- Changes due to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Time for Change: Action Not Words
- Fully funded courses from the UK Skills Academy - Mrs Doubtfire comes to Manchester
- Discounted tickets forCirque du Soleil show CORTEO
- Private Client Webinar Series
- Dates for the diary
- September's Messenger
- Court Reports Journal
- It's not too soon to be talking about Christmas! - Landmark Data Insights Report: Planning Applications - Lawshare Management Conference
Changes due to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Please note that the Manchester Law Society office will be closed on Monday 19th September out of respect for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The office will reopen on Tuesday morning at 9:00 am.
The Manchester Professionals Dinner Club planned for the evening of Monday 19th September has been postponed and a new date will be circulated as soon as it has been confirmed.
On behalf of the Black Solicitors Network (North) we are delighted to invite you to a special panel event commemorating the UK’s Black History Month on 6th October from 6:30pm – 8:30pm.
This is an opportunity for us to celebrate the recent progress made in the diversity and inclusion space, and to reflect on the ongoing challenges with the hope of shaping a better future for all.
To enable an open and wide ranging discussion, the event panel discussion will be held under Chatham House Rules and will be followed by networking over drinks and canapes.
The distinguished panel of speakers includes:
Sally Penni MBE (moderator): Founder and CEO of Women in the Law UK, Barrister at Kenworthy’s Chambers, TED talker, and host of the Talking Law Podcast
Cordella Bart-Stewart OBE: Co-founder and Director of The Black Solicitors Network, founder of Stewart and Co Solicitors, and Judge in the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal
Olivia Balson: Former Head of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Global Legal Services Centre based in Manchester and now Global Head of Freshfield’s Client Delivery Group
Bridget Tatham: Partner at Browne Jacobson LLP and Chair of the African Caribbean Community Initiative
We hope you will join us for what promises to be an inspiring, thought provoking, and engaging conversation.
The UK Skills Academy have recently acquired funding to deliver fully funded training exclusive to businesses based in Greater Manchester.
The 4 weeks long courses are all done online with assessor support. They are flexible and learners can access the courses anytime.
Courses available:
Managing Data with Excel
Advanced Microsoft applications
Digital Marketing
Digital Transformation for leaders and managers
Cyber Security Principles
Coding Principles
These courses are 100% Government funded and learners are remotely enrolled via Teams. They offer flexible distance learning with a designated sector skills coach and tangible subject planning.
Places are limited to one course per person.
Take advantage of these free learning opportunities by registering your interest here!
Our friends out the Opera House are delighted to bring you the opportunity to be one of the first in the UK to see the magnificent new musical Mrs. Doubtfire.
Based on the 1993 film of the same name, starring the brilliant Robin Williams, this new musical has received great reviews and is on in Manchester until Saturday 1st October. Tickets start from £13.00 (plus transaction fee).
“Rip-roaringly funny! Sharp, smart and full of heart.” The Telegraph “A lovable, big-hearted musical comedy!” Chicago Tribune “Laugh out loud funny!” Fran Eccles-Bech, CEO Manchester Law Society
The Cirque du Soleil show CORTEO, will arrive in Manchester from October 5 to October 9
Corteo, which means "cortege" in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth.
The clown pictures his own funeral taking place in a carnival atmosphere, watched over by quietly caring angels. Juxtaposing the large with the small, the ridiculous with the tragic and the magic of perfection with the charm of imperfection, the show highlights the strength and fragility of the clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us. The music, by turns lyrical and playful, carries Corteo through a timeless celebration in which illusion teases reality.
You can get an exclusive offer - 20% discount - for the following shows and categories:
5th October 20:00
6th October 20:00
7th October 20:00
Categories PL2-4
To take advantage of this fantastic offer click here
Don't miss this unique opportunity to enjoy the magic of Cirque du Soleil in Manchester!
We are delighted to bring you details of our Private Client month of webinars.
Every Wednesday in October we will be hosting a lunch time webinar for the Private Client sector.
Each session will run from 12:30 to 13:30 and will be hosted by Rebecca Clarke, Chair of our Private Client Committee, and are kindly sponsored by our friends at Shard Capital.
You can book on to a single session or join as many as your diary allows!
Cost to attend: free of charge
The sessions are:
5th October 2022: Variation of Trusts Act 1958 with Oliver Marre of 5 Stone Buildings
12th October 2022: Rectification with Paul Lakin of Kings Chambers
19th October 2022: S116 applications with Simon Charles of St Johns Building Chambers
26th October 2022: Promissory Estoppel with Philip Jenkins of Ten Old Square
What does the change of season mean for your firm’s marketing content? Well, don’t shout at me, but we’re already thinking about the dreaded “C” word. Ho, ho, ho.
So what marketing ideas are there for your firm at Christmas?
Website
Use your website for some festive cheer and to put a smile on your client’s face during difficult periods. Perhaps by adding snow to your homepage, a Christmas countdown, a fun game or a Christmas banner. We would recommend only including these on one page of your website. Take a look at our top tips for editing your website.
Branding
There are various branding changes you can make to fit the festive period. You could change your colour scheme, add a Christmas hat, touch of tinsel or some holly to your firm’s logo.
Social media and email marketing
Keep your digital marketing consistent. When changing colours or logos, update these in other places too. Remember to keep copies of original logos, so it’s easy to revert after Christmas. To create social media and email marketing templates for the Christmas period, use Canva or other content creation tools.
Copywriting
Find trending words and phrases over the Christmas period using Google keyword planner or Google trends to write relevant content. Examples include “How to manage a divorce during Christmas”, “Top tips for moving house during the festive period”, and “What to do if you have a personal injury claim over Christmas”. This helps to bring website traffic and answer your client’s needs.
The last few tumultuous years for the UK housing market have highlighted one stark truth: housing supply is not meeting demand. Indeed, housing is one of the core pillars of the government’s levelling up agenda, underscoring the need to radically rethink the way new housing is planned and developed. Central to meeting this need will be the planning process itself.
It is the view of many that the current UK planning process is flawed, often cumbersome and a source of frustration for stakeholders across the entire spectrum, from developers to communities. Digitisation will undoubtedly play its part in transforming this process; the wealth of technologies now available (such as interactive geospatial technology, virtual simulations, and, of course, data) to inform and shape planning offer real opportunities for change. With this in mind, now felt like a good time to step back and take a look at the data on planning applications over the past ten years.
In our recently released Data Insights Report: Planning Applications, we revisited the wealth of environmental, land and property data that we gather, manage and supply to the property industry on a daily basis, and analysed relevant datasets to provide a summary of planning trends between 2012 and 2021. Overall, we saw that, year on year, the rate of planning applications in the UK is increasing. In fact, in every region - except for London - the number of planning applications submitted per 100,000 people was at its highest in 2021, since 2012.
As well as pinpointing the regions with the highest and lowest application volumes, the report draws on data that reveals:
Planning application types
Granted/refusal rates
Approval rates for renewable energy projects
Approval rates in flood zones
Essential amenities per approved planning application
JMW’s Lawshare team are to host their first Annual Management Conference since 2019 on 29th September at the Lowry Hotel.
The Lawshare Conference is one of the region’s largest gatherings of Managing Partners/Senior Management of law firms and this year they have secured celebrity lawyer ‘Mr Loophole’, Nick Freeman, as their Keynote Speaker.
Nick will be interviewed in a Q&A session by Marc Yaffe, who is part of JMW’s management team, about building a boutique law firm, the ‘Mr Loophole’ brand and his encounters with the rich and famous.
The Conference will also have two panel sessions focusing on risk & compliance and running a successful law firm. Guest speakers include Joy Kingsley, Senior Partner at JMW and former Manchester Law Society President, Michelle Garlick. All delegates will then enjoy a three-course meal and drinks post conference in the sumptuous surroundings of the luxurious Lowry Hotel.
The Conference is available to Lawshare member firms and Lawshare is a free to join scheme operated by JMW Solicitors. Anyone interested in attending the Conference should contact lawshare@jmw.co.uk.
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