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Charities must be prepared to nip bullying issues in the bud, according to Thursfields
A top employment lawyer at Thursfields Solicitors has offered expert advice on how the third sector can prevent bullying following a high-profile case involving a prominent UK charity. James Monk, an associate director in the Employment & HR Law department at Thursfields, was commenting after former Scottish Labour Party politician Douglas Alexander, who was chair of Unicef UK, was accused...
John Lewis funding boost delivers a perfect 10th birthday present for Miss Macaroon
A Birmingham social enterprise that has made 2.5million macaroons for global brands, royalty and a host of celebrities is celebrating ten years in business this week. Miss Macaroon has grown from a desire to use macaroons to help people back into work into one of the City’s leading employability programmes and a destination food venue for local people and visitors. Formed by pastry chef Rosie...
Law firm appoints new partner as private client team expands
A Worcestershire legal firm has bolstered its private client department with the appointment of a new partner. Giles Scott has joined mfg Solicitors as a partner and divisional head of the firm’s 38-strong private client offering. Based at mfg’s Adam House headquarters in Kidderminster, Giles is a specialist in matters that affect families and individuals including wills, estate planning and...
Remote working provides a silver lining as Pure Cloud Solutions enjoys a 20% sales boost
A ‘mobile first’ approach to business is putting one of the UK’s leading telecommunications and cloud providers on course for a record year. Pure Cloud Solutions, which has offices in Tamworth and Clydebank in Scotland, has won a string of new contracts from companies looking to support remote working in the wake of Covid-19, with turnover set to increase by 20% to £5.4million. Demand for the...
Thursfields advises DRPG as the Worcestershire communications agency sets its sights on US market
The corporate and employment teams at Thursfields Solicitors have advised Worcestershire-based creative communications agency DRPG on its latest acquisition. DRPG has bought London-based screen content agency A-Vision which provides film and video, production and digital services to clients including Apartments.com, CoStar Group and Avaya. Gareth Burge, director and head of corporate at...