It has been reported that Unite will not appeal the recent EAT decision about holiday pay.

Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Government's Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, has today launched the 2020 Routemap for Renewable Energy in Scotland.

A detailed draft of the contract that Government will offer investors in low-carbon energy generation was published today.

Five Round 1 and 2 offshore wind farm projects in England have been awarded extensions by The Crown Estate. An additional 2GW of capacity will be created, which has the potential to power up to 1.4 million homes.

The Department for Energy and Climate Change and HM Treasury have teamed RBS, Lloyds and BNP Paribas Fortis with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to work on a programme of lending of £1 billion to UN onshore wind farms over the next three years.

The UK Government has announced a package of coalition decisions allowing progress on the long-awaited Energy Bill, which is expected to be introduced this week.

The Government has indicated its commitment to the future of Feed-in Tariffs by announcing plans to improve the scheme, aiming to make it more predictable, transparent, certain and long-lasting.

In advance of a more detailed consultation due to take place this summer, the Scottish Government Directorate for the Built Environment has issued a flyer summarising its intentions in relation to new Regulations to grant permitted development rights in respect of microgeneration plant and structures on non-domestic property.

The business decisions we take with the best of intentions sometimes have unexpected consequences.

The Supreme Court has rejected objections to the controversial Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), exhausting all domestic court processes available to protesters.

Scotland's independence referendum has been decided. Voters have decided that Scotland should remain within the United Kingdom.

In our e-update on 18th January 2008, we told you about the changes coming into force on 29th February 2008 which will see a much stricter penalty scheme for employing illegal workers.

The insolvency trade body R3 have issued a useful guide to the insolvency process for creditors.

Our government has a longstanding commitment to cutting red tape. One of the ways of doing this it seems is to propose an Act of Parliament running to 153 pages.

The rules governing the UK's insurance industry were badly in need of reform, as they were old and, in many respects, outdated.

The Lord Chancellor has confirmed that yesterday's decision by the Court of Session to give the green light to the introduction of Tribunal fees on 29 July will apply to the whole of the UK, not just Scotland.

Topshop has failed to convince the High Court of Justice that their use of an image of Rihanna on a t-shirt was not passing off.

A recent Court of Session case has provided guidance on the interpretation of the fairly standard wording in commercial leases about landlords' rights to enter and inspect premises.

The Chancellor announced yesterday in his Autumn Statement that, following consultation over the summer, legislation will be introduced in the next Finance Bill to implement a cost sharing exemption for services shared between VAT exempt bodies.

A golfer awarded almost £400,000 in damages after an accident which resulted in him losing an eye has failed in a claim for interest on his legal costs.