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Plan for jobs and employment support

Since the pandemic, rates of economic inactivity have increased substantially. In particular, young people, people over 50 and people with disabilities and long-term health conditions have experienced high levels of economic inactivity which the current employment support provision has been unable to remedy. The House of Commons Work and Pensions…

Temple Bright guides digital art certification innovator Artclear through rapid…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright is working with innovative certification technology business Artclear as it grows into a major force in the art world. Coming from the world of payments and settlements of high-value financial transactions, Artclear’s founders Angus Scott and Charlotte Black identified why the art world…

Temple Bright supporting pioneering UK firm aiming to bring home…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright is advising a cultivated meat producer that is offering a potentially game-changing approach to sustainable pork as it scales up and moves towards commercialisation. Uncommon Bio, formerly called Highersteaks, was founded in Bristol in 2017 and is now based in Cambridge. It recently…

Temple Bright team handles acquisition of visitor attraction known as…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised on the purchase of Kents Cavern, a system of caves near Torquay claimed to be "the oldest residence in Britain" owing to the evidence for human habitation extending back to the Stone Age. The World Heritage Site has been acquired by…

Saxon Trust secures new £35m funding line from OakNorth

Saxon Trust has significantly expanded its funding capability with a new £35m funding facility from OakNorth. The London-based specialist bridging and development lender believes that this additional wholesale funding will enable them to capture additional market share, as traditional lenders increasingly pull back from the mid-market space. Having expanded their product range…

Cost-effective IP protection in the UK

Businesses active in the UK may feel that cost-effectively building an IP portfolio, and resolving IP disputes, is challenging. High Court litigation, involving potentially lengthy proceedings and cross-examination of witnesses, is notoriously expensive. Unlike in the courts of many European countries, obtaining an interim injunction is usually quite costly. And…

Key role for Temple Bright on sale of 664 home…

Law firm Temple Bright has completed a first transaction for family-owned company North West Locum Service Ltd, seller of just under half of the total site for a proposed 664 home development in Liverpool. Planning permission was granted in 2019 for the scheme at Freemasons Row in the Pumpfields area…

Phenna Group acquires Trident Water Solutions

Headquartered in Nottingham, UK, Phenna Group's aim is to invest in and partner with selected niche, independent Testing, Inspection, Certification and Compliance (TICC) companies that serve a variety of sectors, ensuring customers' peace of mind by delivering first class assurance and consultancy services. This is our eighth acquisition of the…