More than 370,000 small businesses in England and Wales could eligible to claim via their Business Interruption insurance policies for disruption during the first Covid-19 national lockdown, following the Supreme Court’s important ruling. This ruling substantially allowed the appeal brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and campaign groups Hiscox Action Group and Hospitality Insurance […]

The national lockdowns, brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic, have decimated many small businesses, with a record number of owners planning to close their firms over the coming twelve months and putting the UK on course to lose up to 250,000 businesses. In fact, according to the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) Small Business Index […]

Pope Francis is pushing ahead with reforms of Vatican finances on the back of an ongoing investigation into a €200 million London property investment, which had been overseen by the Secretariat of State – the body at the heart of the Catholic Church’s central administration. A new law came into effect on 1 January 2021 […]