UK utility giant Southern Water says hackers stole personal data of hundreds of thousands of customers U.K.-based water utility Southern Water has confirmed that hackers stole the personal data of as many as 470,000 customers in a recent data breach.…
Labour’s slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and could prevent the UK meeting its legally binding carbon targets, campaigners and housebuilders have warned. The Federation of Master…
Related People: Alistair Ho The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced on 30 October 2020 that it has decided to fine Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”) £18.4m under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for a personal data breach that…
Matt Ayres 25 July 2022 | Updated 6 February 2024 | 4 minute read This guide will help you understand your key responsibilities as a landlord regarding fire safety, with tips on carrying out a fire risk assessment in your…
With the Met Office issuing yellow and amber warnings for UK snow in parts of north Wales and northern and central England on Thursday 8 February, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on employers not to force their staff…
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party on Thursday ditched a commitment to spend £28 billion a year on green infrastructure if it wins this year’s UK general election. The pledge, originally made in 2021 but watered down as it came under…
Ashurst’s Psychosocial and Psychological Risks in the Workplace Report published in November 2023 found that in the UK only a quarter (25 per cent) of respondents considered mental ill-health to be a health and safety issue, with the majority seeing…
A new report released by the Environment and Climate Change Committee has called on the government to update its EV strategy with the technology’s adoption falling behind in the race to net zero. With the government having scaled back its…
Greenhouse gas emissions fell slightly in 2022, new government figures reveal, with homes and transport remaining the highest emitting sectors. The emissions for the territorial UK were equivalent to 406.2m tonnes of CO2, down 3.5% from 2021 and 50% from…
In the name of security, the UK government may well have put a cybersecurity target on the nation’s back, with Apple once again warning that proposed changes to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 are a “serious and direct threat to data security and…