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Lewis Silkin French Desk has advised Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary Hayley 247 of Staffordshire based companies WMH Transmissions Ltd & Apex Transmissions Ltd
Deal
17 March 2020Lewis Silkin has advised Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary Hayley 247 of Staffordshire based companies WMH Transmissions Ltd & Apex Transmissions Ltd (WMH). WMH will now become the UK Groups specialist provider of Precision Linear Motion products and services.
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Budget 2020 - New Kid on the Block
12 March 2020There was a sombre mood to the Budget initially, focusing as it did on measures to help deal with the coronavirus / Covid-19. Clearly the financial outlook is expected to be challenging, and our new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, made sure to point out that the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts have not (yet) taken the impact of Covid-19 into account.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises Havas on its acquisition of Gate One
Deal
19 December 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Havas, one of the world's largest global communications groups, on its acquisition of Gate One, a specialist digital and transformation consultancy.
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Of feathers and tax
12 December 2019Around 350 years ago, LOUIS XIV’S FINANCE minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, famously declared that “the art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.”
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Lewis Silkin has advised Christine Costello, the owner of event cinema business More2Screen, on a sale to Trafalgar Releasing
Deal
20 November 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Christine Costello, the owner of event cinema business More2Screen, on a sale to Trafalgar Releasing.
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Sara Cohen participates in round-table for Architecture Today: Trust in Employee Ownership
Press
10 September 2019Sara Cohen has taken part in a round-table discussion for Architecture Today that discussed employee ownership among architects.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of CommunicateResearch Limited
Deal
05 August 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications, the digital communications group, on its 100% acquisition of CommunicateResearch Limited (ComRes), a global research consultancy.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of Market Making Limited
Deal
31 July 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications, the digital communications group, on its 100% acquisition of Market Making Limited, a London-based social media agency.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises Sopra Steria (Euronext Paris) on sale of its UK recruitment subsidiary
Deal
31 July 2019The Lewis Silkin team has advised its long term client Sopra Steria (Euronext Paris: SOP), a European leader in digital transformation, on the sale of its UK recruitment subsidiary, Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited to the Resource Solutions Group. The transaction completed in June 2019.
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Lewis Silkin advises Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary Hayley 247 of Lamond & Murray
Deal
25 July 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its existing client Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary, Hayley 247, of Fife based company Lamond & Murray, which completed on 4 June 2019.
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Victoria Goode comments for Accountancy Age: Industry experts give their take on impending IR35 legislation
Press
22 July 2019Victoria Goode has commented in an article for Accountancy Age that discusses last weeks revelation that HMRC are scrutinising television presenters to determine whether they will be subject to new IR35 tax regulations.
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All systems go on extension of IR35 to the private sector from April 2020
12 July 2019The Government has confirmed it will extend the new IR35 rules to the private sector from April 2020, despite calls from professional bodies and others to delay the reforms.
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Lewis Silkin advises Unlimited Group on their acquisition of Direction Group
Deal
05 April 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Unlimited Group on their acquisition of one of the UK’s fastest growing B2B marketing agencies, DirectionGroup
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Entrepreneurs’ relief: the brave new world
13 March 2019This is an update on the changes to the qualifying criteria for entrepreneurs’ relief introduced in the October 2018 Budget, amended in December and now embodied in statute.
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New IR35 rules for contractors - businesses face additional tax risks and administrative burdens
07 March 2019HMRC’s latest consultation on off payroll working confirms that the new IR35 rules will be based on the rules that have applied in the public sector since 2017. However, HMRC has proposed a number of changes to those rules which, if implemented, will significantly increase the tax exposure and administrative burden of both private sector and public sector organisations.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises its longstanding client Publicis Groupe, on the sale of Publicis Health Solutions to Altamont Capital Partners
Deal
12 February 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client Publicis Groupe, on the sale of Publicis Health Solutions to Altamont Capital Partners.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises its longstanding client Publicis Groupe on the acquisition of the remaining 24.9% stake in Blue 449 from M&C Saatchi Plc
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04 February 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client Publicis Groupe on the acquisition of the remaining 24.9% stake in Blue 449 from M&C Saatchi Plc.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of Planning-Inc Ltd
Deal
11 January 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its client Next Fifteen, the digital communications group, on its acquisition of Planning-Inc Ltd, a predictive analytics and data marketing business.
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Lewis Silkin advises Harbour Group on the acquisition of Pulsar Process Measurement by ONICON Incorporated
Deal
10 January 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its client Harbour Group on the acquisition of Pulsar Process Measurement by ONICON Incorporated.
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Lewis Silkin advises the Deeson Group on its acquisition by The Panoply Holdings PLC
Deal
20 December 2018Deeson Group Holdings, a digital agency specialising in high profile content–managed websites and digital products has been acquired by The Panoply Holdings PLC (a newly listed AIM company) and will be integrated into TPX Manifesto an existing company within The Panoply group.