Hedges Law are proud to have joined the growing amount of businesses who are recognising the enonormous benefits of Employee Ownership. As The Times acknowledges, Employee Ownership Trusts stood at 470 in June last year, but this June that number had risen to 730. It is clear that EOT’s still represent a miniscule proportion of […]
Category: Business
The ambiguity and in some cases outright refusal surrounding business interruption payouts from insurers has been the cause of many sleepless nights for business owners up and down the country. It therefore comes as no surprise that the possible lifeline extended to them by the decision of the Supreme Court may be the dose of […]
Last week the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership announced the details of its exciting new Escalate programme to support social enterprise and business growth in Oxford. It’s great to see this support and opportunity being made available to this growing and important part of the Oxfordshire economy!
With Brexit uncertainty still haunting businesses and investors alike, it’s great to see that the UK tech sector is continuing to attract billions in venture capital funding. With so many opportunities for growth, start-ups looking to raise money should make sure they are prepared and understand the process to give them the best possible chance […]
The United Kingdom is being taken to the European Court of Human Rights over a decision made by the Supreme Court about the rights of a business to refuse to sell goods to a customer. Last year, the Supreme Court decided that Ashers Bakery, could refuse to sell its customer, Mr Lee, a cake because […]
We are so pleased to be associated with this amazing Twin Town Challenge charitable event and are already making plans for our “Battle of the Bands” themed car for the event next May. For those of you who don’t know, entrants spend the weekend travelling in an old banger from Witney to Le Touquet completing […]
We’ve heard a lot about paternity leave rights in the press recently, with calls for a fairer system to be introduced in the UK (allowing parents to share maternity/paternity leave and responsibility for dependents). As the Swedish system is usually heralded as one to aspire to I was really intrigued to read that great policies […]
You may remember that British Airways were in the news last year when hackers managed to steal personal data from their website by re-directing customers to a fraudulent site. 500,000 customers were affect. Wel, in one of the first fines the ICO have issued under GDPR, BA have been fined £183,390,000 (yes, you did read […]
According to the Sunday Times this weekend Next will be asking landlords to agree to a new lease clause to apply where a neighbouring tenant is allowed to pay a reduced rent under a CVA. In such circumstances Next would be entitled to the same rental reduction. No doubt landlords will resist this fiercely because […]
This book, The Anatomy of Peace, is one that falls into the category of ‘the books that changed my life’! I read it over the Christmas break last year, and mulled over several situations and it gave me some powerful insights and ideas to resolve problems and conflict. Whilst I can’t provide details here, I […]