If you are doing business through a UK company but do not wish to be formally appointed and registered as a director, for reasons of privacy, convenience or otherwise, you may choose to use a nominee director (see our previous note ‘Nominee Directors – making the right appointment’).  If you choose to take this path, we will now introduce how it operates.

Businesses use their trade mark to distinguish their products or services from their competitors, and make sure their customers know who they are buying from. But unless you register them as a trade mark, you do not own the legal rights to your brand name or logo.

So what does having a UK trademark mean, and what can be registered as a trade mark?

Registering your company trademark will set you apart from your competitors and protect the brand that you have worked so hard to build. We offer a fast and affordable fixed fee UK trademark registration service to help your business make its mark on the world.

So how does UK Trademark Registration work? Here is an overview of our UK Trademark Registration services.

• During the Covid-19 pandemic you may have to make staff redundant due to the ongoing economic impact, although these are exceptional times normal employment rules remain in place.
• This means that if you dismiss staff you will still have to comply with the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the rules regarding redundancy and redundancy payments.
• Other employment legislation such as the Equality Act 2010 will also apply and may be relevant to your decision to dismiss employees due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Employees who have been employed for more than 2 years have the right not to be unfairly dismissed and the right to receive a redundancy payment if dismissed for redundancy.
• Although an employees with less than two years service may not have protection from unfair dismissal it may still be a good idea to put them through a formal process.
• You should consider taking legal advice before making employees redundant.

A deed of covenant to pay is a legal agreement between two individuals, where one person promises to pay the other a specified amount of money over a period of time, without receiving any benefit in return.

Some people choose to use a Deed of Covenant since in certain circumstances it enjoys tax benefits. This article explains what a deed of covenant to pay is and why it is used.