Trowers & Hamlins

Thinking Business is back, with more of the latest insights and commercial thinking to help your business adapt, grow and be successful in an ever rapidly changing world. In anticipation of our full release, we're giving you a sneak peek at one of the topics we'll be covering. In our first article, Rebecca McGuirk and Nicola Ihnatowicz look at the growing importance of values in the workplace, particularly in the younger generations, and the actions that businesses may need to take to recruit and attract talent, and importantly retain their employees. Read here: https://bit.ly/4ePtVWg #ThinkingBusiness #Employment #Values

Join us at Forum for the Built Environment (fbe) Greater Manchester's Rethinking Regeneration event on Thursday 11 July where we will be sharing nine recommendations from our Rethinking Regeneration report. Our Head of Real Estate Suzanne Benson will share the report's key findings, which are based on an 18-month UK wide research project, and Duncan Lamb from EvaluateLocate will look into economic vitality data on Manchester to assess the impact of some notable local regeneration projects. Suzanne Benson will be chairing a panel discussion where guests will be able to hear from: Rob Haslam, Regional Head of Planning at Harworth Group plc Sarah Ashurst, Head of Partnerships and Investment at Salford City Council Nick Jones, Director of Development at The Riverside Group Duncan Lamb, Director at EvaluateLocate To discover more about the event and book your place, follow the link below: https://bit.ly/3zH5fiw #Regeneration #RethinkingRegeneration

Labour has won the general election! Following this announcement, launching today, we have our brand new HRLaw Hub page on our website, where you will find all of our content looking at what this new government has in store for Employment law. As well as election news, you'll find this month's HR Law newsletter, and all you need to know, with the latest updates on Employment law and people issues. Look out for our special podcast from our Trowers Employment law experts Rebecca McGuirk and Nicola Ihnatowicz who discuss Labour's New Deal for Working People and the potential impact on employers. Read here: https://bit.ly/3XO2SV9 #Employment #Labour

Listen to our post-Election result podcast with Head of Employment Rebecca McGuirk and Partner Nicola Ihnatowicz, where they discuss Labour's New Deal for Working People and the potential impact on employers. They cover key proposals such as the extension of unfair dismissal rights, changes to parental leave, reforms to worker status, the potential ban on exploitative zero hours contracts, trade union reforms and the potential implementation timeline for these changes. Listen here: https://apple.co/45UXhyu #GeneralElection #Labour #Employment

Summer of Inclusivity continues next week. Rebecca McGuirk will be joined by Nicola Ihnatowicz and Stephanie T. to look at the ever shifting culture war of hybrid working. With differing opinions emerging between those who see home and hybrid working as the future of work, and those who would prefer a return to full time attendance in the workplace, we're ready to take your questions. Register here for next week's Trowers Tuesday: https://bit.ly/4ctloXl #HybirdWorking #TrowersTuesday

Senior Associate Rebecca Goldring and Partners Nick Green, Eileen Duncan and Richard Jordan hosted a breakfast seminar in Dubai this morning to discuss the potential impact that the UK election will have on the private client sector across the UK and UAE. Thanks to all who participated in this timely and insightful discussion. #TrowersInternational #GeneralElection

Taxpayer wins big in SDLT mixed use case! Head of Tax Andrew Sneddon and Partner Alex Barnes discuss a rare defeat for HM Revenue & Customs in respect of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). The First-tier Tribunal has ruled in favour of the taxpayer in the case of Guerlain-Desai v Revenue & Customs Commissioners. The outcome? The taxpayer is entitled to recover £225,250 in SDLT on her house purchase. With the recent abolition of multiple dwellings relief, taxpayers may increasingly explore mixed-use rules to minimise SDLT liabilities. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3L68OS5 #TaxLaw #PropertyTax

Our latest edition of Local Government Matters is out now! As we await the General Election we look at how each party's manifesto will impact on local government activity, employment law and the possible changes that will ensue in the next political cycle. We also include our most recent report on the future of digital in local government, the outcome of our most recent cyber survey as well as a number of webinars and knowledge bites on the Procurement Act 2023. To read more, click here: https://bit.ly/4bs7K5B #LocalGovernmentMatters #PublicSector

In the lead up to the General Election on July 4th, Partner, Josh Partridge and Trainee Solicitor, Emily King, summarise the manifesto commitments made by each party in relation to the UK energy sector. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3zw832c #GeneralElection #Manifestos #Energy #Sustainability

We are delighted to announce that we have promoted seven to our partnership. Congratulations to Kathryn Noble, Matthew Friedlander, Andrew Waite, Chris Philpot, Alex Sharples, Louis Sebastian and Raya Al Harthy. Read more here: https://bit.ly/45N3bSd #Partners #Promotions