Simon Sinek's The Infinite Game (2019) borrows James Carse's idea that some games are played to win and others to keep playing — and argues business is the second kind.A finite game is played to win; an infinite game is played to keep playing. Business has no final...
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TLDR: Unfair dismissal after six months from January 2027
From 1 January 2027, the Employment Rights Act 2025 cuts the qualifying period for ordinary unfair dismissal from two years to six months — and removes the cap on the compensatory award, currently the lower of 52 weeks' pay or £123,543. Anyone who started on or before...
TLDR: McDaniel v Talbot and the danger of an out-of-date Will
McDaniel v Talbot & Anor [2026] EWHC 928 (Ch) shows what can happen when a Will is not updated after family life changes. Mark Talbot's 2014 Will left everything to his wife and expressly excluded his daughter, Emma, citing twenty years without contact. From 2019...
McDaniel v Talbot: when an out-of-date Will meets a reconciled child
Most people who leave someone out of their Will do so for a reason. The relationship has broken down, there has been no contact for years, and it simply feels wrong to leave money to a person who has played no part in your life. The trouble is that a Will is written...
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: building a business to outlive you
Ask most business owners how they are doing and you will hear a number. Turnover is up. Occupancy is at ninety-something per cent. The last quarter was the best yet. Ask them what happens to the business, or the portfolio, on the day they are no longer there, and the...
Hearing loss after 50: the health check busy owners never book
Most business owners over 50 are diligent about the things they can see. The accounts are filed on time, the van is serviced, the boiler has its annual check. Yet one of the most useful health checks available — free, quick and painless — is the one hardly anyone...
TLDR: Selling inherited property below or above probate value
Probate value is not the final word. What executors actually sell for can change the tax bill in either direction.If executors sell land or buildings within four years of death for less than probate value, they can claim inheritance tax back on form IHT38.All land...
Holiday lets after April 2025: planning to pass the cottage on
For years, the family holiday cottage enjoyed a quiet tax advantage. If it was let commercially for enough weeks a year, the tax rules treated it more like a small trading business than an ordinary rental. That special status — the furnished holiday lettings regime —...
TLDR: Holiday lets after April 2025 — passing the cottage on
The furnished holiday lettings regime ended on 6 April 2025 (1 April for companies). A holiday let is now taxed like any other let property. Gone: Business Asset Disposal Relief, gift holdover relief, rollover relief, capital allowances on new spending, full mortgage...
Free Estate Planning Guide
Learning how to protect your assets can feel like an overwhelming topic. Our FREE Estate Planning Guide will help you to understand the process and how to get started.