I don’t need a written contract Having a written contract is often low on the priority list when trading as a small business. Business owners will say “nothing has gone wrong so...
6 Beliefs About Contracts that are Wrong
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What you need to consider if your contractor goes bust
So you hired someone to provide services for you as a contractor and they go bust. It’s a tough situation and you might be feeling overwhelmed. You may think you're just out of...
5 Simple Steps to Writing a Non-Disclosure Agreement
If you’re dealing with confidential information or trade secrets, it’s always important to make sure that the people you’re sharing it with can be trusted to keep the information...
Share Options – Engaging employees with shares
Did you know you don’t have to pay your employees? Well, not quite, I am talking rubbish here. The minimum wage is still a thing, and your employees should be earning at least...
7 Reasons Why Terms & Conditions Are Important To Your Business
7 Reasons why Terms & Conditions are important to your business By Kerry Gibbs Terms and Conditions are often seen as an afterthought, or if ever thought of at all when...
The Oddest Place You Will Find Terms and Conditions
The Oddest Place You Will Find Terms and Conditions By Molly Cronin We all know terms and conditions and contracts are beginning to crop up everywhere, we’re living in an...
5 Top Tips for Start-ups and Growing Businesses
Due to the pandemic and global uncertainties, more people than ever have decided to take the leap into self-employment, to take back control over their future and their finances....
Mistakes to Avoid When Making JCT Construction Contracts
I. Introduction Entering into a JCT construction contract can be a daunting process. Even though the standard form may look simple, you’ll find plenty of construction-specific...
Data Protection Post-Brexit: What you need to know & are you still compliant?
It doesn’t seem possible that it was 4 years ago that GDPR a European Regulation, was the buzz word of the world. Businesses across the UK were panicking about the impending new...
JCT Building Contracts: 5 Major Pitfalls
JCT contracts are widely used and anyone working on a construction site is likely to have been asked to sign one. In this blog, we discuss what a JCT is, and outline five of the...
9 Unexpected Uses for Sub-contractor Agreements
In this blog, we thought we’d focus on 9 reasons you may wish to have a sub-contractor agreement drafted – and they might be ones you wouldn’t have thought of! Stops...
The Fundamentals of JCT Contracts
JCT contracts were created as a standard form of contract, to simplify the contracts process within the construction industry. However, the standard form is nowadays almost...