The Government has revealed further details about the Job Support Scheme (JSS) which is designed to replace the furlough scheme ending on 31 October 2020. The JSS is designed to protect “viable” jobs over the winter months due to the…
Earlier this month, the Government published research on a number of Tax Advantaged Share Schemes (TASS) for employees. The research was undertaken between August and October 2019, with a total number of 83 interviews conducted around a number of TASS,…
Commercial premises tend to be one of the biggest overheads of any business, with this in mind, it is important for a commercial tenant to have an understanding of the main terms of a lease. Firstly, once a tenant has…
In July 2020, Rishi Sunak asked the Office of Tax Simplification to carry out a review of capital gains tax (“CGT”), and this has led to rumours circulating in the UK press that the Chancellor will announce changes to the…
Moorcrofts employees are set to undertake the challenge of a virtual walk to raise funds for its charity partner, SpecialEffect, to coincide with SpecialEffect’s ‘One Special Day’. The virtual walk will cover the distance between Moorcroft’s office in Marlow and…
Moorcrofts is running tech preview sessions of ContrAI, its newly developed contract drafting, negotiation and management suite. For the past 18 months, Moorcrofts in partnership with Oxford Brookes University has been running the project to develop the software after successfully…
The OpenChain UK Work Group is holding its second meeting via Zoom on Wednesday 30 September from 14:00 – 16:00 BST. This meeting will build on the success of the inaugural meeting in July which attracted a stellar roster of…
Employers who still have employees on furlough need to be aware that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme changes again from 1 September and in particular the costs that employers have to pay to access the scheme will increase. The changes…
On Saturday 22 August, Adam Forder from Moorcrofts Corporate team completed the monumental challenge of lifting 100 tonnes (the weight of a Boeing 757 or blue whale) in an astounding 4 hours and 55 minutes! His fantastic achievements raised a…
Matt Jenkin, Moorcrofts Employment Partner will be delivering a presentation, entitled: ‘Employment Law – The F Word’ as part of Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing’s first Employment Webinar on Thursday 10 September. The webinar will be looking at UK employment…
Andrew Katz, Moorcrofts Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology along with Matt Jacobs, Director, Legal Counsel at Synopsys will be presenting a webinar via BrightTalk on Thursday 20 August at 17:00 on the topical subject of OpenChain and how…
The criteria for businesses to become eligible for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) has been expanded allowing with immediate effect, small and struggling businesses to apply for lending under the CBILS. Previously, the criteria required applicants to be…