A new duty is to be introduced from April 2017, requiring large businesses to publish information on their payment practices and performance twice a year.

The draft guidance is presented as dealing with the infill or restoration of quarries. However, there is a suggestion by SEPA that it signals a wider change of policy...

Last month the Scottish Government published the eagerly-awaited consultation on its proposals for improving the planning system.

Up until the recent decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session in Hoe International Limited v Anderson & Aykroyd [2017] CSIH 9 if a contract set out strict conditions on how a notice should be served...

While only one in 20 surgeries in Scotland currently fall under this criteria, this number is on the rise, up by 25 per cent in the past two years.

In the UK the National Health Service can sometimes be seen as a badge of honour. Free access to healthcare at the point of need has been a defining feature of social fabric since the upheavals of World War Two.

In this edition of Talking Dirty I am looking at the regulation landscape – from environmental permitting to enforcement – affecting operators in sectors such as waste management.

For those providing NHS Dental services a key consideration is how they are paid. One aspect of this is the payments received for providing compliant premises.