The BIG issues in supply chains and logistics
In an increasingly challenging business environment, our webinar series will help you unlock planning delays, identify hidden risks in your supply chain and decarbonise your property portfolio, plus much more. We hope you will join us.
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The challenging economic climate of completing logistics developments
Wednesday 5 June | 10:00 - 10:45 (BST) 11:00 - 11:45 (CET)
Businesses involved in the financing, development and operation of logistics assets face an increasing number of challenges; from rising costs, to changes in planning legislation, to uncertainty around contractor financial stability. Which in turn can cause long-term delays to letting.
Empowering businesses to minimise potentially costly delays, Katherine Chambers, Emma Hands and Nicholas Grewal will focus on:
- Current planning challenges, such as under resourced local planning authorities
- Onerous obligations, including in relation to water neutrality and nitrate neutrality
- What to do if a contractor goes bust
- Overall resulting impact of negotiating and completing commercial leases
Unlock development potential: the power of co-location
Wednesday 12 June | 10:00 - 10:45 (BST) 11:00 - 11:45 (CET)
Integrating warehouses into dense, mixed-use urban areas can be legally challenging and important planning considerations are often overlooked. We will focus on strategies to help gain planning permission and the important planning considerations for logistic hub development in cities.
Presented by John Baird and Shinead Wilson, the session will include:
- What is co-location and why it is so important in urban logistics?
- Latest policy position, implications and opportunities
- What we're seeing in the market, including case study examples and how issues are being addressed
Natural capital: gain first mover advantage
Friday 21 June | 10:00 - 10:45 (BST) 11:00 - 11:45 (CET)
Impending mandatory obligations, including biodiversity net gain and water and nutrient neutrality, could lead to compliance costs across multiple sectors. Businesses who engage with these emerging topic areas, as well as other voluntary developments in the natural capital space, could gain significant first mover advantage.
In this webinar, Caroline Bush and Arthur Hopkinson will discuss:
- Reporting obligations (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures)
- Your supply chain and the impact of biodiversity / EU Deforestation Regulation
- Natural capital marketplaces, including voluntary carbon market / offsetting
Contingent worker supply chains: hidden tax, worker misclassification and compliance risks
Thursday 27th June | 10:00 - 10:45 (BST) 11:00 - 11:45 (CET)
Businesses across all sectors are at heightened risk of significant financial liability and reputational damage in relation to the use of contingent workers in their supply chains. If your organisation uses contractors, agency workers, consultants, freelancers, gig workers or CIS subcontractors, you need to be aware of possible tax and employment law non-compliance. In certain cases, risk and liability can transfer along the supply chain to end users who may also bear the brunt of any bad publicity in their supply chain. With tax authorities actively targeting unlawful tax avoidance and worker misclassification, we will help you identify and mitigate the risks to your business.
Frances Lewis, Ian Hyde, Alfred Church and Thomas Leister will cover:
- What are the legal risks (incl. IR35, agency tax legislation, CFA, worker misclassification, NMW) and why this is particularly relevant in supply chains right now?
- What are the sanctions (including examples of recent cases)?
- Germany: worker misclassification risk and concept of "chain" liability
An increasingly complex business environment and new and emerging legal responsibilities are demanding the commitment of significant in-house legal resource.
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