The government risks breaching its obligation to provide a criminal defence service unless it urgently comes to the rescue of struggling legal aid firms, the Law Society warned this afternoon. Without extra support on top of existing initiatives to help businesses survive Covid-19, the sector is facing collapse, Chancery Lane says. Writing for lawgazette.co.uk, president …
Continue reading “Legal aid firms 'getting desperate' – Law Society”
Thousands of UK small businesses are missing out on business grants for two reasons (Report, May 18). Firstly, they operate in a shared premises such as a market hall, and secondly they are not the named business rates payer. Market traders — often the business owners themselves — have seen revenue drop to zero coupled …
Continue reading “Letter: Market traders’ woes highlight flaws in business grant scheme”
Small businesses will be able to open a single online store selling products through Facebook and Instagram thanks to a new feature launched by the tech giant today. Facebook Shops, which will be rolled out over the coming months, allows customers to buy products through a firm’s business Facebook page or Instagram profile, or through …
Continue reading “Facebook launches new shopping feature to help small firms move online”
At a time in one’s life that should be their “golden years,” women over 65 are 80% more likely than men to live at or below the poverty line (9% as compared with 5%). One reason for this: divorce. A woman can expect an almost 30% decline in her standard of living following divorce, while …
Continue reading “5 common financial mistakes women make during divorce – MarketWatch”
Home > News The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a further £1.5million emergency response fund to provide victims of domestic abuse with safe accommodation and support if they need to flee their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. The Mayor’s newly established £1.5m emergency response fund will provide urgent crisis support to survivors of …
By Ryan Denison | Wednesday, May 20, 2020 America facing shortage of ‘economically attractive’ unmarried men, study says; expert suggests churches can help. | Getty images How have you and your significant other been doing lately? For many, the quarantine was a boon to their relationships initially, with couples reporting that the extra time together …
Continue reading “Will divorce rates increase because of the coronavirus quarantine?”
“For some couples, the equilibrium relied on the fact that that they didn’t see each other very often or they were able to see their lovers,” said Annamaria Bernardini di Pace, a divorce lawyer. Since lockdown began on March 9, she has taken on 12 new divorce proceedings. The loss of jobs and worries about …
Image copyright Smith Collection/Gado Facebook and New Zealand’s Prime Minister are the latest supporters of flexible working as companies mull back-to-office strategies. On Thursday, Facebook said it plans to shift towards a more remote workforce as a long-term trend. New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern this week suggested a four-day working week, partly to boost tourism …
Continue reading “Coronavirus: Flexible working will be a new normal after virus”
Cycling legend Sir Bradley Wiggins and his wife Cath are separating after 16 years of marriage. The British Olympic star tweeted the sad news of the split last night and said their two children remained ‘a priority’. The Olympian – who lives with the Trough of Bowland, north of Preston with Cath – wrote: ‘It is with …
The majority of the British workforce would not have imagined working from home this year, with the majority used to working in offices and commuting. Around 1.7million people worked from home in 2019, or five per cent of the work force, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics But the coronavirus pandemic has …
Continue reading “How to work from home successfully: 10 tips from bosses”