“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank Charities benefit society and people all over the world, and many SMEs are setting up their own charities and foundations for this purpose. Not only does taking such a step benefit staff morale, but social responsibility can also boost a company’s standing and lead to […]
On Boxing Day 2017, former Home and Away actress, Jessica Falkholt was travelling back from Christmas celebrations on a New South Wales south coast road with her parents and sister. At around 10.45 am, a Toyota Prado, driven by Craig Whithall, veered to the wrong side of the road after failing to negotiate a sweeping […]
Anyone who has had a limb or extremity amputated will tell you how much they miss being able to do simple tasks quickly, easily and free from pain. Amputations following an injury can happen to anyone, and the results can be horrifying. In 2016, semi-professional football player and scaffolder, Jamie Mines, lost both his arms […]
Being able to offer substantial remuneration packages is essential to attract the best and the brightest, especially for pivotal management roles. One way you can achieve this is by creating a phantom share option plan, otherwise known as an incentive compensation plan. What is a phantom share scheme? Far from being slightly dodgy (as the […]
Pity poor Philip Hammond. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, he is charged with ensuring the UK remains financially solvent during a time when many sense the country is about to commit economic suicide in the form of Brexit, however he has faced a battering in recent weeks. Hammond infuriated Euro-sceptic MPs in the Conservative Party […]
The world has changed exponentially in the past 20 years. It is not only property, businesses, and jewellery that make up possessions in an estate – digital assets can also make up a significant part of a person’s’s estate. Clients are increasingly requiring digital assets to be included in their Will. However, the increase in […]
The collapse of the outsourcing giant, Carillion, is the second big business failure, following Monarch Airlines, which has impacted thousands of employees, customers, and suppliers in the last three months[1]. Latest estimates state around 30,000 businesses are owed around £1 billion in unpaid costs, and many are expected to go under themselves due to being […]
It is impossible for me to explain the trauma suffered by a parent who has experienced a stillbirth. Not only do the parents have to come to terms with the fact their baby has died, but the mother must also go through psychiatric injury and the agony of an induced labour to deliver her lost […]
Channel 4 News ran a story this week on Dr Helen Webberley, a GP in North Wales who runs a private clinic for trans-gender patients. Interestingly, no patients were seen sitting physically in her surgery during the report, instead, she consulted via Skype. Dr Webberley set up her Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) – which is […]
