What are the Consequences of Scrapping Zero-Hour Contracts There has been a lot of discussion regarding the subject of so-called zero-hour contracts in recent years, and on 1st April 2015, Ed Miliband promised to ‘end the epidemic’ (of zero-hour contracts), which he claims are ‘undermining family life’, if Labour are successful in the forthcoming General [...]
SRB Award Shortlisted – Best for Customer Service and Best For Promotional Marketing Stone Rowe Brewer are delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s prestigious Property Forum Awards – Best for Customer Service and Best For Promotional Marketing We are proud to have been recognised by the judging panel as providing [...]
Princess Alice Hospice Fundraising Reaches £1,150 We are delighted to announce that SRB’s fundraising participation in Princess Alice Hospice’s ‘Make a Will Fortnight’ raised £1,150 for an outstanding local charity. Natalie Nesbitt and Barbara Davies, members of our Twickenham office's Private Client team, offered their Will writing expertise in exchange for a donation to Princess [...]
Success For SRB's London to Brighton Riders. The Fulwell Flyers left Clapham Common at 6:30am and were all safely in Brighton by 11am. The Team were held up 10 miles in when there was a crash on the course which prompted an approximate 30 minute wait. Once the team got going again they were flying [...]
Updated Regulations Affecting Consumer Contracts New regulations coming into force on 13 June 2014 will change the way many businesses enter contracts with their clients. In many cases, businesses will have to update their standard terms and conditions and other pre-contract documentation. If they do not, they will risk being unable to recover payment for [...]
Twickenham Young Person's Poetry Competition results The judges were delighted with the quality of entries to the SRB sponsored Twickenham Poetry Competition for 4-16 year-olds. It was really lovely to read all the different perspectives of Twickenham and to discover what the town means to the young residents. The winners' poems are printed below, but [...]
Four Skills to Learn Before Mediation So you’ve met or spoken to your solicitor and the mediator. You’ve told them the issues, talked about your broken relationship, your finances, your hopes and aspirations for the future – it’s clear the only thing standing in the way of you moving on is your disengaged or unreasonable [...]
Offering credit terms, is risky for business? Retention of Title – an effective remedy? In our current difficult economic climate, businesses are taking an increasing risk when supplying goods on credit terms. Whilst, commercially, a seller of goods may have little option but to give credit if it wants to remain competitive, there is always [...]
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill amended The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (ERRB) has been amended by the government at the very last minute – at Report Stage – in the House of Commons to remove a basic right of injured workers. If this clause remains, employers will no longer be liable in the civil [...]
Stone Rowe Brewer – Supporting the Community This weekend saw Stone Rowe Brewer support two community events, the Junior Golf Open at Fulwell Golf Club and the Brain Tumour Trust Charity Cricket Match in Fleet. At Sunday's Brain Tumour Trust charity cricket match, which featured England's Darren Gough as a special guest, SRB provided a face [...]