Insight Hub

• 27 March 2025
• | Mark Templeton

Changes of ownership and acquisitions: Is your skilled worker sponsor licence up to date?

Businesses that hold sponsor licences, understandably, focus mostly on complying with the rules in respect of their skilled workers – ensuring roles satisfy the skill requirements for sponsorship, that workers are paid the correct minimum salary, completing right to work checks, reporting relevant events in respect of the worker to UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) in time and maintaining relevant records.

• 27 March 2025
• | Craig McCracken

The Employment Rights Bill

2025 is already looking likely to be another busy year on the employment law front, with the Government pushing ahead with its plan to overhaul workers’ rights and reshape workplace protections in the UK.

• 27 March 2025
• | Musab Hemsi

Why UK businesses must prioritise inclusion ahead of upcoming legal reforms

Inclusion is no longer optional for UK businesses. With major legislative changes—including the Worker Protection Act 2023, European Accessibility Act (EAA) in 2025 and the Employment Rights Bill —companies must act now to stay compliant and create truly inclusive environments and workplaces.

• 26 March 2025
• | Sonia Cheema

The new ‘failure to prevent fraud offence’ – what you need to know

A new corporate criminal offence called ‘failure to prevent fraud’ comes into force on 1 September 2025 and is set out in section 199 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) 2023.

• 26 March 2025
• | Douglas McLachlan

Is your business ready for AI?

Whether you choose to embrace it or not, we have truly entered the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

• 26 March 2025
• | Tom Docherty

Recent Upper Tribunal Decisions

The Upper Tribunal (UT) is the appeal court from Traffic Commissioner decisions at Public Inquiries and the following are summaries of recent decisions from the UT, which must be taken into account by the Traffic Commissioner.

• 26 March 2025
• | Graham Ronald

Edinburgh Visitor Levy Scheme: an overview

In January this year Councillors formally voted in favour of the introduction of Edinburgh’s Visitor Levy Scheme.

• 12 March 2025

Anderson Strathern signs up as Lawscot Foundation sponsor

• 6 March 2025
• | Chris McDowall

Changes to ‘fire and rehire’ must not be dismissed by employers

Maybe missed among more headline-grabbing elements of the Employment Rights Bill, there could be unintended consequences from this change.

• 5 March 2025
• | Kate Bond

Who owns carbon in Scotland?

The Scottish Government has committed to delivering a net zero society by 2045 – five years earlier than the rest of the UK.

• 4 March 2025
• | Martin Whiteford

The Rise of Large-Scale Solar Projects

Dealing with “Zombie” renewables projects and what this all means for landowners

• 3 March 2025
• | Anne Chapman

Raising Finance: the new statutory pledge

The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (“the Act”) will come fully into force on 1 April this year and will make a few big changes to the law.