Category Archives: Business Posts

Skills Train High Court Victory — What does this mean for Consumer Forums?

Skills Train recently took a civil action for defam­a­tion in the High Court and suc­cess­fully obtained judge­ment against con­sumer forum hosts Digital Trends for defam­a­tion. They were awar­ded £50,000 in rela­tion to inac­cur­ate com­ments made by con­trib­ut­ors to the forum in which Skills Train were accused of run­ning scam Dis­tance Learn­ing Courses. Skills Train made a strongly worded press release, which also sug­ges­ted this decision had implic­a­tions for for­ums that host con­sumer reviews and com­ment­ary. So, are con­sumer for­ums in danger?

October 16, 2010 – 6:25 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

The Price of Privacy & The Cost of Free

Most of us have prob­ably now heard of ACS:Law who were hacked by 4Chan in response to ACS’s prac­tice of mass mail­ing let­ters to alleged file sharers in the UK for illeg­ally down­load­ing and dis­trib­ut­ing Copy­right material.

October 5, 2010 – 11:24 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

“No Bailiffs or buts about it”

You’re con­sid­er­ing doing a deal with another busi­ness /​cli­ent. You’re hir­ing a con­sult­ant, trade spe­cial­ist or con­tract staff. You’re chas­ing a cus­tomer for pay­ment and con­sid­er­ing legal action. How do you check their fin­an­cial track record? Some com­pan­ies would use debt col­lec­tion agen­cies, factor­ing com­pan­ies or credit check spe­cial­ists. A little known “free” resource open to all is …

August 4, 2010 – 2:23 am | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

“Do business with a one year old? No thanks”: Start-​up prejudice

Pre­ju­dice against deal­ing with start-​ups and younger com­pan­ies is increas­ing as com­pan­ies scale back their expos­ure to risk and bad debts. Is this stifling com­pet­i­tion and innovation?

July 7, 2010 – 10:16 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Court v Mediation: The best path to Dispute Resolution

Com­mer­cial dis­putes are inev­it­able. There are com­mon fea­tures to all dis­putes — one party is more wrong than right; one or both parties will incur costs; a lot of time and effort goes into resolv­ing most disputes.

June 3, 2010 – 3:00 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Business Scams and Sharp Practice

“54% of busi­nesses have been a vic­tim of fraud or online crime and a sig­ni­fic­ant 26% of busi­nesses are deterred from buy­ing and selling online because of the fear and risk of online fraud.”

May 31, 2010 – 9:14 am | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Audi is “less than perfect”: Vehicle Finance

Choos­ing the right vehicle for your busi­ness is import­ant. Choos­ing the right type of vehicle fin­ance can be the dif­fer­ence between an effi­cient, worth­wile pur­chase for your busi­ness or a fin­an­cial dis­aster. As well as the cost of monthly charges, interests and main­ten­ance the busi­ness owner needs to under­stand the legal implic­a­tions of pur­chas­ing a vehicle on fin­ance. What hap­pens if it breaks down?

April 1, 2010 – 8:30 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

Unfair /​Restrictive Terms

A firm of sur­vey­ors bought a second-​hand Rolls Royce from a Car Dealer, which developed ser­i­ous defects after 2,000 miles. Held: the buyer was a ‘con­sumers’ as, to buy in the course of a busi­ness, “the buy­ing of cars must form … part of the buyer’s busi­ness …”.

April 1, 2010 – 5:31 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Selling your Business: 5 Top Tips

Think­ing of selling your busi­ness? Here are 5 top tips and warn­ing signs when choos­ing an agent to help sell your business:

1) Look around and find the appro­pri­ate agent for your busi­ness;
2) Watch out for unscru­pu­lous Agents and beware of false prom­ises;
3) Are they legal? — Know your rights …

March 29, 2010 – 1:00 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Administration: Allied Carpets “Pre-​Pack” up and leave the party

Admin­is­tra­tion: Allied Car­pets “Pre-​Pack” up and leave the party
High Street Retail­ers ‘Oasis’, ‘Coast’ and ‘Karen Mil­len’, fur­niture retailer ‘MFI’, the ‘Blue­stone Group’ – who run the hol­i­day vil­lage in Pem­broke­shire, West Wales – and ‘Allied Car­pets’, the (former) second largest car­pet retailer in Bri­tain. What do they have in common? …

March 22, 2010 – 12:57 pm | By Cardiff Legal | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (4)