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Articles included this month:

Directors disqualified for using unlawful sales tactics
Commercial tenant not entitled to refund on prepaid rent
Many small and medium-sized firms fighting to survive
Subcontractor must pay for faulty workmanship
Minimum wage rises to £6.50 per hour
Intellectual property reform comes into effect
New Rent to Buy scheme to help young people

 

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Directors disqualified for using unlawful sales tactics

Five company directors have been disqualified from trading for a combined total of 39½ years after repeatedly using sales tactics that breached consumer legislation.

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Commercial tenant not entitled to refund on prepaid rent

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a commercial tenant was not entitled to a refund of prepaid sums after exercising a release clause.

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Many small and medium-sized firms fighting to survive

An increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling to escape from the financial uncertainty left by the recession, according to a new survey. 

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Subcontractor must pay for faulty workmanship

A subcontractor has been told it must accept liability for faulty workmanship that caused a flood at a block of flats even though the work was examined and signed off by the construction company running the project.

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Minimum wage rises to £6.50 per hour 

The national minimum wage has risen by 19p to £6.50 per hour as of 1 October 2014.

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Intellectual property reform comes into effect

New measures to help designers and patent holders protect their valuable intellectual property (IP) came into effect in October. 

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New Rent to Buy scheme to help young people

Up to 10,000 new homes will be built between 2015 and 2018 as part of the government’s new Rent to Buy scheme. Housing associations will be able to apply for low-cost loans from a fund of £400m to finance the projects.

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