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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly transforming the workplace.

The real question for employers is not whether it will have an impact but instead how to use it responsibly and with confidence.

Join our employment law specialists, Andrew Macaulay-Ferguson and Ashley Heeley for an insightful webinar exploring how AI is already influencing recruitment, performance management and everyday workplace decisions.

Is your business prepared for AI?

Reserve your place today and find out on 13 March at 12pm: https://ow.ly/gQzz50YpyUJ

🌍💜 Celebrating women who shaped history

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements, resilience, and impact of women across the legal profession and beyond.

We’re proud to work alongside talented women who strengthen our profession, support our clients and help drive positive change.

To mark the day, we’ve created a quick pop quiz. Test your knowledge via the link below and let us know how you do in the comments 👇

https://ow.ly/6Y2b50YqAQe

Thinking about selling your business? 💼

Successful exits or successions do not happen by chance.

Instead, the strongest outcomes are carefully planned in advance.

Join Jessica Roberts, Head of Corporate, for a practical and insightful webinar on 26th February at 2pm, designed to help you understand what goes into preparing your business for sale or succession.

In the session, Jessica will guide you through:

• Preparation
• Finding a buyer
• Negotiation
• Sale

If you are planning to sell in the next few years, register your place today: https://ow.ly/3N5C50Yhspe

Valentine’s Day at work ❤️

Cards on desks. Jokes in the kitchen. Maybe even flowers at reception.

Harmless right? Not always.

With the new duty on employers to actively prevent sexual harassment, the legal risk around workplace relationships has shifted.

It is no longer enough to deal with issues once a complaint lands on HR’s desk. Employers are now expected to anticipate risk, set boundaries, and take reasonable steps before something goes wrong.

That includes:
• Office romances
• “Work wife” and “work husband” dynamics
• Client and third-party behaviour
• Valentine’s Day gestures that cross a line for the person on the receiving end

An outright ban on workplace relationships might feel like the safest option, but it often creates more problems than it solves. Silence, secrecy, power imbalances and unmanaged behaviour are where real risk lives 💔

Our latest blog from Andrew Macaulay-Ferguson explores workplace relationships, sexual harassment prevention, and the real legal risks employers need to think about right now: https://ow.ly/jbnv50Yf85M