Chairman’s Blog – Meeting Thursday 5th July 2012 27 members present, 1 guest. Rob Conroy from Intelligent Business Solutions Limited. Unmitigated joy at being back within the bosom of EBF. Arrived early only to find that Paul Booth had been there since 5.40 a.m. – but he was on the door this week. I had fond…
On 1st July new legislation brought in by the French government requires all motorists to carry a breathalyser kit in their car and, if caught without one, will face a fine of €11 (£9.00). Single-use breathalyser kits are available from as little as £2 and should be available from ferry port shops and other high-street retailers; it is…
Comments used to be one of the most used SEO strategies. It was also one of the most misused and abused strategies. Commenting on blog posts almost became a business in its own right with “professional” SEO companies offering to sell blog comments. If you were the target of this type of campaign, you knew…
The European Court of Justice has ruled that employees who fall ill during annual leave are entitled to reclaim the time off at a later time, under the Working Time Directive. The judgment was made in a case brought by a Spanish trade union against a group of department stores so employers out there beware…
Meeting Thursday 21st June 2012-06-21 27 members, 1 guest Sara Hemming of Regain Case Management 6 members present by 6am, busy early networking. I would like to stimulate the great scrambled egg debate. Breakfast was its usual good standard and the SE was outstanding, soft, slightly runny and a succulent joy to the palate. I know…
TM Law recently did a very sucessful seminar on top tips to make sure you get paid and what to do about it if you dont get paid. if you want to know more then please contact us or look at the web page which will be posted soon and in the meantime look at…
If you have an accident at the minute you claim compensation and your legal costs from the party that injured you – seems fair to me. The insurance industry however have got in with the government and have made plans to make YOU pay your own legal costs out of your compensation- does that sound…
No is the simple answer. You only need to sign a compromise agreement if your employer is offering you something more that you are legally entiteld to when making you redundant. If your employer is just paying you what the law entitles you to- why would you want to sign away your rights to bring…
Chairman’s Blog Meeting Thursday 14th June 2012 A beautifully sunny morning made it almost worthwhile getting up at 5.a.m.: the pleasure was complete seeing all of your happy smiling faces, well 28 of you anyway. I felt it was a very good and lively meeting. Its always good to have a new member induction…
Members of Essex Business Forum attended First Bowl in Billericay for an evening of bowling fun. The first two games were a real mixed bag of results with Tina Walker making full use of the childrens bumpers on her lane and Terry Maylin just one pin away from a Turkey. After these games had completed we…