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Employment Law is a minefield when you find yourself having to navigate through it! thankfully Rachel, with patience, care, amazing listening skills and coaching provides world-class easy to understand advice to guide you through safely and with confidence. Richard Collins March 2018

When a commercial dispute arises, there will usually be a mad-dash to find out what happened and who is to blame. Very often determining this will involve going back through a whole host of documents, some of which may be easy to lay your hands on and some of which may not. Having systems in place which ensure that documentation relevant to a particular project or client is easily identifiable and retrievable is crucial in the bringing or defending of…

A company has prevented an aggrieved employee described as a 'loose cannon' from revealing confidential information about some of its clients, including a foreign government and a royal family.

Helping adventure travellers to find like-minded adventure travellers. Entrepreneur, Irena Miroforidu is at the beginning of her start up journey. Her business idea came to her during a a solo surfing holiday in Guatemala in 2016. In June 2017 she begun to turn a seed of an idea into a commercial reality. In January 2018 she registered her business, Tribd.

Founded in late 2014, ThanksBox are helping HR and Leadership Teams deliver cultural change, with tools and insights. ThanksBox facilitates employee recognition, rewards and idea generation across all levels within the organisation. The concept is impressive, and it has been implemented by some big organisations such as the NHS and endorsed by the professional body for human resources, The CIPD.

A firm that bought a clothing business from a group of family members has won a court injunction to prevent them setting up in competition.

The collapse of Carillion proves that no business is immune from the risk of failure and highlights the need to be vigilant when dealing with business customers, irrespective of their size and the length of time you have been dealing with them. Commercial pressures may mean that you have little power when it comes to dictating the terms on which you do business, but there are steps you can take to protect your position if things go wrong.

I have used Mark (JPP) on several occasions for a range of initiatives from specific contracts through to complete company setups. He completely understands the start-up environment and the need to balance top class advice with keeping a lid on costs. He turns work around incredibly quickly, usually quicker than he commits to and delivers results which meet the current requirements whilst future proofing where possible. He is completely transparent on costs always sticking to fixed cost quotes unless the…

This is the first article in a series of three. The other articles are a quick guide for the team looking to buy in and one about funding options.

There is a moment within every start-up company when you need a lawyer. Ideally someone pragmatic, insightful and responsive. Thank heavens we found Mark.