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Last Wednesday we hosted the second in our series of events aimed at employers and how they can protect their businesses by following the correct processes and procedures in employment...
Crane & Staples is proud to support the local charity Isabel Hospice by donating £250 to local runners, Eleanor and Dennis Draper as well as members of staff giving their own time...
A great article in the Comet today about the June Herts B2B expo, will you be going? We should be in good company with HSBC, RS Partnership, Costco and Corona...
Samantha Webb and Erica Pearce-Howard from Crane & Staples had another successful day at the Howard Centre, helping residents of Welwyn Garden City understand all the benefits of later life...
PROTECT AND PLAN FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND DID YOU KNOW………..? Even a joint bank account can be frozen if one of the account holders lacks capacity and there is...
We were delighted to hear that we’d reached the finals of the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce Inspiring Herts awards for 2014! Having entered two categories – Excellence in People Development...
Are you concerned about paying care home fees? Do you worry that you will have to sell your or your parents home to pay for care? Who will manage your...
Crane & Staples are pleased to support the Isabel Hospice Make a Will Week scheme from the 10th-14th March. We hope for another very successful year for the hospice. If...
A recent episode of Dragons Den saw applicants from Jollyday Luxury Campsite fail to secure funding for their established ‘glamping business’ as a result of possible misinformation regarding their business lease. The...
During the latter months of 2013 some local residents received a notification from HM Land Registry that the Marquess of Salisbury had applied to enter a unilateral notice to register...
January is the time for new beginnings, taking stock and planning ahead. Employment law continually changes, both with new legislation coming into force and case law constantly being created by...
The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, has announced advisory notes will be published to help prevent social media users from committing a contempt of court. This advice will be made available...
Following the tragic death of Matthew Crawley at the end of the last series of Downton Abbey, the first two episodes focused on the resultant problems of a husband and...
In April this year, the Government implemented the new Help to Buy equity loans for first time buyers. If a first time buyer secures a mortgage for 75% of the purchase...
Winner of most Enterprising Business- Samantha Webb and Sharon Montgomery receive their prize from sponsor Beverley Jones of the Goldsmith Centre. We were delighted to be finalists in three categories...
Wednesday 12th June (9am-4.30pm) PRE-HOLIDAY CHECKLIST – MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED BEFORE YOU GO! You may have your bags packed and switched off your lights – but have...
SMALL BUSINESSES AND SOLICITORS The Legal Services Board have recently published research into the legal needs of small businesses. The report analyses the findings of a survey of almost 10,000...
A great feature in the Herts Chamber of Commerce newsletter – quite a few of the Crane & Staples team made it onto the stage for the winners’ photo! Many...
You may have heard about what the newspapers tend to call “gay” marriage. In fact the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is about to become law. My focus here is...
We are delighted to announce that Crane & Staples has won the award for Excellence in People Development at the Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards 2013! Here’s what the judges had to...
19th-25th May 2013 This week is Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Awareness Week and here at Crane & Staples we want to get people talking about dementia. Did you know that there...
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is supporting Scams Awareness Month, run by Citizens Advice and Trading Standards, by warning people about bogus solicitors who clone genuine firms to obtain money...
We are delighted at the final amount we have managed to raise for the Isabel Hospice Make a Will Week. The total raised by Crane & Staples is £1690,...
We are delighted to have reached the finals for both categories we entered for this year’s Herts Chamber of Commerce Inspiring Hertfordshire Business Awards. We are finalists for Excellence in...
Crane & Staples clients Mr Dennis Draper and Mrs Eleanor Draper are no strangers to marathon running but this year they are running their 23rd London Marathon in support of...
George Osborne told MPs that the Government was taking tax off jobs, which would particularly help small businesses who wanted to hire their first employee or expand their workforce. From...
Following our theme of making a Will the Law Society has now reported that they welcome the proposed changes so that Will writing should now be regulated. Currently unqualified and...
On Wednesday, the Crane & Staples team were out in force in the Howard Centre, in support of the Isabel Hospice ‘Make a Will’ week. The team were answering your...
One Will does not “fit all” – your Will should be tailored to your personal circumstances – your life does not fit into a tick box. Wills allow you the...
Crane & Staples are happy to be supporting the Isabel Hospice again this year in their Make a Will Week campaign, 4th-8th March. Appointments are now limited, as we are pleased...
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