Rebecca is a Senior Associate in the Employment Law Practice Group at Eversheds Sutherland Advokatbyrå AB. Rebecca's practice covers most aspects of Swedish employment law. She also represents companies as counsel in court and in arbitration labour law proceedings. The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote working and many companies have now incorporated permanent hybrid working policies. As employment lawyers, we are not only advising on implementation of these policies but ...
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UK Energy Security The UK has opened a new licensing round for companies to explore for oil and gas in the North Sea (along Britain’s East coast) with 898 blocks being offered for exploration. This will result in up to 100 licenses being awarded in a bid to ease consumers’ pain from high energy prices. However, the move faces challenges from the views of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...
Read MoreJulian Henwood is Partner and Head of European Business Development at Gowling WLG. Julian has over 30 years' experience in project managing significant cross-border corporate transactions for a largely European-headquartered client base - including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and asset purchases and disposals. On 1 May 2018, Julian moved into a new role as Head of European Business Development. This role builds upon his existing roles as chair of Gowling WLG's ...
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UK Economy Over the last week the UK economy has experienced substantial changes following the Chancellor’s tax-cutting mini-budget. The pound sterling fell to $1.03:£1 on Monday (26th October) due to global markets losing confidence in the UK; however, the Bank of England stepped into the bond market on Thursday with a new programme purchasing £5bn of gilts per day for the next 13 days. As such the UK government bond markets ...
Read MoreOskar is Vice president of Public & Regulatory Affairs at Vattenfall. He is heading the units of Public & Regulatory Affairs on all Vattenfall's markets (Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, UK, France, EU/Brussels) and is also a member of the Communications management team. We have an ongoing energy crisis all over Europe, caused by the limited gas supplies from Russia to Europe. All countries are now trying to find ways to secure the ...
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Chancellor’s ‘Mini’ Budget On Friday, 23rd September the new chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, unveiled his substantial plan to get growth back to its historic average of 2.5% per year in a bid to lift living standards and generate more money for public services. The Budget works to reduce the tax burden on both the public and companies- representing the largest level of tax cuts since 1972. Some key features from the ...
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Today marks the first two weeks of the Rt Hon Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss premiership. A new Cabinet is now in place, consisting of both familiar and new faces. The new Government now has 2 years of work ahead, until the next general election in 2024. Since taking office, the Prime Minister has announced three key priorities for her Government. One of them being economic reform, focusing on tax cuts and ...
Read MoreCharlotte is an entrepreneur, with one foot in the family business, DUX and one foot in new ventures such as the tech start-up Endbright. Charlotte is active as an advisor and board member in several companies and organisations, not least as Vice Chair of the BSCC Executive Board. Curated, well-thought through experiences. We pick and chose how we spend our time, our money and where we rest our minds with much care and effort. ...
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The Queen’s Funeral On Monday, 19th September 2022, The Queen’s state funeral took place at Westminster Abbey in the presence of over 500 heads of state and dignitaries among the 2,000 guests. Her Majesty’s “lifelong sense of duty” was remembered as King Charles III led the televised procession behind his mother’s coffin from Westminster Hall. Afterwards, the coffin travelled to Windsor Castle for a committal ceremony with around 800 guests at ...
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On Thursday 8 September the British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce welcomed guests to a Late Summer Drinks Reception hosted by Setterwalls. It was great to be able to gather members, colleagues and friends to reconnect after the summer. We would like to extend many thanks to all lovely guests for joining us. We would also like to extend many thanks to Setterwalls, and Edrington for generously sponsoring the reception.
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