A mum-of-three who struggled through a law career with chronic stress is hoping her new role will help others in the same boat. Legal Studio, based in Manchester and Leeds, has hired Hannah Beko as its new head of mission. Her primary role will be to empower staff and to support them in mindset shifts to make their consultancy businesses flourish. A new academy being launched by Legal Studio will provide training to the whole team at but also introduce practical tools and skills for lawyers to use to market their practice, find their ideal clients and do more of…
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A practising lawyer and mum-of-three turned author is calling for wellbeing to made high priority in the law industry. Hannah Beko suffered with chronic stress and soon realised the impact it had on her legal career, health and life. She wanted to do more to help other lawyers in the same position, to help them get a better work-life balance so she started to research the mental health of lawyers. A poll by the Law Society in 2015 found that 95 per cent of those quizzed had suffered from moderate to severe work-related stress – at a time when a…
If you are a contract worker or an independent contractor and meet the requirements for a mortgage, you can get a home mortgage. You have to provide the standard documentation provided by the lender and prove your affordability to the lender. But this is a challenging process for contract workers. But working as a contract worker, despite its benefits, also creates problems to get a mortgage; this is because contractors, unlike fixed-wage employees, do not have continuous receipts. Therefore contract workers cannot quickly provide evidence of their continued income to lenders. On the other hand, the challenges posed by the…
The pandemic has seen more and more people ditch the train and bus in favour of commuting via car. There’s a growing demand for used cars amongst people seeking to avoid high public transport fees and crowded vehicles. This trend inspired the team at Vertu Motors to imagine what iconic rail designs would look like if they were applied to cars. Vertu have created a series of mock-ups showing how cars could appear if the major rail companies entered the automobile market. According to figures published by the BBC, the number of used car sales is 6.6% on pre-pandemic levels,…
When it comes to our work life, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted all our lives in one way or another. For those in occupations were working from home is possible, this became the new norm in 2020 and still continues in 2021. But as we see life gradually return to normal, many of us are keen to get back to the office and away from the confines of our home. With this said, reports suggest that the pandemic has shown many businesses that having employees work from home comes with many financial and physical benefits attached, raising the question of if…
25th June this year is Bring Your Dog to Work Day – arguably one of the best days of the year for the office worker. The day was created in 2014 to raise money for dog charities with thousands of businesses across the UK getting involved. Days like this that are dedicated to raising money for our four-legged friends are more important than ever. So many people unfortunately gave up their dogs and puppies over lockdown – dog rehoming charity Dogs Trust announced a welfare crisis with around 40,000 dogs needing rehoming due to the demand for puppies soaring and…
Are you dreaming of starting a business but do not know the requirements? Then this article can assist you in comprehending the requirements for starting a business. There are various legal requirements that you should fulfil, but problems have arisen when you find it complicated to understand them. In this article, we will tell all the needs. But if you still find it difficult, you can take expert advice from business consultant Adrian Fox. So, dive into the article to explore more related to business requirements. Do Market Research By doing market research, you will get to know whether your…
Home upgrades and improvements should not only fulfil your personal wants and needs, but they should also add value. However, with a wide variety of upgrades to choose from, deciding which products will be the best investment for you and your home can be tricky. So, what will make your home smarter, more functional, and ultimately be worth the investment? From the bedroom to the garden and everything in between, award-winning UK housebuilding business: St. Modwen Homes recommends these top five home upgrades as money well spent for both the short-term and long-term. Garden Pods Unsurprisingly, searches for ‘garden update’…
Sophia High School, a UK based online school offering the U.K. National Curriculum, is reimagining primary education by being the first online education provider in the UK to offer full time online learning for students from as young as Year 1. In a growing online school market, which has seen a rise in new entrants within the secondary phase of online education, Sophia High School emerges as a leader and innovator within the online education sector through the success of its virtual primary campus, in particular within the lower primary phase of the School. Chief Education Officer at Sophia High School,…
Thursday 22nd April is Earth Day, an annual event marked to encourage environmental protection. The first Earth Day was held in 1970 and could be considered as the first contemporary movement about the environment. In the years leading up to the first Earth Day, we were consuming lots of harmful resources like petrol, using inefficient vehicles and machinery that released lots of emissions, and farming food from unsustainable agriculture. It’s safe to say that things haven’t improved drastically today, as we are continuing to fight to meet sustainability targets for a cleaner and greener world while the population grows exponentially.…