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In this issue: Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental enforcement and prosecutions ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q&A Energy efficiency and buildings The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has issued its 2025 post‑implementation review (PIR) of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1643). Using Phase 3 compliance notifications from the Environment Agency, together with unpublished interim data from Phase 3 action plans, and building on the 2020 PIR, it recommends holding off any major amendments to the ESOS Regulations until a full evaluation ends in May 2026, after which a comprehensive PIR will be completed. The research evaluates how energy audits and reporting identify and deliver energy efficiency savings across organisations. See: LNB News 14/08/2025 6...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy efficiency of products Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental permits and consents ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change Defra has begun consulting on its intended framework for the fifth round of reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP5). It is inviting views on expanding the scope to bring in Strategic Authorities and on introducing targeted mandatory returns to tackle under-reporting. Further, a suite of narrower, sector-focused adjustments shaped with sector stakeholders is outlined. The consultation closes on 20 May 2026. See: LNB News 25/03/2026 67. DESNZ, acting for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Authority, has also opened a consultation setting out proposals to...

On 12 September 2024, the FCA announced it would deploy a reporting form to gather improved information from firms in the sector undertaking the regulated activities of credit-broking, credit information services, debt adjusting or debt counselling. In a consultation paper, the FCA stated that obtaining higher-quality data should strengthen how it identifies risks of harm and enables swifter intervention, aligning with its overarching data-led strategy. The regulator also recognised that consumers have experienced harm when it has not secured the right data...

A UK-based purchaser of an overseas business should evaluate the following tax considerations: the prospective overseas and UK tax outlays linked to the acquisition tax-efficient ways to repatriate profits from the overseas entity to the UK buyer a tax-efficient exit strategy maximising the tax-efficiency of the target business This Practice Note is written from a UK tax perspective and also flags typical overseas tax points to address, including reporting, filing and compliance obligations. Local advice should be obtained in each jurisdiction in which the target operates. Overseas and UK tax costs associated with the acquisition of an overseas business The common UK and overseas tax costs relevant to acquiring an overseas business are summarised below. Transfer taxes Share acquisitions may attract local transfer or registration taxes, usually calculated as a percentage of the consideration for those shares, together with notary fees...

In recent weeks, authorities have unveiled reduced notification thresholds in the UK for additional markets touching on national security, parallel reductions in Zimbabwe, the commencement of the new simplified notification procedure in the Republic of Ireland, and a return in Guernsey and Jersey to separate competition authorities. UK—revised notification thresholds for additional national security sectors to be introduced The UK intends to amend the notification thresholds for certain further sectors with national security implications, specifically the development, production or research of: artificial intelligence cryptographic authentication advanced materials For these sectors alone, the 25% share of supply threshold will be modified so that it can be satisfied solely by the target’s activities, and the alternative target turnover threshold will be lowered to £1m (from £70m). The amendments are expected to take effect within the next two to three months. The UK government has also introduced a power to intervene on public interest grounds in relation to transactions that affect the...

What is a demerger? A demerger is a form of corporate organisation that separates businesses conducted by a company or group of companies, so that, following the demerger, the trading activities are run by independent management teams but remain, at least initially, under the control and ownership of all or any of the same shareholders as before. This approach is often undertaken in order to sharpen the management of discrete elements of the trading business, to ring-fence liabilities linked to particular trades, or to enhance shareholder value where the sum of the parts is considered greater than the wider conglomerate as a whole. There are several ways to carry out a demerger, including: an in specie distribution by way of a dividend of shares in the subsidiary being demerged to the parent company’s shareholders — typically the most straightforward route in practice a return of capital delivered as shares in the demerging subsidiary to the parent company’s shareholders a three‑cornered demerger, under which...

This certifies you hold a Restricted Award to acquire up to the maximum Shares in [ insert name of Company whose shares are being granted under award ]. Granted on the Date of Grant under a global deed executed by the Company [ and subject to the Performance Target(s) attached ]. Made under the Plan Rules. You must sign a Participant Agreement within [ 30 ] days of grant to accept the Restricted Award, otherwise it will lapse. Read the enclosed agreement and return it signed to [ insert name AND CONTACT DETAILS ] by [ insert TIME AND DATE ]. The Award will not normally Vest before the date above [ and remains conditional on the Performance Target(s) being met or waived ]. [ It will lapse automatically if you leave the Company or any Associated Company, save for the limited cases in the Rules ]. It is non-transferable and will lapse if you try to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, charge or otherwise encumber it. Unless otherwise...