Stuart Anderson

Legal Business News - The Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy, and the acclaimed actor and activist Maxine Peake are two of the latest figures to share their insights and opinions in Women in the Law UK s Talking Law podcast series.

Education Business News - The owner of a popular South Ribble day nursery has expanded her business by acquiring a childcare setting in Greater Manchester.

Legal Business News - The international professional services group ETL Global has acquired the Top 200 law firm Laytons LLP through its existing UK law firm investment Glaisyers Solicitors. The deal has doubled ETL Global s footprint in the UK legal sector.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment, the mutually owned provider of savings and investments, has announced the bonus rates that will be paid this year to members who hold investments in its with-profits funds. These bonuses are based on the friendly society s performance in 2020.

Legal Business News - Glaisyers Solicitors has taken on seven new members of staff as it continues to grow a number of its key practice areas. The new starters will bolster its Legal 500-ranked litigation practice, its property and costs teams, and its administration department.

Leisure Business News - A Bury-headquartered business sales specialist has hailed the sale of three food and drink businesses in the borough since mid-February as a vote of confidence in the town s economic future.

Technology Business News - The Halesworth, Suffolk-based property services and technology company Fjeld Consulting has launched a system that enables employers to deploy, and track, regular Covid-19 testing of staff. Testrak combines a mobile-friendly app with rapid antigen testing to enable businesses to monitor and limit the spread of coronavirus among their employees.

Finance Business News - Reacting to today s Budget, Peter Green, chief executive of the friendly society Healthy Investment, welcomed the decision by the Chancellor not to announce any immediate changes to the Capital Gains Tax CGT regime, beyond freezing the annual exempt amount AEA until 2026.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment, the historic mutually owned provider of savings and investments, is urging investors to make the most of this their annual Capital Gains Tax CGT allowances as the 5 April deadline for 2020 21 ISA subscriptions looms.

Legal Business News - Baroness Hale, the first female President of the UK s Supreme Court, is the star of the latest Women in the Law UK Talking Law podcast.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment, the historic Greater Manchester-based provider of savings and investments, has been accepted as a signatory to the Principles of Responsible Investment PRI . The PRI is a set of best practice guidelines drawn up at the instigation of the former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan.

Education Business News - A day nursery located on the outskirts of Abergele in Conwy has been put on the market.

Education Business News - A Hull childcare entrepreneur has expanded her operation south of the Humber with the acquisition of a long-established day nursery in North Lincolnshire.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment has made grants totalling 2,450 to help 14 of its younger members with the costs of higher education course materials during 2020. The grants were made from the Douglas Carr Memorial Scholarship Scheme, which was established in memory of a former chief executive of the historic financial institution.

Leisure Business News - A historic bed and breakfast in the Conwy village that inspired the first of the popular Brother Cadfael series of historical detective novels has been placed on the market by its proprietor.

Legal Business News - The founder and chair of Women in the Law UK, Sally Penni MBE, has raised almost 4,000 in sponsorship for mental health and suicide awareness charities by walking at least 5km every day for more than a month.

Education Business News - A trio of Oxfordshire day nurseries have been acquired by a fast-growing independent education provider.

Property Business News - Glaisyers Solicitors has advised TRG on the acquisition of The Ropeworks on Stanbank Street in Reddish, Stockport. The firm is also providing ongoing legal advice to the Manchester-based developer as it redevelops the 0.3 hectare brownfield site into 28 dwellings.

Legal Business News - Glaisyers Solicitors has added six new members to its team since the beginning of the Covid-19 restrictions on economic and social activity. Four of Glaisyers existing paralegals have also embarked on training contracts with the growing Manchester firm.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment, the historic Bury-based provider of savings and investments, has put together five tips for local investors who want to make sure their finances are aligned with their values. It has released this checklist in support of Good Money Week, an annual national campaign which this year runs from 24-30 October.