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The North West Family Business Awards community come back together for ‘One More Time’
The organisers behind the successful North West Family Business Awards, The Family Business Network are hosting a virtual celebratory evening on 28th January to relive some of the magic from NWFBA2020 and bring those involved in the event, along with the wider...
Double Success for Cumbria-Based Stan Sherlock Associates
Carlisle based financial planners and friends of the network, Stan Sherlock Associates, is celebrating two successes to start the new year. The team has just been shortlisted for the National Family Business of the Year award with Family Business United. Family...
Network Partner Expand Team With New Chartered Surveyor
One of the North’s leading independent rural property advisory firms and partner to the network, H&H Land & Estates, has expanded their team as they welcome Chartered Surveyor Helena White. Based in the Kendal office, Helena will advise clients on rural...
Business Evictions Ban Extended Until March Due to Covid
The government has extended the ban on business evictions until the end of March because of the continuing Covid pandemic. Stephanie Johnson, Associate Solicitor at network partner Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors, provides an update. There will also be a review of...
Charity Platform Expand With New Recruits After Strong Year of Growth
Chesterfield-based Investors in Community, the platform that The Family Business Network uses for charitable donations, has expanded its team after seeing a 68% increase in the number of charities using the platform since March. New additions include the Teenage...
Cartmell Shepherd Report on Government’s Crackdown Plans for ‘Unfair’ Employment Clauses
Network Partner Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors' Head of Employment & HR Joanne Stronach reports on the government's plans to crackdown on what it describes as unfair employment contracts that restrict worker freedom. The measures could include banning the use of...
A Lifeline for Lake District Guesthouses
Has today been one of those where it feels like you have stepped into an episode of Fawlty Towers? Between staff calling in sick, the government COVID-19 restrictions changing and guests complaining about their eggs being too runny, the dream of running a quaint...
Cartmell Shepherd Solicitor Combines Legal Career with Helping Out on Family Farm
Newly qualified solicitor Emma Blamire from Network Partner Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors combines her legal career with helping out on her family’s farm near Carlisle. If Emma Blamire had to choose one place to live in the world, it wouldn’t be far from her home in...
Grants Available from Cumbrian Legacy Fund
Cumbria Community Foundation is urging more community groups in the Wigton area to apply for funding through the Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust Fund. Joyce Wilkinson, who lived in Westward, left a lasting legacy to her community and a wonderful way to be remembered....
A look back at 2020 and a New Year message from Enterprise Answers
Partner of The Family Business Network and not-for-profit lender, Enterprise Answers reflects on the unique challenges and achievements of 2020 for businesses in the North West. They say: During a year which has brought about so many uncertainties and difficulties, it...
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