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25/01/2012 - Stamp Duty breaks for first-time buyers end soon

First-time buyers need to act quickly if they are to complete buying their first home before the Stamp Duty exemption comes to an end on the 24th March 2012. Sarah Pottle, Property Team Leader at Midlands law firm Challinors, explains: “First time property purchasers could save up to £2,500 under the relief from Stamp Duty [...]

23/01/2012 - Two-way flexibility key to high performance, says research

Two-way flexibility between employers and employees over working time arrangements – and other flexible working practices – is the backbone to achieving work:life balance and maximising the chances of business survival, according to research by a leading international social science research centre. The Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER) is a global leader in research [...]

18/01/2012 - Dads could get equal rights to time with children

Proposals under consideration by the Coalition government could see divorced fathers receive the same legal rights as mothers over the amount of contact with children in divorce settlements. The government is expected to confirm its plans later in January, and the change could see Courts given a legal duty to ensure equality for divorcing fathers [...]

09/12/2011 - Latest work:life balance research unveiled

Research by the Warwick Institute for Employment Research into the growing importance for employers of offering staff a realistic work:life balance to help ride-out the economic downturn, will be unveiled at a free briefing event next month. Terence Hogarth, Principal Research Fellow at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, is keynote speaker at the Work:life [...]

28/11/2011 - Midlands’ lawyers raise £10,000 for Tiny Babies

Midlands law firm Challinors and the Birmingham branch of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have between them raised £10,000 for the Tiny Babies Big Appeal, run by the Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust Charities. The fundraising campaign provides vital financial support for the continued development and support of the new Neonatal Centre which opened [...]

23/11/2011 - Lawyers urge Midlands’ businesses to embrace international trade

Midlands SMEs are being urged to take full advantage of the regional funding packages and Government initiative to support a growth in UK exports that were unveiled at the recent ‘National Challenge’ conference event. With main speakers Prime Minster David Cameron, Vince Cable and Evan Davies, the event explored the growth the country needs to [...]

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