Parents who help their children get on the property ladder are being urged to adopt a more professional approach when it comes to handing over the cash. 

Faced with high rental costs and soaring property prices, more parents are dipping into savings or releasing capital from their own property to... Read More →

Wednesday 26th February 2020

8.30am - 10.00am

14, High Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2HA

Irina Polyakova, Senior Solicitor in our employment team will be joined by Arta Heath, specialist immigration lawyer, from MY UK Visa. They will discuss:

• Harassment in the workplace
... Read More →

Time to Talk Day on Thursday 6th February 2020 is an opportunity for employers to review policy and culture against best practice in employee mental wellbeing

Workplace mental wellbeing is a top concern among employers, according to European-wide research[1].   

According to the World Health... Read More →

Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) was put in the spotlight by both Labour and the Conservatives during the election campaign at the end of last year with Labour saying they would remove it completely and the Conservatives proposing a review and reform but they didn’t submit any detailed proposals. With the Budget... Read More →

Prince Harry and Meghan are stepping back from royal duties, but it may be royalties that see them through in their new life.  

Before announcing their desire to spend time out of the spotlight, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex applied to register the brand Sussex Royal as a global trademark. 

The... Read More →

Wednesday 26th February 2020

8.30am - 10.00am

14, High Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2HA

Irina Polyakova, Senior Solicitor in our employment team will be joined by Arta Heath, specialist immigration lawyer, from My UK Visa. They will discuss:

•  Harassment in the workplace :... Read More →

Employers should bear in mind the below detailed changes which are anticipated to come into force in 2020 and the ways to prepare for them.

Changes to the reference period for determining an average week's pay for holiday pay purposes

From 6 April 2020, to even out the variation in pay for workers,... Read More →

Divorce rates have fallen to their lowest level since the 1970s but breakdowns continue to spike after the festive season, and professionals are encouraging couples with rocky relationships to focus on talking to each other in the run up to Christmas. 

Many attribute the stress and financial burden of trying... Read More →

Christmas brings a round of festive celebrations with drinks, dinners and bottles of wine shared between customers and suppliers, but whether giving or receiving, businesses need to keep up with the rules on corporate gifting. 

Under the regime introduced in 2011 by the Bribery Act, any corporate hospitality... Read More →

Don’t put your footer in it when it comes to contracts

Forget the ink, the courts have ruled that an automatic email signature can count when it comes to the dotted line 

Companies are being urged to review their electronic procedures after a court ruled that an automatic email... Read More →

Any company-organised office party, whether in or out of working hours and on or off site, is an extension of the workplace which can test a business across the board on its policies and attitudes.

“It’s a real stress-test for the culture of the business and its employment policies,” explained Irina... Read More →

Christmas Day has been the biggest day of the year for online and app downloads in recent years, as users set up the new devices they’ve received as presents.

In the latest report, Apple announced that 180 billion apps had been downloaded from Apple App Store and alongside the enormous growth in the... Read More →