One of the major changes to the furlough scheme when it was extended originally to end of March 2021 and then to end of April 2021, is the publication of information about employers who are claiming under the furlough scheme….
2020 saw many businesses facing employment law challenges as the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic was felt. With 2021 likely to bring similar issues, the Employment Team at Moorcrofts are hosting a free employment law update webinar on Tuesday 2…
Moorcroft’s Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz has been named on OpenUK’s Inaugural New Year’s Honours List for his contribution to Open Hardware. The list recognises the 100 top Influencers across the UK’s Open Technology communities from…
Moorcrofts’ corporate team has advised Skillweb.co.uk Ltd. (Skillweb), a leading UK based software development and solutions company, on the sale of its “Houndit” business to Escher Software Services UK Limited (part of Hanover Investors private equity group). The “Houndit” business…
The Chancellor has just announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the furlough scheme) has been extended until 30 April 2021: Chancellor extends furlough and loan schemes The scheme was originally due to end on 31 October 2020. This was then…
Orcro Limited becomes the UK’s first accredited provider of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 compliance certifications. ISO/IEC 5230:2020 was published by the International Standards Organisation on 14 December 2020 and formalises OpenChain as an international standard. OpenChain is the world’s leading programme for…
Corporate and Technology Law Firm, Moorcrofts has launched a new online survey to help understand the needs of professionals dealing with commercial contracts, to ensure the contract management and drafting app – ContrAI – which is being developed by Moorcrofts,…
The third OpenChain UK Work Group meeting is being held via Zoom on Thursday 3 December from 14:00 – 16:00 GMT. The meeting will be an interactive session with plenty of opportunity to ask questions about OpenChain adoption, which hopefully…
In September the Government published its response to a consultation on Corporate Transparency and Register Reform. The Government’s response has set out a number of suggestions to improve corporate transparency along with improvement of the reliability and accuracy of information…
Further to our update on the Government’s decision to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to 31 March 2021, the Government has now published further guidance on how this extended furlough scheme will operate. In terms of the guidance…
Matt Jenkin, Moorcrofts Employment Partner will join Howden’s Employee Benefits & HR thought-leader Steve Herbert, deliver Howden’s last Employment webinar of 2020. The webinar, taking place on Thursday 10 December will cover the following topics: Agenda and Timings 10:00 Delegate…
The Government has announced a further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as part of its financial support for businesses in light of the new lockdown restrictions. The CJRS (or the furlough scheme as it is often called) was…