Articles by ‘John North’

London-based solicitors Royds have appointed a new partner to its Corporate and Commercial department, as they continue to strengthen their commercial services in the City.

Royds solicitor Thomas Bjorn has written an article for a leading publication about an important data protection issue facing many in the life sciences industry.

The private use exception which most of us thought legitimate and long overdue to bring the legislation up to date with modern reality may not survive following a recent High Court judgement.

A major life sciences event, co-sponsored by Royds, took place in London last month.

From Brewer’s Yeast to Personalised Medicine was organised by the Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with companies such as Royds – whose corporate commercial team work closely with clients in the sector.

The Prime Minister and Chancellor recently welcomed the launch of Tech Nation, the first comprehensive analysis of the UK’s digital technology ‘clusters’.

Medium-sized companies play a far larger role in Britain’s economy than previously realised.

A two-week festival – celebrating the ingenuity and enterprise of Tech City – will be taking place in London next month.

American investors are investing more money in London-based technology companies than ever before, according to figures revealed by the Mayor of London during a recent trade mission to New York.

Almost 5000 new charities were registered last year, according to figures from the Charity Commission. The regulator revealed that a total of 4,863 organisations were added to the register and 4,332 were removed; in…

A crossbench peer has warned that charities have been frightened into curtailing public work by a new lobbying law. Lord Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford, said that good causes were worried that their…

Towards the end of the new year it was announced that e-commerce giant Alibaba made the move from Mayfair to new premises at Canary Wharf.

The Government recently published its long-awaited plan to tackle anti-corruption in the UK and internationally over the coming year.