How do you retain and incentivise short-term employees? How do you secure the loyalty of the people vital to your continued growth? And how can you tie your wage bill more closely to your profits? These are some of the main employment issues facing the licensed trade.

Pension schemes are under-used as recruitment tools, according to new research by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). But where does this leave smaller companies?

Detective work used to be restricted to eccentrics based in Baker Street or to the local CID. Today, a forensic investigation approach is increasingly used when businesses change hands, not because companies are typically out to defraud, but because the process itself is complex and the scope for misunderstandings significant.

In May 2004, BDO Stoy Hayward undertook a research project based on interviews with 100 venture capitalists investing in companies with a turnover up to £200m. The aim of the survey was to gauge their views and expectations for the private equity market in the coming year and to understand their investment focus and motivation better.

Any business whose owner managers are themselves the core assets of the business, is a prime candidate for an earn-out deal – which is why earn-outs are a common feature of acquisitions in the media sector.

More and more Britons are buying second properties. But whether you’re after a place in the sun or a buy-to-let venture (or both), you need to plan your ownership carefully to avoid unnecessary surprises. Here, we look at a few of the main points to watch.

In January 2007 KPMG reported that “Fraud continues to soar in 2006”.

The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 come into force on 1 October 2006 and, subject to some significant points of detail, broadly follow the pattern of other anti-discrimination regimes. It will now be unlawful not only to discriminate directly or indirectly against a person based upon their age, but also on the basis of their ‘perceived’ age – a concept that could prove difficult to apply in practice.

Welcome to the September edition of Mishcon Fraud Watch, prepared by the Fraud & Insolvency Group at Mishcon de Reya. Its aim is to provide businesses and their advisors with a snapshot of what has been happening in the world of fraud in the last month.

Welcome to the April edition of Mishcon Fraud Watch, prepared by the Corporate Investigations & Asset Recovery Group at Mishcon de Reya.  Its aim is to provide businesses and their advisors with a snapshot of what has been happening in the world of fraud in the last month.