By road, the 280-mile journey from Hadrian’s Wall to Peterhead takes in stunning Scottish countryside, quaint villages and busy suburbs. But the lengthy route is also to become a building site for vast power lines connecting offshore windfarms with urban…
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…
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (“the GPDO”). The GPDO provides for the granting of permission for certain classes of development without the requirement for a planning application to be made under…
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 The pledge, originally made in 2021 but watered down as it came under…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 Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960 inclusive who have been affected by increases in the state pension age; and for…