9/15/2025 1:06:26 PM Is "LAT" common? The rise in couples who choose to "live apart together". By Sean Hilton In keeping with the ever increasing diversity of families, family life, marriages and cohabiting couples - there is an emerging trend of...
8/27/2025 10:22:39 AM Pre nups, pre emption and protecting the family business By Nicola Harries The FT has published a thoughtful article (here) reminding us how important pre nups can be in the protection they offer divorcing...
7/1/2024 12:15:11 PM The IoD’s Voluntary Code of Conduct for Directors: will it help UK business win back trust? By Stevens & Bolton LLP Last month the Institute of Directors (IoD) launched a public consultation on a Voluntary Code of Conduct for Directors. The Code is...
4/12/2024 3:02:20 PM Out with the new, in with the old – FPO 2024 reverses changes to thresholds for financial promotion exemptions By Daniel Keleghan The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 sets out exemptions from the restriction on communicating...
11/28/2023 7:00:43 PM Investment community gives the UK a vote of confidence By Stevens & Bolton LLP Yesterday, the government announced that the UK has secured commitment from the world’s leading investors of nearly £30bn. The...
7/31/2023 4:26:06 PM Co-founder prenups: the importance of having a shareholders' agreement By Rebecca Hunt With research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of startups fail as a result of co-founders "breaking up", it has never been more...
3/10/2023 10:32:35 AM Reached an agreement? Put it in writing or risk not being able to prove it. By Stevens & Bolton LLP Reached an agreement? Don’t forget to put it in writing or risk not being able to prove it later. Contracts don’t necessarily have to be...
11/14/2022 4:51:08 PM Private companies and the low carbon economy By Jessica Gregson Private small or medium-sized companies within the UK are currently not required by law to produce any environmental reports or...
11/18/2021 10:14:21 AM HMRC debtors: Teasing out the can't pay from the won't pay... By Stevens & Bolton LLP With 2.4m more taxpayers in debt to HMRC since early 2020, the challenge of working out the 'can't pay' from the 'won't pay' tax debtors...
11/10/2021 5:04:22 PM Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) - a damp squib or a slow burn? By Stevens & Bolton LLP The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) was a long time coming and was intended to help rebuild trust between business and banks....
11/1/2021 1:20:50 PM A greener way to do business for SMEs By Kathryn Saunders The eyes of the world are on Glasgow for the next two weeks, as COP 26 takes centre stage and nations and global leaders grapple with the...
11/1/2021 12:41:47 PM Come on over and join our global business hub – government proposes new re-domiciliation regime By Stevens & Bolton LLP As part of last week's budget, the government announced plans to introduce a UK re-domiciliation regime. A joint BEIS, HMRC and HM...