With Brexit over and still in the midst of Covid-19, we have not yet seen the full implications of the free trade deal struck with the EU on the premise of ‘zero tariff and quota’. It goes without saying that the post Brexit custom rules with their reams of new forms and certificates have caused […]
Last week the EU revealed new proposals to regulate big tech firms though the “Digital Services Act” (“DSA”). The DSA uses the guise of curbing dis-information and hate speech to leverage control over tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter but will this ever be a success? What is going to be interesting […]
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Hawkins Hatton Marking 15 Years and counting
Hawkins Hatton Newsletter Dec 2020
This is a title I have used before as it is from that famous phrase, “to Jaw Jaw is always better to than to War War.” It is one of those enduring quotes that resonates over generations. The fact that talking and negotiating is better than war. I am sure most people will agree that […]
Medicom is a global brand based in Canada but with a worldwide footprint stretching into Europe and the UK. Medicom has always been committed to making the world safer and healthier by providing consistent, reliable protection through its brands and superior materials and manufacturing processes. Now with the worldwide pandemic of Covid-19 it has become […]
PDX Logistics has for 26 years been synonymous for warehousing, distribution and logistics, as such, it was natural for Möbile to have targeted PDX Logistics as a natural fit for its expansion beyond the West Midlands, in order that Möbile can better serve its customers in the South of England. Möbile, throughout its history which […]
Maun Industries Ltd has a long history dating back to 1944 and is the UK’s largest manufacturer of pilers and precision hand tools. It has just continued their innovation and secured its future growth for the long term through Tim Scholes. Tim Scholes, whose background has always been business, has continued his entrepreneurial streak by […]
At the moment I am not in any way trying to be a soothsayer or predict what is going through Richie Sunak’s mind. Being a corporate lawyer, I come across businesses from many different sectors within the UK’s economy. From what I have seen I consider the engine for UK PLC is too fragile to […]