Copyright www.businesswomenscafe.com If you run a business, you must have clear health and safety rules in place and ensure that workers follow them. This was the message delivered by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which said that following sensible working practices – for example by referring to an HSE manual – reduces the risk of employees getting injured. The HSE made its comments in the wake of an incident in which a worker died [...]

Copyright www.businesswomenscafe.com Mums should have “flatter, fairer and more flexible” leave If you want to take time off work to have a baby, you should be subject to “flatter, fairer and more flexible” parental leave. This is according to independent thinktank Reform, which said that current arrangements are “short-changing” families that most need support. In a new report, the organisation suggested that high-earning mothers are able to receive larger maternity payments that women on lower [...]

Copyright INEA.co.uk IS THIS A LANDMARK CASE FOR THE DEPOSIT SCHEME The 81-year-old mother of John Osborne creator of the Brightmove.co.uk property portal and Osborne Estate Agents has just been horrified at the courts decission of the court in favour of a tenant. John reported the story to Rosalind Renshaw at EstateAgent Today: full article here: http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/News/Story/?storyid=2086&title=Elderly_widow_loses_tenancy_deposit_case&type=news_features#comment Today John repot to us that the former tenant has written with 7 days notice to pay compensation [...]

‘Copyright Telegraph.co.uk’ Pre-nuptial agreements were given significant recognition in English law for the first time yesterday after a wealthy German heiress won a landmark legal battle with her former husband. Three Appeal Court judges ruled that the assets of Katrin Radmacher – a paper industry heiress said to be worth £100 million – should be protected from her French ex-husband because of the pre-nuptial contract they signed before they married. In yesterday’s landmark ruling, Mr [...]

Introduction Divorce in the UK is an exercise that has been growing more and more expensive. The average cost of a divorce is estimated to be £13,000, with the more expensive divorces reaching from £25,000 to £50,000. It matters not whether the split is amicable or not – most of the legal fees are used to pay the solicitor. This article explains how divorce costs are divided and how to lower the cost of our [...]

The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) has an online service – Van Fuel Data – that lets you check the official fuel consumption and emissions figures for all new vans currently on sale in the UK. This information can help you make an informed decision about which vehicle is right for your business, based on its running costs and environmental impact. Vehicles included in the database are: •  small, medium and large vans •  four-wheel drive [...]