Welcome to the March 2026 edition of Business Law Today.

I am a Partner in the Banking, Restructuring and Insolvency (BRI) team at Michelmores. Amongst other things, I help companies, directors and other stakeholders navigate difficult financial issues, by providing pre-emptive advice with a view to rescuing the business and ensuring stakeholder interests are protected.

The BRI team are receiving a lot of enquiries about debt refinancing and navigating financial distress, and I hope our articles on these topics in this edition of Business Law Today are of interest.

Also in this edition of Business Law Today we have a great mix of articles on topical legal issues we think our business client's and contacts need to be aware of from our Commercial, Corporate, Dispute Resolution and Employment teams, so there should be something for everyone.

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We hope you enjoy this edition of Business Law Today.

Sacha Pickering

Does using AI waive legal

privilege?

Charlotte Bolton and Abigail Brown

Navigating the tax incentives for entrepreneurs and investors

Anthony Reeves, Cathy Bryant and Hollie Halston

Bounce Back Loans and repayment obligations

Sophie McAuley

Why proactive debt refinancing should be on every Finance Director’s agenda and why timing is everything

Danielle Collett-Bruce

Navigating financial distress

Sacha Pickering

Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: new rules take effect, what should businesses do now?

Anne Todd and Emily Aggett

The Employment Rights Bill: a new era for football manager dismissals

James Millet

The Employment Rights Act 2025: employers beware!

Kate Gardner

Update on new subscription rules under the Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Act 2024

Philippa Collison and Fortunate Akinwunmi

Reddit fined £14.47m for child data breaches: a wake‑up call for online platforms

Emily Aggett and Zainab Abbasi

Upcoming events

We hope to see you there

Michelmores Cycle & Run Club

Exeter

Date: Friday 24 April

The Michelmores

Cycle and Run Clubs

were established to

provide inclusive,

friendly and safe

networking

opportunities for like

minded bike

enthusiasts.

Exeter Run Club meet

on the same dates as

the Cycle Club, after

which the Clubs join

together for a coffee

and breakfast snack.

Bristol dates to be

added soon.

Find out more

Planning Primer Seminar

Cheltenham

Date: Monday 27

April

Has obtaining

Planning Consent

become quicker and

more predictable than

it was previously?

Join us for the next

Michelmores

Planning Primer

seminar with our

expert Planning and

Environmental

keynote speakers;

Helen Hutton, Charlie

Banner (Lord Banner

KC) and Tim

Goodwin.

.

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MAINstream Pitch Event

Exeter

Date: Wednesday 29 April

Join us on

Wednesday 29 April

for our first

MAINstream South

West Pitch Event of

the year.

MAINstream South West and

MAINstream

Cheltenham seeks to

connect high-growth

companies with

investors that are

local to them, with the

aim of helping to drive

growth in the region.

.

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