Innovate Orthopaedics is a born-and-bred Huddersfield business which is based in the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre. The company is the latest business to be awarded the Eaton Smith Business of the Month Award.

Innovate Orthopaedics was created in 2015 by Alex Gutteridge and Hannah Longbottom who saw an... Read More →

Commercial property development (where previously commercial buildings are transformed into residential units) is big business. An old factory bought for £250,000 and converted into 10 residential units, each valued at £150,000, could net a massive profit for the developer willing to invest in converting the... Read More →

To round off the year, we’ll be looking at common problems that businesses experience in order to help you to spot the pitfalls before you fall in them and equip you for employee relations issues in 2018! Before the workshop, we’ll send you a pre-learning questionnaire to find out if there are any specific... Read More →

Following the recent A level results, many first-time students will be looking for last-minute accommodation, if they aren’t heading to their first choice of university with an assured place in the halls of residence.

Parents can help guide the rookie tenants through the process, but may themselves not be... Read More →

The distressing case of Charlie Gard recently put the spotlight on a question that all parents want the answer to, but hope they never have to face. In a situation where a child is seriously ill, who has the right to decide what course of treatment is offered, or even if a life support machine should be switched off... Read More →

During a divorce or separation, where there are children involved, the priority should be their well-being. Unfortunately, on occasions the children find themselves stuck in the middle of their parents arguments and hurt.

It is important to recognise from the outset that children will be impacted by a... Read More →

If you know me, you will know that I was fully in favour of the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees in July 2013 and hoped to see a system that would weed out claims with no merits brought at no cost by sometimes unscrupulous Claimants – at times assisted by equally unscrupulous claims handlers.

We all want to be greener, more energy efficient, and have warm, comfortable homes that don’t leak heat or let in the cold. If you’re a landlord, though, you now have a responsibility to ensure your rental properties are energy efficient. After much to-ing and fro-ing, the 2018 EPC regulation amends have finally... Read More →

It is not unusual for an employee to have some confusion as to the name of their employer. For example: an employee working for an owner-director of a limited company may assume that the owner-director is their employer when it is actually the limited company; or an employee working within a GP Practice or trading... Read More →

These contracts continue to receive bad press. You will recall from my May 2017 update that the Matthew Taylor review called for employers to be charged an increased rate if they hire workers on contracts that require them to be on standby for a certain period of time. He has said that his report will not advocate... Read More →

We have in the past looked at great length at the importance of distinguishing between employees or workers on the one hand and the self-employed on the other.

One of the key differences between an employee / worker and a self-employed person is the level of risk taken with income. Employees/ workers are paid... Read More →

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25th May 2018. It is from the EU, but will come into force before Brexit takes effect and so it will apply to us. The need for change comes from the way in which data is now published and shared for example online and on social media where data easily... Read More →