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With more and more retailers disappearing from our High Street and the corresponding growth in shopping on the internet, the Office of Fair Trading did a sweep of 156 of top retailer websites prior to...
View ArticleGazelle sculpture – update.
As you know, we have commissioned local sculptor Wendy Hunt to create a bronze gazelle for us. The project is moving forward. The plaster sculpture has been used to create a wax mould, and Wendy has...
View ArticleStacey jumps to raise money for Crohn’s disease research
LEGAL EAGLE: Stacy Quar, a trainee legal executive at business law firm Graeme Quar & Co in Hampshire, with parachute tandem instructor Chris Davison from GoSkydive. A legal eagle with business...
View ArticleThe Gazelle – taking shape
Wendy Hunt has sent this latest photo of the bronze gazelle sculpture, which is taking shape in the foundry. I am reminded of an “Airfix” kit. Surely there can’t be long to go!
View ArticleThere is more to Franchising than Burgers and Pizza!
What do these Businesses have in common? Bluebird Café Toni & Guy Hairdressers Riverford Organic Foods Yes they are established and recognised brands in the UK, but they are also businesses that...
View Articlebirdwatching
How many lawyers can say this? I am looking out of the office window at a pair of goldfinches. OK … now back to Read more...
View ArticleThink before you tweet!
This week has seen two well-publicised cases of individuals resigning jobs as a result of tabloid newspapers picking up on things they have posted on twitter. Paris Brown, a 17-year-old girl appointed...
View ArticleWheel growth for independent cycle retailer
WHEEL GROWTH: From left, Graeme Quar, Mike Paget and Robert Harris outside Solent Cycles’ fourth store, at the new shopping centre at Whiteley, Hampshire. The £64m leisure and retail complex, over...
View ArticleThe gazelle is finished
Our gazelle sculpture is now finished, and is on display in the boardroom. We are really thrilled with our new bronze. Sculptor Wendy Hunt and the team at the foundry have produced a beautiful piece....
View ArticleDon’t give lawyers something to get their teeth into!
I have previously posted about the need for employers to go about disciplinary processes in a manner that is fair and open-minded (see, for example, this post). The same applies to all other processes...
View ArticleRowling unmasked – by her lawyers!
Last Sunday Harry Potter author JK Rowling was revealed by the Sunday Times to have been the writer of a novel written by ‘previously unknown’ author Robert Galbraith. In the course of this week it has...
View ArticleSocial media – issues for employers and employment agencies/businesses
This is the text of some notes I prepared to support a talk that I gave recently on this subject to the South Region of TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement). Use of Social Media Have policies for...
View ArticleMake a record of those phone calls
Quite often I advise clients who have a situation that is becoming difficult, but in which they do not yet want to involve lawyers. I am therefore advising in the background. Sometimes the other party...
View ArticleGraeme’s trek for Send A Cow
As many of you will know, we’re long-term supporters of agricultural development charity Send a Cow. Graeme has been one of its Ambassadors for over 10 years, and has visited projects in Rwanda,...
View ArticleGraeme Quar & Co launch Wills and Estate Planning Division
WELCOME: Michelle Jenkins-Powell and Graeme Quar of business law firm Graeme Quar & Co, which has offices in Fareham and Petersfield, Hampshire. Michelle has been brought in to offer a new in-house...
View ArticleGraeme reaches the summit!
STOP PRESS! 10.35am, Monday 4 November 2013. We have just received a text message fom Graeme Quar. He is at the top of Ras Dashen, Ethiopia’s highest mountain! As you all know, Grame is taking part...
View ArticleCan an employer give a bad reference?
I am posting some advice I have given advice I have given a member of TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement), and which I have been permitted to share. THE QUESTION: Is there any circumstances you can...
View ArticleDecember Already?
Yes, the last month of the year is here already. The tree is now up. Come and see it, and enjoy a cup of our excellent coffee with us as well as a mince pie if we haven’t eaten them all!
View ArticleFarewell to Stacey
As we get ready to close the office for the Christmas and New Year holidays, we bid farewell to Stacey Quar. Stacey joined her father’s firm in July 2007, initially as a receptionist. Since then she...
View ArticleTraffic News
Everyone arriving in the office today has a story to tell about flooded roads following the very heavy rainfall over the last few days. This is the scene on the A32 at Wickham at about 9.00 am....
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