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Aug

Get your business finances in order this Summer

With Summer season in full swing now is a good time to take check of your accounts and ensure your business is generating fluid cash flow If Summer is your quiet season, check out this article for some top tips on how to prevent cashflow...

Aug

Managing a Flexible Working Request

by Ruby Dinsmore in blog

I wrote this post quite a while back and was 'inspired', if you like, by a conversation with an employer client of mine who was completely oblivious to the introduction of the right to request flexible working for employees with 6 months or...

Aug

How enforceable are restrictive covenants?

by Francesca Damario in blog

Restrictive covenants form part of an employment contract and aim to restrict an employee from certain activities once they leave their employment These restrictions are put in place when employees hold company confidential information and/or...

Aug

First Friday Lunch club – September booking

by Amy Pulling in Events

First Friday is a professional networking group based in Brighton that meet on a monthly bases to meet, mingle, and enjoy great food Specifically aimed at the professional sector, the club enables guests a chance to network with like minded business...

Aug

Court of Appeal confirms test to be applied when looking to set aside transactions defrauding creditors

by Darren Stone in blog

When an individual or a company enters into a transaction at an undervalue the Insolvency Act 1986 has provisions (sections 238 and 339) which allow an officeholder, whether they be a trustee in bankruptcy of individual or a liquidator to the...

Jul

Before you sign on the dotted line…..

by Ruby Dinsmore in blog

Contracts may bore you to tears, but they are crucial to establish the basis of your employment relationship You may be feeling elated because you’ve been offered a new job When the contract arrives you may be tempted to simply check that the...

Jul

6 tips to overcome cash flow lows over the summer season

by Francesca Damario in blog

When your accounts department is dreaming about the holiday that they’ve got booked in a couple weeks time, it’s easy for those all important credit procedures to get a bit slack If summer is your quiet season, here are some tips to prevent...

Jul

Banning “Ban on Assignment” clauses

by Lucy Tarrant in blog

Recruitment Business directors, you find me on the verge of getting professionally excited again If the draft legislation currently known as the Business Contract Terms (Assignment of Receivables) Regulations 2018 is introduced, it will...

Jul

Why a Solicitor on retainer could be right for your business

by Karen Blakesley in blog

Many experienced business people think that they only need to see a solicitor for large transactions, such as selling their business And even more think legal advice is only needed when something has gone wrong This couldn’t be further from...

Jul

Is there no limit?

by Darren Stone in blog

A recent decision in the Supreme Court will be welcomed by Insolvency Practitioners but not so by directors whose company has gone in to liquidation where there are claims against them for the retention of monies that are due to the company,...

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