Jollyes, the Pet Industry Federation’s current retail chain of the year, has secured significant backing from investment funds managed by TDR Capital to enable it to accelerate its UK store growth plans. Leading UK private equity investor Kester Capital has sold its stake in the business after six successful years...

General election announced for 4 July 2024 The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the next general election will take place on 4 July 2024. The news of the early election was warmly received by the construction industry in the hopes that it would minimise the damaging impact of...

From 1 October 2015, new rules come into force, which impose additional restrictions and formalities on landlords wishing to terminate an assured shorthold tenancy (AST), granted on or after that date, by serving a section 21 notice at the expiry of the fixed term. Restrictions under the Deregulation Act Under...

Ahead of the Chancellor’s speech on Wednesday, our tax and pensions lawyers consider the key measures businesses can expect from Budget 2016. BEPS developments generally, and corporate interest deductions in particular The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project is a fundamental priority for the international tax community and the...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the senior leadership teams of a joint venture between Topland Group, Marick Capital and Mill Lane Estates on its sale of the Holiday Inn Express, Trafford City to Meteorite Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hiap Hoe, for £26million. Opened in May 2017, the...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Persistent Systems on its acquisition of Swiss-based PARX Werk AG, a specialist in digitising business processes in companies. For Persistent, a software solutions builder for enterprises and software product companies, the acquisition marks their continued global expansion which includes the recent openings of...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Acorn consortium, which comprises Sacyr Infrastructure UK Ltd, Abrdn and Kajima Partnerships Ltd, on its successful bid to design, build, finance and maintain the new Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff. Following a nine month competitive procurement process, Velindre University NHS Trust announced the...

We have previously reported on sanctions imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. You can read those Insights here, here and here. All of our Insights on sanctions, ownership and related issues are collected here. Further steps now taken by the UK government include the following: New sanctions targets...

The King's Speech took place on 17 July, setting out the new government's legislative agenda. Our Knowledge Lawyers have selected some highlights for businesses from the 39 bills proposed, covering 12 distinct areas including significant reforms to real estate and employment law, data regulation and corporate governance. In general, much...