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How to maximise profit through your people!

January 7, 2020 by Tracey Hopkins in HR

Your staff are your biggest asset and key to the success of your business, but do you give them the TLC they need to lead, inspire and support your

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Snow days! What are your rights as an employer if your employee cannot work due to adverse weather?

January 7, 2020 by Justine Crabtree in Business

It isn’t too often in the UK that we are hit by inclement weather, but when we are it can have a devastating impact on business due to the problems

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Insights from our Managing Director: Stand For Something More

January 3, 2020 by Gavin Howarth in Business

Insights from our Managing Director; Gavin Howarth Stand For Something More We shouldn’t, and don’t have to, rely entirely on the Government to make this country a better place. I

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Insights from our Managing Director: Family First

December 20, 2019 by Gavin Howarth in Business

Insights from our Managing Director; Gavin Howarth Family First Anyone who works in business with their dad, mum, brother, sister, spouse or other family member knows that if you let

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Reflecting on 2019: Here are some of our highlights…

December 17, 2019 by Justine Crabtree in Business

We can’t believe 2019 is almost at a close! It’s been an eventful year full of developments here at Howarths, so we thought we’d take a minute to reflect

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5 ways HR saves your business money…

December 17, 2019 by Katie in HR

1. By reducing the chances of you recruiting the wrong people Many businesses waste precious resource recruiting the wrong people by not having a properly thought out recruitment process. Those

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Annual leave roll over and sickness

December 6, 2019 by Charlotte Geesin in Employment Law

Under the EU’s Working Time Directive, all member states are required to provide all full time employees with at least 4 weeks (or 20 days’) paid annual leave each year.

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General Election 2019: Parties publish employment law policies

December 6, 2019 by Justine Crabtree in Employment Law

Within the last couple of weeks, the three main political parties (the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats) have all published their respective manifestos. Each party has advanced some

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Christmas overtime: How long can staff work for?

December 6, 2019 by Charlotte Geesin in Employment Law

In some sectors, there is no getting away from the fact that overtime during the Christmas period is likely to be a necessity. The retail, hospitality, healthcare and leisure industries

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A Year of Recognition for Howarths

December 2, 2019 by Justine Crabtree in Business

It’s been quite the year for team Howarths when it comes to awards. After scooping the Family Business of the Year title at the 2018 National Family Business Awards,

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Howarths launch Business Immigration Law support service

December 2, 2019 by Justine Crabtree in Employment Law

We are happy to announce that we now offer business immigration law support services here at Howarths. The launch of this new service follows the completion of the Chartered Institute

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Music Extravaganza raises over £10,000!

November 15, 2019 by Justine Crabtree in Charity

Everyone at Howarths is absolutely delighted to announce that this year’s Music Extravaganza has raised over £10,000 to support the work of our family-run charity, The Howarth Foundation! Aiming to

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