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Lawson-West sponsors Women in Business Awards 2019

Set to come into force on 6th April 2020, HMRC have released a raft of updated changes to the Off-Payroll Working rules and, in this article, we explore what these changes are and the affect they will have on businesses.

BREAKING NEWS - The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill, which aimed to bring in a system of no-fault divorce, has also been automatically dropped as a result of the Prime Minister proroguing Parliament.

In this article we look at divorce and separation from the children’s perspective and consider ways to limit the impact of this life-changing event.

Lawson-West hosts 'The Business Quiz' - 29th October - we are supporting LOROS in this charity quiz evening

Taking place on Tuesday 12th November, Lawson-West is sponsoring the Medium Business Executive of the Year category.

Palbir Vadesha, Solicitor and Head of Commercial identifies a few of the Hard Brexit choices that business owners may need to face in the coming months.

IHT is the tax applied to a person’s estate (their money, properties and possessions) after they have died.

A Beginner's Guide to Attorneyship - Everything you need to know if you are appointed as a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).

Our next Leicester seminar: Making Sense of Business Contracts

NEBOSH donates £500 cheque to LOROS as thank you for Lawson-West kindness
Due to the success and expansion of NEBOSH, the Leicester-based global organisation providing health, safety and environmental qualifications, the company found itself bursting at the seams for business accommodation to house its growing number of staff in Dominus Way, Meridian Business Park.

Employment tribunals can be unpleasant and uncomfortable and usually come at a time when an employee is already upset and worried.

Is it time to change the law when having to work in environments which are too hot?
This week could end up being the hottest July on record and while many workers are on holiday enjoying the sun, there are equally as many working in temperatures which are so hot that it can be detrimental to the individual’s productivity and lead to fatigue and low energy levels.

The likelihood of a hard Brexit is looming for Q4 2019 and we believe homeowners are choosing to move house now, rather than wait any longer, avoiding the uncertainty that a hard-Brexit could bring to the housing market if they waited until the Autumn.
If you have been holding-off of putting your property on the market, now would be a good time to get going. With house price increases continuing in specific regions (North West, East Midlands, West Midlands all predicted to be 3.0% price rise by the end of 2019), the Leicestershire property market is set to rise and the volume of house sales is increasing.