Issue 18
November 2008
Welcome to the 18th edition of our e-mail newsletter. What's new? We are very excited to confirm details of our New Year seminar series with Shirlaws – the country's leading business coaches. I have begun their coaching programme and have already found it of immediate and practical use. You will also find further details of our FREE business protection seminar – which is already proving very popular, with available places running out fast. Finally both our Salisbury and Andover Breakfast Clubs continue to be incredibly successful. For those parents amongst you with school run commitments, please note that although the meetings open at 8 a.m., we don't sit down to breakfast until 8.30 – increasingly we are finding some parents, including my wife (our practice director), are happy to arrive nearer 8.30 after they have the children sorted.
In the meantime, if there is anything I can help you with please feel free to contact me.
Tim Bishop
Email: tim.bishop@bishopslaw.com
Telephone: 01722 422300
For You. Your Business. On Time. On Budget.
In this issue:
13 Ways to Protect Your Business Free Seminar
Our Free Seminar on Monday 24th November is filling up fast - have you booked your place yet to hear valuable advice that will help you make sure your business is safe in today's economic climate?
read more ...Ask Alan - Employment Q and A
Q&A with Alan Jenner, Commercial Solicitor at Bonallack & Bishop.
Your employment questions answered...
read more ...Keeping your head above water
It’s official, the recession is here. If you are like most business owners, you are probably thinking about battening down the hatches. The majority of businesses we meet, not just those we coach, are looking at cutting staff, shaving costs and shelving any plans for expansion. There is, however, a choice here.
read more ...Holiday Update for Employers
From April 2009 holiday entitlement increases to 28 days, which can include bank holidays. Employers already giving 28 days don't have to give any more unless it used to do so. Don't forget there is no statutory entitlement to bank holidays.
read more ...Health and Safety Fines Increase
New legislation due to come into force in January 2009 increases penalties for breaches of health and safety legislation in the lower courts to £20,000
and makes the threat of imprisonment a serious reality for more blameworthy offences. If your business is threatened with a health and safety prosecution, contact Tim Bishop immediately to discuss how our team of health and safety litigation experts can help you.
Shirlaws Seminar Series - Topics Announced
As announced in September, Bonallack & Bishop will be running a series of three Business Development workshops in association with our partners, business coaches Shirlaws, starting in February next year.
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Issue 17
October 2008
Welcome to the latest newsletter. What's new? Well, following the huge success of the Salisbury Breakfast Club, we launched the Andover Breakfast Club on Tuesday 9th September and amazingly had 80 people turn up! If you haven't been to either of our monthly breakfast networking clubs in Salisbury or Andover and you have even the slightest interest in getting new business contacts or selling to other businesses -- then you are really missing out. The Salisbury Breakfast Club meets next on Tuesday 7th October and Andover on Tuesday 14th October -- full details on the website as usual. Also see below for details of our other forthcoming events in a jam-packed calendar that includes my personal favourite -- V-Den -- easily the most fun and powerful local business event I've ever been to.
If there is anything I can help you with please feel free to contact me.
Tim Bishop
Email: tim.bishop@bishopslaw.com
Telephone: 01722 422300
For You. Your Business. On Time. On Budget.
In this issue:
V-Den in Salisbury and Andover
As published last month, following the huge success of the first V-Den, we will be running V-Den 2 on Thursday, 6th November at the Grasmere Hotel in Salisbury from 8:30am-11:30am. I am even more delighted to announce Andover V-Den, on Tuesday, 13th January at the Hampshire Golf Club from 9.30am-12.30 (following on from the Andover Breakfast Club). Of all the events we have run, this is my favourite - enormous fun and really stimulating.
For those who have not already heard of V-Den...
£15,000 compensation for being too young
A recent Employment Tribunal case has shown that the Employment Tribunals are prepared to apply age discrimination rules to young as well as older workers. An 18 year old office administrator has won her claim for age discrimination although her employers claimed that she was dismissed on grounds of capability.
read more ...13 Ways to Protect Your Business Free Seminar
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New Minimum Wage Rates
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Companies Act - The Latest Changes
The latest changes resulting from the Companies Act 2006 came into effect on 1 October 2008, the most important of which are:
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