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Womble Bond Dickinson advises Arterne Care Limited on acquisition of Plymouth Care Home
30 Jan 2024
Arterne Care Limited now owns the property which houses Thornbury Villa Care Home
The company behind a Plymouth care home which started trading at the height of the coronavirus pandemic has secured its future with the help of Womble Bond Dickinson.
The company behind a Plymouth care home which started trading at the height of the coronavirus pandemic has secured its future with the help of Womble Bond Dickinson.
NHS Commercial Solutions appoints Womble Bond Dickinson to legal panel
13 Feb 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has been appointed to NHS Commercial Solutions' legal services framework.
NHS Commercial Solutions is a not-for-profit procurement shared services hub that works to unlock efficiencies across the NHS and the wider public sector. Formed in 2007, it provides end to end services across the full procurement cycle and drives key value opportunities.
NHS Commercial Solutions is a not-for-profit procurement shared services hub that works to unlock efficiencies across the NHS and the wider public sector. Formed in 2007, it provides end to end services across the full procurement cycle and drives key value opportunities.
Womble Bond Dickinson advises care provider on sale to Midlands-based company
19 Jan 2023
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has teamed up with the corporate finance team at Azets on the sale of Care Homes for Adult with Disabilities Ltd (CHAD) to Midlands-based Swanton Care & Community Ltd.
Differences between the new procurement bill and the government response to the green paper
10 Aug 2022
On 13 May 2022 the Government published a draft procurement bill for its first reading in the House of Lords (Bill). This article sets out the crucial changes to the information that was set out in the Government response to the consultation of the procurement Green Paper.
WBD strengthens finance team with new London partner
22 Jun 2022
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has welcomed Claire Kistner to their London office as a new partner in the banking team. Claire brings almost 20 years of legal experience particularly in high-value leverage financial transactions. Claire's arrival is an exciting development in the growth of Womble Bond Dickinson’s London corporate Banking team.
Government Green Paper response on Public Procurement: Specific Procedures
29 Apr 2022
Following the publication of the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement in December 2020 (Green Paper), the Cabinet Office released the Government's response to its consultation with stakeholders (Government Response). In this second instalment of our series, we will outline anticipated changes to procurement procedures and the light touch regime, in addition to commercial purchasing tools.
Government Green Paper response on public procurement: overall design
20 Jan 2022
Following the publication of the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement in December 2020, the Cabinet Office recently released the Government's response to its consultation with stakeholders (Government Response). We will be releasing a series of four articles breaking down the anticipated changes set out in the Government response.
Changes applying to the thresholds for public procurements
09 Nov 2021
On 1 November 2021, the government laid the Public Procurement (Agreement on Government Procurement) (Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1221) (Regulations) before Parliament. The Regulations will come into force on 1 January 2022 and will only apply to procurements commenced after the Regulations come into force.
UKIPO invites views on UK parallel trade system post-Brexit
29 Jul 2021
Relevant to all UK consumers, The UK Intellectual Property Office has produced a consultation paper on the future of the UK's exhaustion of intellectual property rights and parallel trade regime post-Brexit.
Brexit and patents
02 Jul 2021
As the European patent regime is not an instrument of the European Union ("EU"), it has remained largely unaffected by Brexit. The European Patent Convention 2000 and its various protocols are not part of the accumulated body of EU law. The current membership of the European Patent Office numbers 38 countries, which is a far greater number than the current 27 member states of the EU. The membership of the United Kingdom ("UK") to the Patent Cooperation Treaty also remains unaffected.
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