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Firms warned over new rules on staff transfer
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From January 31 new legislation surrounding TUPE transfers comes into force across England and Wales, with the regulations mainly applying to the buying and selling of businesses.
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John Wyn-Evans: Hold tight for choppy waters ahead in equity markets
Banking & Finance
The initial salvo of results in 2014 could best be described as a mixed bag, which goes some way towards explaining the performance of equity markets so far this year.
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Insurance clampdown sees seven Midland law firms close
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Four high street law firms in Birmingham, as well as practices in Wolverhampton, Coventry and Redditch, are among those forced to wind down following a purge by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.17 - Sir Paul Ruddock (£300m)
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Financier Sir Paul Ruddock retired from Lansdowne Partners – the investment management company he co-founded in 1998 – in March 2013.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.18 - Paul Newey (£230m)
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Paul Newey loves playing poker. So much so that he is said to have paid £600,000 for a seat at the World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: More challenges to wills are likely
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Arguments over wills are becoming ever more of an issue because of continuing trends in family life, for example with more couples being in second marriages.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: Where there's a will
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Just one third of the population makes a will. Matthew Hansell explains why it's time for the other two thirds to consider their bequest.
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Ten promoted following upturn for legal firm
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Wright Hassall, established in 1846, has promoted outsourcing solicitor Pete Maguire and dispute resolution solicitor Daniel Jennings to partners
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Birmingham law firms 'exceeding profit forecasts'
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Survey suggests a need for firms to concentrate on ensuring their long-term financial stability despite the rise in income
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Distress index backs up positive signs in the region
Banking & Finance
According to R3’s latest Business Distress Index, a record 73 per cent of Midlands businesses are now showing at least one key indicator of growth
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Experts predict unemployment below 7% 'within months'
Banking & Finance
The latest quarterly forecast from the EY ITEM Club warns raising interest rates too soon, before real wages have also begun to improve, could risk choking off the fragile consumer-led recovery
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Birmingham Law Society warns of more law firm closures if legal aid cuts go ahead
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James Turner, chair of the criminal law committee at Birmingham Law Society, has issued a stark warning as a bitter war of words rumbles on between the legal profession and the Government.
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Industrial revolution's founding fathers James Watt and Matthew Boulton to remain on £50 bank notes
Banking & Finance
£50 notes depicting the first governor of the Bank of England, Sir John Houblon, are to be withdrawn from circulation
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Major profits rise at Arden Partners
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Revenues at the AIM-listed outfit climbed to £10.1 million from £9.8 million
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Homeserve hit by larger than expected fine
Banking & Finance
The company revealed it had received a warning from the Government watchdog advising it faced a penalty total of £34.5 million
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John Hemming: We must change the way family courts are run
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Birmingham MP says a lot of human misery is being caused by the º£½ÇÊÓƵ's family law
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Office moves mark new chapter for Forresters
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Forresters – founded in the city 130 years ago this year – has moved its Liverpool office into the historic Port of Liverpool building
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Midven and Minerva in £100,000 investment
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Boost for Caption Data Limited (CDL), based in Worcester, which supplies remote monitoring equipment
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Motor retailer agrees bank deal for expansion plans
Banking & Finance
Brindley Garages Group has secured a multi-million pound funding package from Lloyds Bank
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DAC Beechcroft renews lease at Brindleyplace
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The company has agreed to take a further five years on its current 25,054 sq ft premises, which includes the building’s third and fourth floors, and will be taking a further 4,341 sq ft on the second floor.
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Barristers strike over legal aid cuts
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Up to 90 barristers, some in full legal attire, protested outside the entrance to Birmingham Crown Court amid a growing war of words over the future of the criminal justice system.
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Historic strike action for barristers over legal aid cuts
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Lawyers will protest in legal dress outside Birmingham Crown Court today as part of a campaign by members of the legal sector
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Barristers to protest against legal aid cuts outside Birmingham Crown Court
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Leading lawyers to walk out after concerns were "ignored" by Justice Secretary
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The investment advisors with nothing to sell
Banking & Finance
One imagine banks to be the automatic go-to choice for individuals or families with large amounts of money to invest - but many of the super-rich prefer a different approach, as Enda Mullen discovers.
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