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Summer is finally here! After a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns, it’s time to let your hair down and catch some rays! Here is a variety of business news stories that you might have missed while basking in the glorious sun. Whether on vacation or staycation, try to keep abreast of significant commercial issues affecting the business and legal worlds.

With the government’s roadmap slowly easing us out of lockdown and back to normal life, it’s a good time as ever to sharpen your commercial awareness – in this week’s commercial news round-up find out who is bidding over Morrisons, read about the significance of compliance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and consider what Vauxhall’s announcement could mean for the UK’s battery-powered future.

This week we saw Barclays increase junior bankers’ salaries, two retail giants go back and forth, Amazon and Google under investigation from regulators and we witnessed BuzzFeed’s unstoppable revenue growth. What are the key takeaways from this commercial news? Can you see any trends or patterns? Which sectors are continuously doing well and which sectors do you think might be struggling?

In this article I will share my experience as a secondee, highlight the importance of secondments in building a career and offer my advice on how to make the most of your secondee experience.

The British Inter-University Commercial Awareness Competition is a major national competition seeking to highlight what is seldom taught in the lecture room – legal commercial awareness. Legal commercial awareness is one of the skills tested at interviews and assessment centres and is an essential skill to become a successful commercial lawyer.

How are the regulators adapting?

Why are oil prices still crucial to the global economy?

Who owns the goods?