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Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Following its Green Paper on Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes in February last year, the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) has now published its white paper...
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ATED: Returns are now due
The window for the submission of this year's Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) returns is now open. If you own a property above a certain value by way of...
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Residential Service Charge Checklist Prior to Issue
When you have a leaseholder who doesn’t pay the obvious thing to do would be to send them a legal letter (letter before action) with the demand and request payment. ...
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ISAs – not so boring after all!
It is fair to say that most people have an ISA (Individual Savings Account). Why wouldn't you? It's a straight forward, usually low risk way of investing your money. ISAs...
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Digital Currencies: Issues for your tax and estate planning
Digital or crypto-currencies, the most common being Bitcoins, seem to be in the news every day, whether it’s a report of how their value has seen a mammoth rise (and...
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Alert for charities – use the regulated financial sector
The UK’s three independent regulators of charities (Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland) have issued an alert to...
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Protecting your charity from fraud – recent Commission alerts
The National Cyber Security Centre (''NCSC'') has launched its first cyber security guidance specifically for the charity sector. The guidance follows the first ever threat assessment of the sector. The...
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Charity Commission reminder: safeguarding is a key governance priority for all charities
A summit was held earlier this month by the Charity Commission where UK charities committed to strengthening their leadership, culture and capacity around safeguarding. The summit was made up of...
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Charities newsletter – March 2018
Our Charities team here at Blake Morgan publishes e-bulletins to keep you up-to-date with breaking news and topical issues affecting the sector. We also offer regular charity trustee induction and...
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BRAIN AG Acquires Majority Stake In Biocatalysts
BRAIN AG has acquired a majority stake in Cardiff based speciality enzyme producer Biocatalysts Limited. For over 35 years, Biocatalysts (and more recently Biocatalysts Inc, USA) has focused on the...
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The Importance of Granny and Grandad
A recent case heard in the Court of Appeal Re G (a child) (2018), explored the importance of the role of grandparents in the life of a child. The Facts This case...
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Private Client Issues – March 2018
Welcome to this month's edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan's monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. Have you updated your will in the light of...
