Productivity in the UK has been a concern for many years. Fears that we are lagging behind our European cousins is nothing new. There are many complex factors in this debate, but the argument has raged particularly strongly around working from home in recent years. The WFH revolution in the wake of the Covid Pandemic […]

Many will have already seen the remarkable LinkedIn clip of Tilly Lockey who lost both arms as a baby. Her incredible journey with UK-based company Open Bionics was, until recently, quite simply the stuff of science fiction. Today pioneering partnerships between medical science and technology offer severely injured or disabled people the chance to lead […]

Health, both mental and physical, is a crucial consideration in our everyday lives. But fitting in your daily dose of exercise can de difficult, especially when balancing it with the demands of a busy job. That’s why Bydand Group has teamed up with Manchester Young Professionals to offer a series of events aimed at busy […]

One of the key factors hindering people from entering the legal profession, especially from less privileged backgrounds, is the difficulty in gaining that all important work experience. In a bid to increase social mobility, ‘Magic Circle’ firm, Linklaters has launched a new digital platform enabling anyone to gain a valuable window into a day in […]

Analogies are often made between sport and business. It can be argued that successful sports people have much in common with leading professionals or captains of industry. Hard work, motivation, the ability evaluate successes and failures, coupled with a certain single mindedness, are traits found in commerce as well as within top athletes. Being an […]

Yesterday the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)launched a public consultation into the quality and effectiveness of audit. The consultation, led by Sir Donald Brydon, is the next step in a process which has the potential to significantly overhaul the industry. But could this heightened scrutiny of the ‘Big Four’ and their traditional strangle […]

A generation ago intellectual property lawyers had it easy! Video games were in their infancy, the internet was barely taking its first halting steps and streaming was something you did when suffering a severe dose of man flu. How times have changed. As if the topsy-turvy political roller coaster was not enough, developments in technology […]

One of the more interesting pieces of recruitment in the legal job market was the hiring of Alison Saunders by ‘magic circle’ firm Linklaters. The former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was no stranger to the headlines presiding over a tricky five-year period at the head of the Crown Prosecution Service. She has now secured […]

Decisions, decisions, decisions! What to do next, how to do it, when to do it, where to do it? These questions could apply to any decision-making process but for sake of relevance I will consider the prospect of a new career. At some point in time most of us will have the need or are […]

International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the vast achievements of women in all spheres of life and to take stock of where we are as we strive to achieve true fairness and gender parity. These days, the list of successful women on whose experiences and successes we can draw is endless, whether it’s […]