- An invitation to Manchester Business & Property Courts Forum Drinks
- Manchester Professionals Dinner Club new date 31st October
- Law Society Financial Benchmarking Survey - Private Client Webinar Series
- Dates for the diary
- Special Offer from Whitmore & White Food Hall & Wine Merchants
- September's Messenger - the October deadline is TODAY!
- Court Reports Journal
- Five things to change to retain your top talent as they quietly quit
Manchester Business and Property Courts Forum Drinks with the Vice Chancellor and other BPC Judges in Manchester
Date: Wednesday 12 October Time: 18:00 Location: Banyan, Hardman St, Manchester, M3 3PL Cost to attened: Free
You are cordially invited to drinks with the Vice-Chancellor, Mr Justice Fancourt and other judges of the Business and Property Courts in Manchester.
Date: Monday 31st October 2022 Time: 18:00 for 18:30 Location: Fountain House, The Memorial Hall Albert Square Manchester M3 5PF Cost to attend: £45.00+VAT (£54.00 in total) Includes a welcome drink, three course meal and half a bottle of wine or soft drink
Manchester Professionals Dinner Club is back!
Join us for our next event at the Fountain House on 31st October to enjoy some fabulous food and informal networking.
See the delicious menu here:
STARTERS
Salt beef salad, pickled mushrooms, crispy onions, watercress, chimichurri
The Law Society’s 2023 Financial Benchmarking Survey is here.
Produced for over 20 years by the Law Society’s Law Management Section, the survey is widely recognised as the annual financial health check for law firms; enabling them to benchmark results against a wide range of other law firms and objectively test their internal perceptions against their peers.
The survey is now open, and those that take part before Friday 30 September will receive a free personalised report for their firm and be entered into a prize draw to win a hamper of goods.
The survey should take approximately 45 minutes to complete and should be emailed to the Law Society’s partner Hazlewoods at benchmarking@hazlewoods.co.uk.
As specialists in law firm finances, Hazlewoods will collect and analyse the data on behalf of the Law Society. All data is kept securely and reported at an aggregated level to ensure firm anonymity.
You can find more information about the benefits of participating in the Financial Benchmarking Survey here.
Every Wednesday in October we will be hosting a lunch time webinar for Private Client and related sectors.
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 to all
The sessions are: 5th October 2022: Variation of Trusts Act 1958 with Oliver Marre of 5 Stone Buildings 12th October 2022: Rectification of wills: A law and practice 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
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Let's be clear, quiet quitting isn't new. But it has a new name, and its prevalence is rising. Staff still hold the power in a candidate-led market. So this is about how you respond to their demands.
Quiet quitting isn’t a performance issue
The intention isn't slowing businesses down. Rather, employees are exerting control over their work-life balance and not worrying about putting in extra. They're choosing health and family as their top priorities and aren't concerned with going above and beyond. They want to meet requirements, do their job, and switch off.
So quiet quitting isn't about slacking. This isn't a performance issue. Instead, it's delivering projects in defined hours, before stepping away and muting notifications. Going above and beyond doesn't motivate them anymore. But unfortunately, many businesses are built expecting goodwill. And that means a change in approach.
Lessons from quiet quitters
Employees want a work environment where they can thrive. Valued contributions with home life protected. They come to work to deliver projects, but only within the scope of their role. The challenge for leaders is to help the business continue to provide great products and services. But without relying on unpaid overtime or implicit expectations of people working longer days.