Registering a Trade Mark
August 16, 2017 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsYour business has its own unique brand and reputation and it is vital in a competitive marketplace to ensure that... Read More
Your business has its own unique brand and reputation and it is vital in a competitive marketplace to ensure that... Read More
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a guide to protecting personal data, ‘ which it describes as outlining the... Read More
Checking for existing patents in force is easy (and free) if you use the UK Intellectual Property Office’s (UKIPO) patent... Read More
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations introduced specific legislation to underpin e-commerce. If your business has an Internet presence then... Read More
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a ‘step by step plan’ for businesses for protecting the health and... Read More
When dealing with an estate, an increasing problem for executors is the valuation of assets in the form of the... Read More
Until the recent publicity afforded by television shows on the subject, many people might not have realised that ‘heir tracing’... Read More
Most business people know that for family businesses there are generous Inheritance Tax (IHT) reliefs, which generally operate to make... Read More
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid on your estate when you die and also when money is transferred into some trust... Read More
Relief from IHT is available by way of a ‘Residence Nil-Rate Band’ for IHT where a person dies leaving... Read More
The Companies Act 2006 became fully effective from October 1st 2009. It is the principal source of law relating to... Read More
You cannot incorporate a company using any name you like. Some names are prohibited (for example, those which suggest a... Read More