Lidl told to stop selling Lindt-like chocolate bunnies and destroy remaining stock September 29, 2022 Lidl’s Swiss unit should stop selling foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies, that bare various similarities to Lindt’s golden rabbits, and destroy its remaining stock, a Swiss court has ruled. The Lausanne court said Swiss cholate maker Lindt & Sprüngli deserves protection from copycats, including the German supermarket which sells a golden foil wrapped bunny of its own. [...]
Economic headwinds risk leaving UK’s small businesses underinsured September 29, 2022 The headwinds facing the UK economy risk leaving small businesses underinsured, Aviva has warned. Inflation, supply chain disruption, and labour shortages could leave UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at risk of facing huge bills, if the insurance policies they have fail to cover the actual costs repairing buildings or replacing assets, the insurance giant [...]
Data watchdog takes action against Virgin Media and six public bodies over information request failings September 28, 2022 The UK’s information watchdog has taken action against Virgin Media and six public bodies over their repeated failures to respond to members of the public when asked to hand over personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the seven public and private sector bodies had repeatedly failed to respond to Subject Access Requests (SAR) [...]
Ince settles former executives’ claims with £15,000 payouts each September 28, 2022 Ince has paid two of its former executives £15,000 each to settle a series of cases arising from the listed law firm’s decision to remove them from their posts. The maritime specialist law firm, which is listed on London’s AIM, said it has paid former chief executive Adrian Biles, and former finance chief, John Biles [...]
Government has until November to end barristers’ strike before judges will be justified in releasing prisoners September 28, 2022 Judges acted unlawfully by releasing prisoners awaiting trial because of the barristers’ strike, a High Court has ruled, after warning the government has just two months to sort the situation out before courts will be justified in letting out those awaiting hearings. Crown Court judges in Bristol and Manchester who released prisoners on bail, on [...]
TP Icap under pressure to sell off high-margin Parameta data division September 27, 2022 FTSE 250 finance firm TP Icap is facing pressure from some of its biggest shareholders to break itself up by selling off its high margin data division. Several of the firm’s most important institutional investors have begun talks about pressing TP Icap into exploring a formal sale of its Parameta analytics business, Sky News reported. [...]
Solicitors’ watchdog fines Woking law firm £2,000 over money laundering failures September 27, 2022 The UK’s solicitors’ watchdog has fined Woking law firm Buglear Bate & Co £2,000 over claims it failed to put in place policies to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) fined the firm £2,000 and ordered it to pay £600 in costs after it admitted failing to comply with money [...]
Block Russian oligarch from spending frozen funds, High Court told September 27, 2022 The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is seeking to block sanctioned Russian billionaire Petr Aven from using £1.5m in frozen funds stored in bank accounts linked to two companies responsible for managing his central London properties and Surrey estate. The £1.5m funds were frozen by the NCA in May after HSBC and Monzo Bank raised [...]
Junior KPMG auditor ‘should have questioned’ manager’s instructions, tribunal says September 27, 2022 A 25-year-old junior KPMG auditor, who copied meeting minutes into a document as part of a scheme to deceive the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC), “should have questioned” his manager’s instructions, a disciplinary tribunal has said. Junior accountant Pratik Paw, who was asked to forge documents by his superiors during an FRC inspection of KPMG’s [...]
Liz Truss urged to ‘remain committed’ to audit reform September 26, 2022 One of the UK’s largest audit sector trade bodies has called on the UK’s new government to set out a “clear timetable” for its plans to overhaul the UK’s audit sector in claiming audit reform will play a vital role in securing long-term economic growth. Writing to UK prime minister Liz Truss, business secretary [...]
