Employment
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Ashtons Head of Employment Law, Ross Strowger, gives his five top tips when preparing company directors’ Service Agreements. Tip 1: Know your director (and your company!) Understand the director’s employment...
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A straw poll of delegates at a recent webinar hosted by Ashtons revealed that only 49% had taken steps so far to ensure they were complying with the new Sexual...
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One of the Labour Party’s key manifesto pledges was to make sweeping changes to rights at work and to “Make Work Pay”. They asserted that the changes would be published...
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The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 (the Act) received Royal Assent in September 2023. While the Act sets out the framework for this new regime, further regulations are...
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Cecil Amey Opticians and Hearing Care has added a further three branches to its previous ten across Norfolk and Suffolk following the successful completion of its acquisition of Penningtons Opticians...
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Ashtons’ Corporate and Commercial team recently advised the owners of the electromechanical firm Rockford Components Limited (Rockford) on the sale of the company to AQ Group AB (AQ), a Swedish-based...
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Leading regional law firm Ashtons Legal has recently advised the shareholders and management team of ARC (Norwich) Limited, a recruitment consultancy business based in Norwich and Ipswich, on a successful...
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Ashtons’ Business Client Group has recently advised a number of businesses in the successful sales of their companies. Sale of Academy Plus Group Ltd in Cambridge In Cambridge, they worked...
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Ashtons Legal has recently advised the owners of Priory Insurance Brokers, an independent insurance broker based in Norfolk, on the sale of the company to the Alan Boswell Group, an...
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Keir Starmer’s Labour government has said in the King’s Speech, which opened the new session of Parliament on Wednesday this week, that it would create a new law setting out...
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Before the Employment Tribunal, the Claimant argued that he had been discriminated against by the Respondent because he was required to pay a flat weekly circuit fee of £148. This...
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As the UK approaches the General Election on 4 July 2024, political parties have laid out their manifestos, each presenting distinct visions for employment law reform. This article outlines the...
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