Natalie Marrison, Head of Ramsdens Abuse & Personal Injury team hosted a webinar to 30 professionals across the region.

At Ramsdens we are pleased to announce our latest intake of trainee solicitors; Aamir Arif, Danielle Hutchison and Sam Durling. The trio began their training contracts at the beginning of September and will be situated across our 14 branch locations.

Ramsdens welcome the NQs to work in the Employment, Commercial Property and Private Client teams after they successfully completed their two-year training contracts.

Following the latest impact on the market by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Government are introducing new legislation from 31st August and 1st September in a bid to provide more flexibility to the property sector, and most importantly the high street.

As part of the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust #SpectacularSeptember, a team of Ramsdens employees are taking part in the virtual Great North Run on Sunday 13 September.

Since our first virtual MYNetwork back in April, the online monthly networking platform has gone from strength to strength, with attendee numbers steadily rising each month as we continue to navigate through social restrictions.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) is set to change again from 1 September 2020 in line with previous government announcements. Effective from 1 September 2020, the government will reduce the percentage amount an Employer can claim under the scheme by 10% down to 70% of employee salary.

The journal Lancet Oncology last week predicted that delays in treatment since Covid in March could lead to 3,500 avoidable cancer deaths in England in the next five years. Mary Smith, an expert in clinical negligence claims based in Bristol, stated that the NHS was struggling to meet service demand before the pandemic took place with a waiting list amounting to 4 million.