Source: ICO A privacy seal scheme acts as a ‘stamp of approval’ highlighting an organisation’s commitment to maintaining good privacy standards. The ICO will be endorsing at least one privacy seal scheme, operated by an independent third party in the…
Source: FSB The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014 will come into force on 1 October 2014 and they are aimed at providing clearer and simpler routes to redress for consumers entering into a contract or making a payment to a…
Source: Moving On Blog The European Union’s roadworthiness package was agreed and published as 3 separate directives in the Official Journal of the European Union: 2014/45/EU Periodic Technical Inspection (our MOT or annual test). 2014/46/EU Registration Documents for Vehicles 2014/47/EU Technical…
Are you aware that the legislation on storing petrol is changing? Although existing health and safety responsibilities will remain the same, the new Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 will come into effect on 1 October 2014 and replace existing petrol storage…
From 22 July 2014 the scope of the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) directive (EU Directive 2011/65/EU) was extended to cover most medical devices (EEE category 8) and monitoring and control…
Legislation to ensure UK law enforcement and intelligence agencies continue to have access to the vital evidence and information they need to investigate criminal activity, prevent terrorism and protect the public has today (Thursday 17 July) received Royal Assent. The…
Source: HSE The Explosives Regulations 2014 will come into force on 1 October 2014, and the Approved Code of Practice to the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 will be withdrawn. The Approved Code of Practice and guidance in L139…
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published its plan to make it simpler to update information held by Companies House about a business throughout the year as necessary. They are also proposing a joint online filing system between…
Source: FSB The Queen’s Speech highlights the landmark introduction of the ‘Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill’, a significant piece of legislation that is, for the first time, specifically designed to address the needs of small businesses. […] The first…
Source: Moving On Blog Since 1 April 2014, HGVs weighing 12 tonnes or more have had to pay a HGV Levy to use UK roads. Last year, we checked over 33,000 non-GB vehicles outside of a port boundary. This year,…