Articles by ‘Bharti Moore’

As it has been reported in the press German judges have stopped the trial of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, in exchange for a £60m ($100m) payment from the multi-billionaire.

London Technology Week, which ran between June 16th and June 20th, is said to have exceeded all expectations, after visitor numbers confirmed that roughly 40,000 people attended events during the week – 10,000 more than expected.

City lawyers Royds LLP have continued the expansion of their life sciences department with the appointment of experienced lawyer Dipti Dashore.

This week (June 16th – June 20th) has seen London’s first ever “Technology Week”, which has been designed to showcase the region’s role as the digital capital of Europe.

Official figures published last week by the Office for National Statistics suggested that factories within the UK are “booming”, and in turn are helping to sustain the economic recovery.

Over recent months, reports have suggested that the area of London affectingly known as “Silicon Roundabout” is mushrooming with a number of businesses launching in the area; which is having the added benefit of boosting the local and national economy.

At the beginning of last week, it was reported that UK authorities were waiting on the results of a trial in Italy, before considering whether to launch a criminal investigation against AgustaWestland, whose factory is based in Yeovil.

Alstrom, who are considered to be world leaders in nuclear steam turbines and are also responsible for building over 60 percent of the UK’s nuclear steam turbines; are reportedly facing an investigation from the Serious Fraud Office.

On Tuesday May 27th it was confirmed that the Serious Fraud Office had begun a formal criminal investigation into a leading drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, which is already facing claims of bribery in five other countries, including China.

A lot has been reported in relation to London’s Tech City over recent months, with recent figures suggesting that the sector is mushrooming following a doubling of firms within the sector over the last three years.

Last week, the Intellectual Property Bill which parliament had been considering over the last twelve months, received Royal Assent, and became the Intellectual Property Act 2014.

Yesterday (May 15th), our partner Claus Anderson attended the Danish-UK Chambers of Commerce’s annual dinner, which celebrated their 25th anniversary.