by Colin Baines | Oct 2017 | Comments
Further issues have surfaced with the General Data Protection Regulations due to come into force next May (see last month’s leading article). Again it is around the intention that all data subjects should have the right to demand erasure of records held about...
by Colin Baines | Sep 2017 | Comments
The General Data Protection Regulations become law on 25th May 2018. We will be conducting a programme of ‘rolling audits’ with our client firms which we expect will bring everyone to ‘GDPR compliant’ status by the end of March. It is not in...
by Colin Baines | Aug 2017 | Comments
HMRC Tax Collectors have hit on a new tactic for encouraging people to pay what they owe. They have published a list of the main ways they have of identifying miscreants. Presumably the theory is that those who might otherwise try to avoid paying their due, will look...
by Colin Baines | Jul 2017 | Comments
If your firm wants to continue to advise on, arrange and deal in structured deposits after MiFID II takes effect, this will mean a change to your firm’s scope of permission to include this investment type. Up until 2nd January 2018 there is a special process in place,...
by Colin Baines | Jun 2017 | Comments
Student loans were introduced in 1998 at the same time as tuition fees were imposed for most of those in further education. The Student Loan Company (SLC) was set up to provide and administer loans, and currently employs nearly 2000 people. It was very badly run from...
