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  Coronavirus: 'COVID Secure' Guidance to businesses with offices and contact centres

  By Andrew Maxwell 18 May 2020

  In this blog we will be summarising the key considerations that employers with office premises will need to consider from the COVID Secure guidance. This includes other indoor environments such as contact centres, operations rooms and similar workplaces. While many of these considerations will be common sense, it will be vital for employers to take such steps to ensure the safety of their employees, and to encourage employees back to the workplace.

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  Coronavirus: protection from termination of commercial leases in Scotland

  By Caroline Summers 06 Apr 2020

  The Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill has introduced protections for commercial tenants who lease property in Scotland. They will be protected from termination for non-payment of rent by extending the usual pre-irritancy notice period from 14 days to 14 weeks, a period that could be extended after the notice is served. What does this mean in practice for landlords?

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  Coronavirus: latest advice for licensed premise operators

  By Andrew Hunter 25 Mar 2020

  As the Coronavirus measures have stepped up, the UK & Scottish Governments have declared that all pubs, clubs, restaurants and non-essential retail should close. Lockdown is firmly underway. Here we look at what this means for licensed premise operators.

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  Coronavirus: am I eligible for sick pay?

  By Ewan Stafford 17 Mar 2020

  With the rising number of UK Coronavirus cases, the question of eligibility for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is an important one for many employers and employees.

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  What intellectual property does a business have and how do you protect it?

  By Graham Horsman 11 Sep 2019

  Many small and medium sized enterprises sometimes do not realise what intellectual property rights they hold and the relatively quick and cost effective ways that exist to protect and enforce these rights in situations where they are being exploited or infringed by others.