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I was very interested to read the publicity in the last few weeks for the announcement by PWC that they were putting increasing emphasis on flexible working and that they were designing programmes for return to work after career breaks particularly for women who have been out of the workplace raisin
It is back to school time and so for this week’s blog we have asked Les Brown from our education team to speak about school exclusions and a recent case concerning these.
Just in time for the start of a new academic year I learned a new word relevant to schools. It is “off-rolling”.
It is one of the phenomena of a traditional legal partnership which many law firms still are, that the people who progress through the firm and form the partnership which manages the business are lawyers.
Our managing partner, Jane Armitage has often mentioned the work Jacksons does with students from schools and colleges in our local community, in her weekly blog.
The old adage “summer bodies are made in the winter” indicates a certain amount of pre-thought and groundwork. This week’s blog isn’t about getting a summer body, it’s actually about preparation.
#Janesblog this week comes from Michael Sproates, a solicitor in our dispute resolution and debt recovery team.
For those who prefer to book a last minute family holiday, trawling through flight comparison sites will be something of a pastime.
For many of us it is hard to imagine a time when there was no statutory entitlement to annual leave, a time when a worker’s right to take holidays (paid or in many cases unpaid) was largely a matter of what had been agreed in their contract.
With the end of the academic year fast approaching, many teachers and parents are thinking of the long summer break ahead. However, it is often a busy time in school as construction projects and maintenance activities traditionally take place during this period while the pupils are away.
This month’s blog comes from Clive Owen LLP Business Advisers and Accountants, who must be congratulated on their win at the North East Accountancy Awards last month. The blog comes from Partner, James Catterick. I am sure you will find it very informative.
Can you believe it is now 15 years since the “new” Licencing Act came into force? The year was 2003. Tony Blair was Prime Minister, Girls Aloud were number 1 with Sound of the Underground and Jonny Wilkinson’s last minute drop goal secured England’s first Rugby Union World Cup. 15 years.
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