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25.01.2010

Stephen Lawson, Partner at FDR, has been acknowledged as being of considerable help in the writing of a new book; ‘A Parent’s Guide to The Law,’ by Jon Robins.

18.01.2010

Under terms of their contract of employment, employees are obliged to attend work. Their contract applies even in adverse or extreme weather conditions. As an employer you would be therefore be within your rights to refuse to pay an employee if they are ‘snowed in’ or unable to get into the workplace due to public transport cancellations.

18.01.2010

FDR is delighted to be nominated for the Best Conveyancer Award at the Mortgage Strategy Awards for the second consecutive year. It is a great honour to be nominated for this award which is voted for by financial advisers and mortgage lenders across the country.

18.01.2010

With increasing pressure from the Government on property owners to consider the energy efficiency of commercial buildings and to put in place good environmental practices, ‘Green Leases’ look set to be firmly on the UK property agenda, particularly for businesses with a commitment to sustainability.

18.01.2010

Forshaws Davies Ridgway (FDR) and RBS have joined forces to bring SME Connect seminars to Warrington on Wednesday 10th February. SME Connect has been hosting successful seminar programmes in Manchester for over 18 months.

18.01.2010

We’re already well in to a new year, but has anything significant happened? Apart from the usual increase in gym memberships, the excitement of the 3rd round of the FA Cup (excitement if you’re not a Man Utd fan of course!) and the UK coming to a standstill at the slightest sign of snow this year we have also seen the return of the stamp duty threshold to £125,000

18.01.2010

Every employer is alert to the problem of “duvet days”, when employees, especially during the winter months, opt to stay under the covers and call in sick. Added to that, at this time of year, colds and flus, not to mention the dreaded swine flu, are all around and claiming new victims every day. The CBI estimates that the annual cost to British business of sick days is £13 billion. The average worker takes seven sick days a year.