Chairman’s Blog Tuesday 30th July 2013. Holidays have finally hit us, Robert Mayes, Anne Clark, Scott Griffiths and Paul Booth, regular attendees were all away. Despite these absentees 10 in all attended with Jim Henshaw stepping up as a “stand in” for Scott Griffiths as Membership Secretary, well done Jim.
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Chairman’s Blog Thursday 25th July 2013 In contrast with last week, a relatively low turnout. Holidays finally taking their toll on numbers. 20 in all including Danielle White from Redwood Clark. David Plumley delivered the Education Slot emphasising the distinction between “mere leads” and “referrals”. Generally as a group we are clear in its distinction…
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Chairman’s Blog Tuesday 23rd July 2013 13 people braved the thunder lightning and rain and were rewarded with perhaps our most effective meeting to date. 2 guests included Kieran Sweeney from Utility Warehouse for the second week. I understand he will be joining and I look forward to inducting him as a member. Nozzy Nyathi…
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Chairman’s Blog Meeting Thursday 18th July 2013 28 present including 2 guests, Danielle, Kim Redwood-Lee’s daughter and Nige Kirby from the Billericay Meeting. A really good turnout given the holiday season and the increased numbers gave the meeting a real buzz.
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Chairman’s Blog Meeting Tuesday 16th July 2012 13 in attendance including 1 guest invited by James Henshaw – Kieran Sweeney of the Utility Warehouse. Brian Painter delivered the Education Slot entitled “you only get one chance to make a first impression” and as we moved into the 60 seconds round this was picked up by Scott…
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Chairman’s Blog Thursday 11th July 2013 22 Members present largely as a result of holidays. It is that time of year I suppose. David Plumley presented the Education Slot and rightly reminded us of the importance of 1 2 1’s, indeed the returns we are receiving do indicate a slight drop off. We should all…
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For those of you who have been following my blogs you will have noticed recently a change in court fees. Having studied it closely there is some good news which is that the court issue fees for issuing claims online have actually gone down! For example where you are owed under £300 the court fee…
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Chairman’s Blog Tuesday 9th July 2013 10 present. Apologies received from Adam Hotson, Jim Henshaw and Nigel Kirby. At these meetings it is always the Chairman’s most satisfying task to induct a new member. Today was no exception and Rosemary Cleave of RMK Insurance is now a fully fledged member, welcome Rosemary.
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You can’t take it: it belongs to my other half The High Court sheriff is often in the situation where they are seizing assets that belong to a couple, married or co-habiting, and defendants state that the items belong to their spouse and therefore cannot be seized. In many cases, they are wrong! Is…
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If you are an employee and thinking about bringing a claim in the tribunal, you should do so sooner rather than later as on 29th July you will have to pay a fee of between £160 and £250 to bring a claim . Also you will have to pay a fee for a hearing and…
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