Backhouse Solicitors News
This summer our staff enjoyed an afternoon of bonding, socializing, and a very unique team building event. The afternoon kicked off with an inhouse Dragon’s Den meets the Apprentice team building and training event. Each group broke off into separate rooms where they discussed a [...]
Three new pieces of employment legislation that will give parents and carers new protections at work received Royal Assent on 24 May 2023. In this article, we look at the new rules and protections that will be introduced, who will benefit and what employers will [...]
On 2nd May 2023 the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 received Royal Assent. This means that employers withholding tips from staff will soon become unlawful. In this article we look at why the new rules are coming in, who will benefit and what issues [...]
Here we have our annual update on the changes to statutory pay rates taking effect from April 2023. National Minimum Wage New Rate from 1 April 2023 Old Rate Increase National Living Wage £10.42 £9.50 9.7% 21-22 Year [...]
We are pleased to announce that our team has chosen Dementia UK as our Charity of the Year for 2023. This charity has touched the hearts of many of us and we are looking forward to supporting the amazing work they do over the next [...]
We are delighted to have supported Farleigh Hospice as our Charity of the Year throughout 2022. The entire team at Backhouse have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the amazing events run by Farleigh as well as donating time and money to many in-house events. The [...]
What an enjoyable evening catching up with friends old and new! 2022 was a fantastic year for Backhouse Solicitors thanks to the support of our wonderful clients and friends. We wanted to say a big "thank you" by hosting our first event of 2023, the [...]
We first opened the Backhouse Solicitors doors on 5th January 2005, so this month we celebrate 18 years in business - what a journey it has been! Minal Backhouse started Backhouse Solicitors from a single desk in a spare bedroom at home while pregnant with [...]
On Thursday 21st July, all our staff got together to spend an afternoon of bonding, socializing, and team building as a firm. There has been little opportunity to get together as a company, so to be able to do this in the summer for the [...]
Below is our annual update on the changes to statutory rates which came into effect from 1st April 2022. National Minimum Wage New Rate from 1 April 2022 Old Rate Increase National Living Wage £9.50 £8.91 6.6% [...]
