The law never stands still, and the way it applies to you and your organisation is constantly evolving. Our people are on top of these developments and can keep you up to date with some of the most interesting aspects of these changes. Check out our articles and updates for our perspective on issues that might affect you.
Each week, we outline how we would the help the businesses coming under fire from the Dragons deal with their potential pain points from a legal perspective. This week saw the season finale in the Den and one of the main themes was the potential for share buy backs being agreed as part of the investment deals.
Each week, we outline how we would the help the businesses coming under fire from the Dragons deal with their potential pain points from a legal perspective. Another tense night in the Dragon's Den Episode 5 with a few of the main highlights from Deborah Meaden; always make sure that you have fully identified your customer and it is always worth negotiating any offer which you receive - that includes an offer for investment.
This month we have seen the unveiling of the most recent Beauhurst Report – The Deal - which provides data and statistics on equity investment in the UK in 2016. Here we look at the headlinges, including the fact that crowdfunding is the one source of equity funding which continued to see steady growth in 2016.
All businesses will rely on some form of intellectual property (IP) whether it’s a business logo, to protect a new idea, an original work, an invention, a design right or confidential information. These can form valuable core assets of your business which is why it is important to think about IP from an early stage and identify what IP you use in your business, as well as how you can protect and best utilise your IP.
For the past 4 years, Harper Macleod has been working with Entrepreneurial Spark, and the businesses which are accelerated by Entrepreneurial Spark's programme. Our involvement with the Entrepreneurial Spark businesses is to help them with any legal issues which they may face but also to help add value to their business where we can.