Funding Applications for the latest Innovation Vouchers programme now open with Invest NI
Posted By: Sarah Burrows
Funding Applications for the latest Innovation Vouchers programme now open with Invest NI Innovation Vouchers are available to Northern Ireland based small and medium sized enterprises, social enterprises and third sector organisations. This includes sole traders, partnerships, limite...
Summer/Autumn Edition – Charities and Social Enterprise Newsletter
Posted By: Sarah Burrows
Summer/Autumn Edition – Charities and Social Enterprise Newsletter The Summer/Autumn edition of our Charities and Social Enterprise Newsletter is now available and we have some thoughtful contributions this month from Myles McKeown and Rosemary Peters-Gallagher. If you...
New Charities Bill – Northern Ireland
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
New legislation has been introduced on 21 June 2021 into the Northern Ireland Assembly to partly address some of the matters arising from the decision of Madame Justice McBride in the High Court and the subsequent appeal to the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal in the case McKee and Others v Charity...
Unfair dismissal …Employers should be careful and be thorough
Posted By: Julie Leonard
Unfair dismissal …Employers should be careful and be thorough In a 2021 case, an employer dismissed an employee after he was seen at a social club smoking during a period of sickness absence. The employment tribunal has now ruled that this was an unfair dismissal. Mr....
Jenny Ebbage appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
Jenny Ebbage appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland Our charity partner Jenny Ebbage is delighted to be appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland. The Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland is one of four ind...
Edwards and Co joins forces with construction and procurement law specialist Quigg Golden
We are delighted to announce that Edward Quigg and James Golden of the construction and procurement law practice Quigg Golden have become partners in Edwards and Co while retaining their position as directors with Quigg Golden. Established in 1979, Quigg Golden has grown to have...
Posted By: Julie Leonard
If an employee is off sick due to coronavirus vaccine side effects, are they entitled to pay? As is always the case in employment related matters it is important to look at what the employment contracts say in this case whether the employer operates a contractual sick pay scheme. It&r...
