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Most of the women I know complain that their partners are no good at picking gifts for them, and they either end up with things they don’t want, or they go out and buy their own.  Of course this can work find at birthdays and Christmas, but come Valentines day, do you really want to […]

It’s a week to go until the big day.  This time next week there will be women and men (in my experience mostly women) up and down the country, either ecstatically happy, or hugely disappointed.   Being disappointed in love does not give rise to the need for legal advice, but some Valentine’s Day activity […]

People always get suspicious when you offer them something for nothing.  Perhaps that means they’ve had a bad experience.  Or they just always assume that there is a catch. Well here is a genuine offer of a free lunch. I’m giving a talk on company law on Thursday 3 March in St Pauls.  I’m going […]

I was at the tube station earlier in the week, watching people sigh with relief when they read that the strike had been called off.  For many, 24 hours of industrial action can equal several days of misery trying to get in and out of London. For some, however, it can be an excuse to […]

1. Agree on what everyone is putting in. Everyone has different assets and skills and they may not have the same value. All partners should agree on the value of their assets they are contributing, from any premises you are using to equipment that the partnership may need. 2. Agree on who owns anything that […]

The reason this comes up is because people often come to me with contacts that say one thing, but are actually something else, such as saying someone is self employed whereas the reality is that they are employees with all the rights and obligations that go with it. Most importantly if you dismiss someone that […]

Harriet Green OBE says women shouldn’t be allowed to have a year of maternity leave when they give birth. She says it’s too long. Harriet may be a very experienced business woman, but as she’s never had children of her own, is she qualified to comment? As an employer or a pregnant employee, do you […]

If you are employing staff then you are hard working entrepreneurs, probably running small business and trying hard to keep your head above a tidal wave of red tape and taxation. Recent reports from Reuters and Essex University revealed that corporation tax payments by the UK’s largest companies have fallen by more than 20% since […]