News & insights

• Top tips for protecting confidential information and trade secrets in motorsport
  Posted: 20/10/2021
  For most businesses, protecting their confidential information is of the utmost importance. This is even more the case for those involved in the motorsports industry, where marginal gains are the difference between winning and losing. The pace of technological development places a premium on the skills of those who are able to harness innovation......>>
• Eco friend or foe: have you been greenwashed?
  Posted: 19/10/2021
  Greenwashing – the practice of exaggerating eco-friendly and sustainable credentials – is not a new phenomenon. It’s been going on for decades, and most of us are bombarded with brands’ environmental claims before we step out of the front door in the morning – from the recyclability of your almond milk carton to the number of tonnes of CO2 saved......>>
• Challenging markets – the risks to directors of energy companies in financial difficulty
  Posted: 18/10/2021
  The coronavirus pandemic posed a significant challenge to the financial health of businesses across the UK. A sector additionally at the mercy of the markets following the easing of lockdown restrictions is the energy industry, with the wholesale price of natural gas (measured on a pence per therm basis) having risen dramatically......>>
• Restart a Heart Day – 16 October 2021
  Posted: 15/10/2021
  Many of us will remember the distressing scenes during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 match in June, when player Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest. Thankfully Christian survived, thanks to the quick action of players and medics who provided CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and used a defibrillator to shock his heart back into action......>>
• The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill
  Posted: 14/10/2021
  The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (the Bill) is, at the time of writing, at second reading stage in the House of Lords and progressing quickly towards becoming law later this year. The Bill, once enacted, will introduce important changes to the insolvency and director disqualification regime......>>

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Publications

E-Bulletins

• Financial services regulatory alert - October 2021
  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published details about remote or hybrid working expectations for firms so that they can continue to meet their regulatory responsibilities in light of the current and new ways of working. The expectations apply to existing firms, firms applying to be authorised or registered and firms proposing to submit further applications.

• Social housing - governance and regulatory update - October 2021
  It seems hard to believe that it’s October already, with the leaves beginning to change colour and the nights drawing in. As we emerge from AGM season and with the end of the year looming fast on the horizon, there is much to occupy the governance and regulatory agenda.

• Employment alert - 8 October 2021
  Tuesday 5 October saw the deadline for employers to report gender pay gap information for the reporting year 2020-21, in accordance with the Gender Pay Gap Regulations (the Regulations). Employers in England, Scotland and Wales with 250 or more employees are generally required to report their gender pay data by 4 April in each year.

• Cyber / Cryptocurrency update - Autumn 2021
  Welcome to our first edition of Dark Matters, Penningtons Manches Cooper’s quarterly newsletter which deals with all things cyber and crypto-related. In this newsletter, we visit all four corners of the globe, exploring recent crypto developments from the UK, to the US, down to Cuba and El Salvador and across to China. We even feature a trading hamster, Mr. Goxx, so read on! The next Dark Matters newsletter will focus on cyber scams, heists and hacks, so keep your eyes peeled!.

• Employment alert - 1 October 2021
  After numerous extensions, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), launched in March 2020 as a short-term response to the Covid-19 pandemic, finally ended on 30 September. The deadline for claims under the scheme is 14 October.

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Brochures & factsheets

• Academic spinouts - a report on the funding of UK spinouts
  This report from Penningtons Manches builds on work begun in Financing Growth in Innovative Firms, the consultation published as part of the Patient Capital Review. That report identified growing levels of investment into spinouts in the UK in the context of a perceived dearth of capital available on patient terms.
• Charity legacy report 2017 - bridging the gap?
  The charities team at Penningtons Manches saw an increasing need to better understand some of the challenges for charities and probate practitioners when dealing with the specialist area of legacies to charities.
• From the Golden Gate to the Golden Triangle - a report on US investment into UK companies
  There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in the technology industry and its impressive pace of change. Whether you’re in Cambridge or California, innovation clusters across the globe are nurturing ground-breaking technologies and creating world-leading businesses.
• Banking and finance fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches' banking and finance team: we provide clear, practical advice to guide our clients through transactions and issues to help them achieve their goals. We work closely with every client to gain a thorough understanding of their objectives.
• Clinical negligence and personal injury fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches’ clinical negligence and personal injury team: our clinical negligence and personal injury practice is one of the largest in the UK providing nationwide coverage from our offices in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Reading, Hampshire and Surrey.
• Construction fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches' construction team: we are involved with projects from the outset and work with clients to shape their procurement and contracting strategies.

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