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Endeavour at North Yorks County Show
Come and visit our stand at the North Yorkshire County Show held at Otterington Hall, South Otterington, Northallerton DL7 9HW to collect your free gift and have a go at face painting!
Posted in: News & PR
Visit Endeavour at NEPIC’s Meet the Members Event
Come and visit us at NEPIC’s Meet the Members Event on Thursday 5th June at the Excel Centre, Newton Aycliffe. We are hosting a stand alongside 90 other exhibitors looking to meet some of the 450 delegates. The day will be packed full of high-profile speakers and plenty of businesses to find out more about.
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Dismissing an employee: taking the right steps
Two recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) cases highlight some of the issues a business needs to consider when contemplating dismissing an employee.
Posted in: Employment Law
Endeavour’s Jamie Brown and Catherine Devereux present award
Endeavour Partnership’s partner Jamie Brown and Associate Catherine Devereux presented Middlesbrough amateur swimming club chairman with a Teesside Heroes Award, given to unsung community champions by Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Society.
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Covert recordings of meetings admissible in evidence
In Punjab National Bank (International) Limited and others v Gosain UKEAT/0003/14, the EAT held that covert recordings of public and private conversations by an employee at disciplinary and grievance meetings were admissible in evidence and could be considered by the Tribunal when it came to determining the case at full hearing.
Posted in: Employment Law
Wages were not a pre requisite for employment status
In the recent case of Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills v Knight UKEAT/0073/13, the EAT considered whether a managing director and sole shareholder who had not received salary for two years could be an employee and therefore entitled to a redundancy payment from the Insolvency Service under section 166 of ERA 1996.
Posted in: Employment Law
New policy on national minimum wage enforcement
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has published details of its updated policy on enforcement of the national minimum wage, which includes the revised scheme for naming and shaming employers, and the new system of increased financial penalties of up to £20,000 for the most serious cases.
Posted in: Employment Law
Endeavour Partnership advises on financing of new product launch
Endeavour Partnership advised Growthfunders and Rivers Capital Partners on their investment into Chop2Bowl.
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Changes in regulations relating to selling goods / services
If your business sells goods, services and/or digital content to consumers, you should be aware of some upcoming changes which may mean that you will need to amend your sales processes and procedures (including your relevant terms and conditions).
Posted in: Corporate / commercial updates
Chancel Repair Liability – Risk Reduced but Not Gone…
What is Chancel Repair Liability? Chancel Repair Liability stems from medieval times and is the liability of a landowner to pay for the repair of the chancel of a parish church. It was generally considered to be of academic interest only, until it shot to prominence about ten years ago when Andrew and Gail Wallbank, […]
Posted in: Commercial Property