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What are employee rights when it comes to the menopause at work?
Karen Holden from A City Law Firm outlines the latest legal developments when it comes to the menopause in the ...
How can we change the female founders growth landscape?
There is a problem with scaling, investment and growth for female-led businesses. The facts are not pretty. How do we ...
At current rates, for all-female teams to reach even 10% of all deals will take more than 25 years (until 2045).
The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship published in March 2019, highlighted that up to £250 billion of new value could ...
Start-up / scale-up business protection tips: cashflow, investment, confidentiality, pre-contract terms
What do you need before you embark on your growth plan? Businesses, especially start-ups and scale-ups, will often need to ...
Where’s the stapler? | What to do if you think an employee is stealing
Whether it’s stationery going walkabouts, food vanishing from the fridge or chargers being ‘borrowed’ and never returned, office theft can ...
Top legal tips to franchise your business
There are many ways to expand your business, one option is franchising. This is where a business sells the right ...
Equal tweeting
Karen Holden from A City Law Firm on the complexities for employers of negotiating equality policy with regard to social ...
Pride in the Workplace: Inclusion what does this really mean
As we celebrated Pride month in June we all look to reflect on what has been achieved and what we ...
Pride in the Workplace
As we celebrate National Inclusion Week (26 September to 2 October), is your company doing enough to foster a genuinely ...
Business and the Gender Pay Gap
There have long been laws designed to stop pay discrimination in the UK. It is, in fact, unlawful under the ...
SICK LEAVE: YOUR RIGHTS AND HOW TO CLAIM THEM
How does a business thrive if its staff are sick, quarantining or sat on long NHS waiting lists, as employers ...
Legal Issues in the Tech Space
Technology is constantly evolving as more and more innovation is introduced into the market. Over the last 50 years, we ...
Calling Female Founders
Anyone see what’s wrong with this picture? – 0.8% of VC funding was afforded female led businesses in London -At ...
How to help children cope with Father’s Day when you have separated
Children can find separation and divorce difficult at the best of times. But on occasions like Father’s Day, it can ...
Falling out with your co-founders or directors how do you get back on track?
Running a company, especially where there are many different people involved, can often lead to differences of opinion and unfortunately ...
Hybrid and remote working: your rights
Karen Holden from A City Law Firm looks at the various legal issues that have arisen as more people choose ...
Why is it important to protect your IP rights?
Generally, IP is an invention or creation which can be owned and used for commercial benefits. It is often the ...
NFTs and the law
The UK government are planning to launch their own range of non-fungible tokens, a blockchain ‘token’ with a unique ID ...
Why we still have a gender pay gap in 2022
Karen Holden from A City Law Firm looks at legal issues around gender pay gap reporting and what the reasons ...
Open House – The Great Sex Experiment
Personal Blog of Janette Johnston Family & Child Solicitor A City Law Firm. As an experienced family & child solicitor ...
