The Budget Statement announced measures for 'ensuring that EIS is not used as a shelter for low-risk capital preservation schemes'.

With various substantive initiatives being run by ESMA, there is keen interest in the Proposal published by the European Commission in September ...

On 21 January 2014 the Member States, the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency have agreed upon recommendations to harmonise the interaction between the evaluating Member State and the registrants under substance evaluation.

This Briefing Paper updates you on the developments of the European Commission's flagship initiative of building a Capital Markets Union...

European Long Term Investment Funds or "ELTIFs", a new form of AIF which can have a retail passport, are available from 9 December 2015.

The European Union is undertaking a review of the 2010 Audio-Visual Media Services Directive.

The European Competition Commissioner, Margarethe Vestager, announced last week that there will be a major competition inquiry into the e-commerce sector in Europe.

On 16 December 2013 the European Chemicals Agency added the following seven substances of very high concern to the Candidate List for REACH authorisation: cadmium sulphide; disodium 3,3'-[[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diylbis(azo)]bis(4-aminonaph thalene-1-sulphonate) (C.I. Direct Red 28); disodium 4-amino-3-[[4'-[(2,4-diaminophenyl)azo][1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl]azo]-5-hydroxy-6-(phenylazo)naphthalene-2,7-disulp honate (C.I. Direct Black 38); dihexyl phthalate; imidazolidine-2-thione (2-imidazol

For those involved in the alternative funds space, much attention has of course been focused on the recent implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

The FCA clearly states that it wants to promote competition by supporting disruptive innovation.

This article entitled "An alternative to patents: can DNA be protected by copyright and design right law?" by Beatriz San Martin and Heidi Hurdle was published in the journal Cell and Gene Therapy Insights.

The Conservative Party conference has provided some clarity and certainty around when triggering Article 50 is likely to happen.

On 3 March 2015, the UK and China Co-Production Treaty was ratified. This allows qualifying UK co-productions to access national benefits including sources of finance and an easier distribution route to audiences in China.

CNN Interview On Financial Fair Play.

On 2 October 2015 regulations were made confirming that the film tax relief changes announced in the March 2015 Budget, specified 1 April 2015 as the date the tax relief takes effect.

Ofcom's Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) consultation was published on 15 December 2014.

In a key note speech at this year's MIPCOM, Sophie Turner Laing (CEO of Endemol Shine) has heralded a 'Golden Age' of television.

The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1449) came into force on 23 July 2015.

Field Fisher Waterhouse has updated its cookie consent tracking table to reflect the latest developments in implementation of the new cookie consent rule across Europe.

The Autumn Statement contains some good news for UK film production, to be introduced in next year’s Finance Act (with effect from 1 April 2014)