designed to strengthen employee protections, boost workplace dignity, and eliminate long-standing exploitative practices in the […]
Call for Evidence on Overhaul of UK Cyber Laws
The CyberUp Campaign, which advocates for urgent changes to the 1990 Computer Misuse Act (CMA), has launched a new consultation, inviting security professionals and researchers to participate in a comprehensive survey to share their views on the law’s impact on their work. CyberUp argues that the CMA is severely outdated, having been enacted just months […]
PM Makes Statement in Response to UK Riots
In response to ongoing civil unrest across the country – following false reports that the suspect in the death of three young girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport was an asylum seeker – Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered the following statement from 10 Downing Street on Sunday 4 August: I utterly […]
UK Housing Targets Increased
The Government has unveiled a major overhaul of the UK planning system in a bid to “get Britain Building again”. All councils in England will now face new, mandatory housing targets aimed at delivering 1.5 million additional homes, addressing the most severe housing crisis in recent memory. These targets will require councils to increase housebuilding […]
University Free Speech Law Put on Hold
The Government has paused controversial new powers that would have allowed universities and student unions to be fined for failing to uphold freedom of speech. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced that this delay will allow time to reconsider whether the law, originally set to take effect next week, should be repealed. She said the legislation […]
Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill Back On Agenda
Audit and corporate governance reforms have been placed on the new UK Government’s legislative agenda. The Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill was included on the King’s speech earlier this month, following previous proposals by the Kingman Review (2018), the Brydon Review (2019), and the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) statutory audit market review […]
New Code of Practice: Fire & Rehire
A new Statutory Code of Practice on Fire and Rehire took effect on 18 July 2024. Formally known as the Statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement, the new guidance now has to be taken into account by employment tribunals on relevant cases, such as unfair dismissal claims. This new Code takes effect just […]
King’s Speech: Employment Law Changes Announced
During the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024, the first since the latest UK general election, the King delivered a speech setting out the new Government’s legislative priorities for the coming months. The speech and accompanying memorandum included 40 bills, with two relating to employment law: the Employment Rights Bill and the Equality […]
Equality Watchdog Issues New Guidance on Lawful Advertising
Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released updated guidance for those placing or publishing advertisements to help ensure they are lawful and non-discriminatory. A discriminatory advert is one that restricts jobs, goods, services, or facilities to individuals with a protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010. Such restrictions are unlawful, except […]