Turnover rents are becoming increasingly common as the current economic climate sees a move to more flexible leasing arrangements which will in turn act as an incentive to tenants who are in a position to consider taking new leases.

We have prepared the following checklist which we hope will be useful to your managers when they deal with disciplinary and grievance issues.

All employers know how important it is to protect their confidential information particularly when a key employee moves to a competitor.

Businesses face severe penalties if they hire illegal migrant workers, following what the Home Office describes as the biggest immigration shake-up for 40 years, as Chris Maddock explains.

The Government has announced a draft legislative programme for 2008/9 which will see significant areas of change in a number of areas.

In the current uncertain economic climate and with the threat of tenant insolvencies, now is as good a time as any to take stock of any lease guarantees you may have either provided or which you may be able to rely on as a landlord.

The recent collapse of Lehman Brothers, the merger of HBOS with Lloyds and the nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley have removed any doubts that we face recession.

Faced with an economic downturn and increased pressure on North East businesses, Tony McPhillips, partner and head of the Employment Services group at Muckle LLP, considers the duties and responsibilities owed by employers when considering redundancies in the workforce.

The Acas Code (Code) will replace the statutory dismissal, disciplinary and grievance procedures which have been in place since 2004.