Business Interruption Insurance – how to make a claim
Following our recent article on business interruption insurance, we have produced this step by step guide on the claims process. Notify your insurer The first step is to notify your insurer immediately that you have a claim. Check the wording of your policy as this may set out a procedure and time limit for notification. You will need to ensure you follow that procedure to the letter,...Read More
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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Government Support for Employee’s Wages
Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme the Government will assist by paying part of employees’ salaries if they would otherwise have been laid off as a result of the pandemic. Read More
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Guide to Purchasing a Dental Practice
DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 66 You may be one of the dentists that has worked as an associate for a number of years and have now decided that purchasing a dental practice and become a practice owner is a great idea. You may have spent some time looking at a number of practices and now wonder how to proceed with the acquisition of one of those practices. This article sets out the steps that you...Read More
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Retention and value of Patient Dental Records
DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 65 Since traveling around the UK lecturing on the General Data Protection Regulations and how they’re affecting dentists and dental patient records when they came into force on 25th May 2018, myself and Laura Pearce found one question that keeps being asked relates to the security and retention of patients’ clinical records. – How long do I have to retain...Read More
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Is your dental practice ready for GDPR?
DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 61 What is the GDPR? The GDPR is a new set of rules which will apply to all organisations that collect or retain personal identifiable data from any European individual. The idea behind it is to standardise data privacy laws and mechanisms across industries, and to ensure that fundamental rights of individuals are protected in today’s increasingly data-driven digital...Read More
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Employment Tribunals; fee reimbursement scheme
Three months ago the Supreme Court ruled that the Employment Tribunal fee regime was unlawful and therefore must be withdrawn. Since then we have been waiting for the Government to confirm its plans to reimburse those who paid the unlawful fee. Finally, on 20th October 2017 the Government confirmed its plans to roll out a reimburse scheme. This is a staged process; the first 4 weeks is open to...Read More
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4 Main records that private limited companies must keep
The following is a list of the records your company must keep sorted at the company’s registered office: 1) Register of members. Under the 2006 Companies Act every limited company is required to keep a register of its members. This document will be evidence of the members of the company and the shares they hold. The register of members should include: The member’s name and address. The date...Read More
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10 Easy steps to setting up a limited company
A great source of information is Companies House itself. In order to register a new limited company, an IN01 application form will need to be completed. This can be done either on line (for a £12 fee) or in hard copy (for a £40 fee), by completing the form and sending it to Companies House. The form will ask for a variety of information including the following: 1) A company name....Read More
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Employment Tribunal fees found to be unlawful by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has today upheld Unison’s appeal and found that Employment Tribunal fees are unlawful. This is a ground-breaking decision; since the fees have been introduced, many have argued that it prevents access to justice and as the years have trickled by the statistics have shown this to be the case. Introduction of Fees On 28th July 2013 the Government introduced fees...Read More
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The looming march towards Brexit coupled with a minority government… What is in store for the UK?
Which bills made the Speech? Unsurprisingly, Brexit dominated the Queen’s Speech. A number of bills were announced to facilitate the UK’s departure from the EU: The Repeal Bill, no longer touted as the “Great Repeal Bill”, as the name suggests will repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, changing EU law into UK law. The Immigration Bill will bring free movement of EU nationals into...Read More
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