Skip to content

Education and Training

User login

Entrepreneurs Panel

Steve Purdham
Debbie Pierce
Richard O'Sullivan
Brian Hay
Gary Jacobson
Jeremy Roberts
Tony Caldeira
David Pollock
Ian Morris
Home

Transfer rumours

Lawyers are warning anyone who is considering buying a business to look again at TUPE regulations and tread carefully after a recent ruling held a purchaser responsible for the mis-deeds of the vendor.

Damages of £190,000 were awarded to four claimants against Express Gifts Ltd, which bought Health & Home Shopping out of administration in October 2007, after a judge ruled that the purchaser of a company is responsible for staff dismissals that have taken place even before any deal to buy the business has been concluded.

The tribunal held that the dismissal of one of the claimants was connected with the transfer and thus attracted the protection offered by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE), even though Express Gifts had not been identifi ed as the purchaser at the time of dismissal, which occurred three weeks before the transfer. At that time, Express Gifts was only one of a large number of potential purchasers.

Permalink

  • Fat camps

    Turning excess lard into dough? It’s like taking candy from a baby. EN heads to the fit farm and examines a bulging bottom line.

  • Angels with dirty faces

    EN visited the British Business Angels Association’s annual conference and found a sector torn between confidence and crisis.

  • Slick moves

    Are we emerging from recession into an energy crisis? Probably not, as EN discovers.

  • The unavoidable truth

    EN and Downtown in Business hosted a wide-ranging panel debate following June’s emergency Budget. This is what happened.

  • Day nurseries

    Making money out of nurseries should be child’s play. Shouldn’t it? EN examines the real bottom line.

Five Minutes With

Frank McKenna

Frank McKenna has never exactly been shy about being the public face of the Downtown in Business brand, which he founded in Liverpool in 2004 and now boasts operations in Preston and Manchester (the latter launched earlier this year). His weekly, “Thank Frank it’s Friday” email missives, “Frankie Says” blog and Tarantino-inspired advertisements are cases in point.

More Five Minute Interviews

Noel Dean reveals...

Betta Living’s boss reminds us a bit of TV’s David Dickinson. But was his best transaction the Real Deal? Stuart Anderson hastily conceals his Ikea loyalty card as Noel Dean reveals...

More Best Deals

Venue Finder

Royal Station Hotel

Newcastle Upon Tyne
Find Venues