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On Friday 29th May 2020, the Chancellor announced three significant changes to the job retention scheme (“the Scheme”) and that the Scheme would end as at 31st October 2020. Our Head of Employment Law, Daniel Wilde, explains the key changes that have been announced, as well as providing details on how the scheme will end.

One of our newest members to our team is Milena Roberts, our brilliant Head of HR and Facilities. Milena discusses a range of topics including her passion for pursuing a career in HR, as well as providing an insight in relation to her role at Harding Evans.

As the property market in England reopens after six and a half weeks, our Head of Residential Property, Wyn Williams, gives his thoughts on how the market might look in Wales when we start to emerge from lockdown.

Whilst our main focus during these unprecedented times is to support our clients, we are of course a business ourselves with a workforce without whom the business quite simply couldn’t function.  Our newly appointed Head of HR and Facilities, Milena Roberts, shares some detail on the launch of our wellness hub for staff, what we are doing to support staff and the importance of implementing a positive culture.

As businesses across Wales start to prepare for welcoming more employees back to base over the coming weeks and months, Dan Wilde, head of employment law at Harding Evans, examines the HR implications that all organisations will need to consider.

The extension of the Job Retention Scheme has given businesses a very much needed lift. However, it has become apparent that there is a significant amount of information for decision makers to digest. Our Head of Employment, Daniel Wilde, provides an update on everything you need to know relating to the furlough scheme via a simplified Q&A.

With the guidance relating to estate agents varying from England to Wales, it can cause confusion for people trying to sell their property. Our Head of Residential Property, Wyn Williams, dissects the guidance and has advice for property sellers.

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has today announced a four months' extension to the Job Retention Scheme (JRS). Currently, at least, 7.5 million employees have been furloughed in the UK. Daniel Wilde, our Head of Employment Law, dissects this latest update and explains how this will impact employers.

We know that there is never a good time to talk about making a Will. It’s a sensitive subject and one that no-one likes to think about, particularly during these worrying times when we are all surrounded by daily news about illness and death.

With divorce rates around the globe set to soar as the lockdown continues, Kate Thomas, our Head of Matrimonial and Family Law, answers some of your most common questions on seeking legal advice around marriage breakdowns.

In the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, many employers may have missed that the UK government has now published its policy statement setting out the new points-based immigration system that will come in to force from 1 January 2021. Dan Wilde, our Head of Employment Law, summarises the key changes to the system and explains the impact of the policy changes below.

We posted a blog from our Head of Family Law, Kate Thomas, yesterday with some advice for separated parents who are finding it difficult to sort out custody arrangements during the lockdown. Today, Kate looks at some of the main issues that are causing problems for our clients and other separated parents across the UK.