Changes Ahead
Eleanor Hopwood examines some of the key changes brought about by The Children & Families Act 2014 & the Unified Family Court. A new raft of legislation is scheduled for implementation on 22 April 2014 and reforms…
Reasons To Be Cheerful
As we enter the New Year there are good reasons for optimism about the strength and profile of our city region. The UK's manufacturing sector as a whole is enjoying growth and the Sheffield City region is well placed…
New Consumer Protection Regulations
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have published some useful guidance to the new Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations. These Regulations have now…
Civil Partnerships and Pensions
An important Judgment was handed down this week by the EAT. Despite the Equality Act protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, because pensions are treated as deferred pay, then changes…
Protected Conversations
Broaching the topic of termination of employment with an employee has always been a difficult decision for employers to take because of the fear of the discussions coming to light at a later date in employment Tribunal…
Amendments to TUPE 2006
The final Regulations amending the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 are now available. They come into force on the 31 January 2014 although certain provisions do not take effect…
Reasons to be cheerful
As we enter the New Year there are good reasons for optimism about the strength and profile of our city region. The UK's manufacturing sector as a whole is enjoying growth and the Sheffield City region is well placed…
Help for Heroes
Our Charity Board was established in May 2010 with the aim of raising money for the firm's selected charities and also to support staff with any of their own charitable endeavours. Every financial year we ask our…
Automatic Enrolment Pensions
Since October 2012 the Pensions Act 2008 has required employers to automatically enrol eligible workers onto a workplace pension scheme. This obligation currently only applies to the largest employers but will eventually…
Empty Property Rates Updates
Earlier this year, we reported on empty property rates and strategies a property owner might consider in order to reduce their liability for business rates. Since that article, a new empty property rates relief…
