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Businesses warned to be mindful of negotiations by email
Apr
A recent court of appeal case has highlighted the need for business owners to be mindful when exchanging emails concerning negotiation/amendments to contracts, as they could unwittingly enter into an enforceable agreement. In the case in question the parties, Golden Ocean Group Ltd and...
Report reveals high retail unit vacancy rates in Lancashire towns
Feb
Figures recently released by the Local Data Company reveal 48,000 empty retail units in the UK in 2011, a figure which equates to 14.3% of all shops on the high street, in retail parks and shopping centres. This is predicted to rise further in the next couple of years with weak consumer...
Asset Leasing – covering the bear necessities
Dec
Two Pandas called Sunshine and Sweetie arrived in Edinburgh on the evening of 4 December to start their 10 year stint at the city zoo after the UK clinched a deal to lease them following five years of political and diplomatic negotiation at the highest level. At the time the deal was struck...
Setting up and operating a website: contractual issues
Sep
Statistics released last month show that online shopping in the UK has hit £31.5 billion in the first half of 2011. The figures, from the IMRG Capgemini e-retail sales index, also revealed that growth in online sales was bigger that seen on the high street, and actually exceeded figures from...
The Apprentice – a legal to do list for Tom and Lord Sugar
Jul
Congratulations to Tom 'Mad Professor' Pellereau on becoming the latest Apprentice and the first of the new breed of Apprentice business partners for Lord Sugar. Debbie King has already commented on the business investment side of the new business partnership in her blog , and I will focus...
