The Macfarlanes Podcast Macfarlanes

Many HR teams will have grappled over recent years with the joys of IR35, Check employment status for tax (CEST), off-payroll working, and tried to get to grips with the complexity of how consultants and contractors providing services to their clients should be taxed. 

David Gauke, Rachel Richardson and Gavin Haran discuss the UK’s 2023 Green Finance Strategy, some of the pros and cons and what to expect in the future.

Our podcast discusses the current position of the UK financial services regulators, why this topic is being so heavily debated, the different solutions being proposed and why we have made the proposal that we have. 

Matthew and Tabitha discuss what steps employers can, should and must take to prevent sexual harassment at work, the increased regulatory focus on firms to embed a positive culture in which harassment is not tolerated, and forthcoming legislative changes in this difficult area.

In our latest policy in practice podcast, we look at the very topical issue of AI and financial services regulation. 

David Gauke, our head of public policy, is joined by some our AI specialists: Mark Lewis, Klaudija Brami and Sapheen Meran. Amongst other issues the podcast touches on the UK Government’s white paper detailing how the UK will regulate AI on which we have also recently published a short blog post.

Our latest Policy in Practice podcast focuses on the much debated policy of rent control. David Gauke, Nicole Mitchell and Lizzie Fielding discuss the current state of health of the living subsectors, the Scottish government’s rent control policy (Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022), the experience of rental controls in other markets and where future policy may be heading in the UK.