Book Now Limited Places Available - Sills / Duncan Toplis / Natwest - Joint Business Seminar Event of 2011 - Tuesday 8th November 2011

Growing Your Business Out Of Recession - Workshop - Lincoln

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors are pleased to announce that we are hosting a one of a kind business workshop with the Natwest Bank and top accountants Duncan & Toplis aimed at helping local business not only survive but thrive these challenging times.

When: Tuesday 8th November 2011 - 8am to 2pm

Where: The Think Tank , Ruston Way , Lincoln, LN6 7FL

What: There are a selection of speakers from Corporate & Commercial Solicitors, Business Bank Managers and Accountants covering a variety of topics aimed to help your business in these difficult times.

Topics covered include:  Financial survival tips, obtaining funding to fund growth and protecting your business in a recession.

Exclusive 1 To 1 Discussion Opportunities - we are also proud to offer the opportunity for you to book a private consultation with a bank manager, solicitor or accountant to discuss your own specific business needs.

How Much: As we have have heavily subsidised this event to make it affordable to everyone, you can book your place for only £12 - including Breakfast and a fantastic lunch.

Book Today

Places are limited so we encourage you to book your place today at this exclusive event.

You can book direct by quoting the Reference "Sills" and contacting Hayely Johnson at Duncan & Toplis, 4 Henley Way, Doddington Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QR or on 01522 507000 or email hayley.johnson@duntop.co.uk

If you require any further information or a full invite please contact Hayley.

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

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Sills & Betteridge Sponsor the Lincoln Santa Fun Run

Sills & Betteridge were approached by Chris Illsley, Managing Director of Running Imp and member of the Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia, who each year organise the Lincoln Santa Fun Run to raise money for local charities and good causes. The run is due to be held on Sunday 11th December 2011.

Andrew Payne attended the launch of this year's Santa Fun Run in Castle Square on Friday 23rd September 2011 and presented a cheque for £250 to the organisers of the event.

Good luck to all who are running and please support this worth while cause.

 

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors Supporting Lincoln Cathedral Turrets Restoration Campaign

On Thursday 15th September 2011Lincoln Cathedral hosted a lunch and launch of the Turrets Restoration Campaign to local business.

The Very Revd Philip Buckler, the Dean of Lincoln, hosted the event in the Lincoln Cathedral Centre on Minster Yard. The Dean explained that the Cathedral was undergoing a constant program of renovation and the input and support of local business was key to the on going success of thiis program.

From Right to Left - The Dean of Lincoln, Philip Buckler, Richard Bussell, Richard Mawer and Ed Sharpe from Sills & Betteridge Solicitors.

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors are proud to support the campaign and are planning some charity events over the coming year to help towards the project.

Sills & Betteridge supporting Boston Rugby Club at the Boston Showcase

Boston Rugby Club attended the Boston Community Showcase held at the Central Park in Boston on Sunday 11th September 2011.

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors were happy to lend our gazebo to the club to use as their stand for the day. As a main sponsor of Boston Rugby Club we try to involve ourselves and help as much as possible.

The aim of the Boston Community Showcase was to allow local community based organistations to promote themselves and get some PR. The rugby club promoted the enjoyment and inclusivity of the sport to attract new members to the club.

Throughout the day the stand was a hive of activity and visited by the lady Mayoress of Boston, Mary Wright.

Sills & Betteridge would like to congratulate everyone involved in the day for all your hard work, well done to all at Boston Rugby Club. We look forward to the Bonfire and Firewrok display on 5th November.

 

Wendy Spalding-Siracusa from Sills & Betteridge Solicitors - Newark Half Marathon

Congratulations to Wendy Spalding -Siracusa who completed the Newark Half Marathon on Sunday 14th August 2011. Wendy has only started running in March this year, mainly to keep a friend of hers company who was losing weight before her wedding.

The Newark race was her first race and she competed alongside 1000 other runners, the majority of which were members of running clubs. She was pleased to finish the route and is looking towards competing in a further half marathon at the end of October. The eventual aim is to compete in the London Marathon.

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors - Revesby Show 2011

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On Sunday 7^th August Sills & Betteridge attended the Revesby Country Fair a very popular show in the beautiful and unspoilt parkland setting of the Revesby Estate, Lincolnshire.

 

The Revesby Estate provides the perfect backdrop to a memorable day. The weather was excellent and the crowds flocked to the event which attracted approx 20,000 people and over 200 trade stands. We put a team out with the help of Robbie McMagic to help attract the crowds to our stand.

Unfortunately this was Robbie's final show as he announced his retirement, he will be sorely missed by the firm. In one of the photos we have a picture of Helen Sorby and her daughter Ella enjoying Robbie’s balloon modelling experience.

  The Sills & Betteridge stand was busy all day and as usual the fridge pad’s and the successful dog treats proved extremely popular, along with the Frisbee flings which the children loved. Thank you to all the organisers for another terrific show and for all your hard work, we will be back next year. To find out more visit www.revesby-country-fair.co.uk

Sills and Betteridge Solicitors Present £250 to St Barnabas Hospice in Sleaford

Sue Ross from Sills and Betteridge Solicitors in Sleaford presents a cheque for £250, raised at our coffee morning, to Sarah-Jane Mills, the Chief Executive of St Barnabas Hospice.

Sills & Betteridge Van

Here are the pictures of the latest addition to the Sills & Betteridge Family. Our new Astra Van. Thank you to Venture Signs from North Hykeham for doing the decals.

Sills Stand At The Record Breaking 2011 Heckington Show

Over the weekend of 30th / 31st August 2011 was the historic Heckington Show. Originating in 1863, this is one of Lincolnshire's foremost village shows, which attracts visitors from across the UK. Last weekend was no exception with a record breaking 30,000 people attending over the two days.

Since the merger with Godsons Solicitors in Sleaford, last October 2010, Sills and Betteridge have looked at every opportunity to raise our profile in the Sleaford area and could not pass up the invitation to have a stand at the show.

Sue Ross from Sleaford lives in Heckington and, with the help of her husband Jason, she set the stand up on Friday evening. We had been given an excellent spot by the main ring and would like to thank Jackie Wright, the Heckington Show Tradestand Secretary for looking after us so well.

On the Saturday Emma Lawler from Sills and Betteridge presented prizes in the show jumping competition. As always we had hired Robbie Mcmagic and on both days there were queues of children waiting for his balloon scupltures. It gave the staff on the stand the opportunity to chat to some of the visitors and hand out leaflets, frisbees and pens to passers by.

On speaking to Robbie on Sunday he totalled up that he had used over 500 ballons over the 2 days, which shows exactly how busy he had been. A big thanks from all at Sills for your hard work Robbie. Over the weekend we were also accepting donations for LIVES our chosen charity for 2011. 

It was a long hot weekend but so rewarding to meet so many people and receive so many enquires. We ended with 61 contact cards completed over the weekend and over 20 enquiries about our services which have been handed to the relevent departments. It was a fantastic event and drove home how important it is that we fully support these type of events as a firm and use them to engage with our client base.

A big thanks to every Sills and Betteridge staff member and partner who helped over the weekend including Richard Bussell, Rachel Bussell, Ed Sharpe, Sue Clayton, Beris Brickles, Sue Ross,Sacha Waxman, Chris Appleyard, Isabel Clarke, Emma Lawler, Carly Murphy, Katie Scott, Richard Mawer and all the collective husbands, wives and girlfriends who made up the remaining stand team. You all made it what it was - well done.

 

Sills attend the Saul Fairholm Lincoln Professionals Football Tournament

On Wednesday 20th July 2011 at Lincoln University, Saul Fairholm Accountants held the inaugural Lincoln Professionals Football Tournament. The format was 5 A Side with the 8 teams split into 2 qualifying groups of 4. Each team played 3 qualifying games of 12 mins each, with the group 1st and 2nd going through to the Semi Finals and then on to the finals. Substitutes could be made on a rolling basis.

Sills & Betteridge entered a team consisting of Ed Capes, Richard Mawer, Simon Breeden, Chris Milns, Dale Brownless, Will Murray ,Euan Mclaughlin , Malachy Mcgill and Andrew Graver. A blend of "experience" and youth.

The groups were as follows:

Group A

Barclays Bank

Langleys Solicitors

Saul Fairholm

Wilkin Chapman Solicitors

 

Group B

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors

HSBC Bank

Savills

Bridge McFarland

 

Sills started brightly against Savills in their first game, having plenty of shots on the Savill's goal in the first half. Early in the 2nd half a brief lapse in concentration allowed Savills to break through and snatch an early goal which knocked the wind out of the Sills sails. A 2nd goal put the game to bed despite Sills coming back towardss the end without scoring. In the teams defence this was the first time we had played together.

2nd up for Sills were HSBC Bank, immediately you could tell that they had played together alot and they played far more as a team, putting pressure on the Sills goal from the start, scoring in the first half. Sills came back strongly in the 2nd half with Malachy making a mazy run down the centre of the field to score a lovely goal, to pull us back equal. HSBC then stepped up a gear and put more pressure on the Sills defence ending in Richard giving away a penalty punching away the ball outside his area, this was converted by HSBC, the game finished 2 -1. In the final game against Bridge McFarland, with our fate already decided, we lost 4 - 0.

The team gave their all and came away feeling proud of our performance in the first two games and with the feeling that if we could play together more frequently we had the makings of a half decent team. It has since been decided that we will aim to enter the team into 7 / 8 tournaments per year to give us some more experience and bond as a team - we will also work on our fitness which was definately not up to some of the other teams.

Congratulations to the HSBC team who went on to win the tournament.

A great evening and good to see so many fellow professionals putting in so much effort. Thanks to the organisers Saul Fairholm.

 

Sills support the Rotary Charity Presentation at The Lincoln Hotel

On the evening of Tuesday 19th July 2011, Tony Woods attended the Rotary Charity Presentation at the Lincoln Hotel on behalf of the firm. Sills & Betteridge had sponsored a lane at the Swimathon held at Yarborough Leisure Centre aswell as making a donation to the charity, the Swimathon raised a total of £2300. The charity aims to help, amongst others, young carers, children and young adults who help to care for sick and disabled parents. A cause close to Tony's heart.

Tony presented a cheque for the amount of £50 on the night, as a donation from Sills, to the new Rotary Chairman, James Woods. Tony reported that during the evening a number of people present were very complimentary about work carried out by Andrew Payne and the firm in general.

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors at the Spilsby Show 2011

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Sunday 10th July 2011 saw the annual Spilsby Show. This popular event takes place on the Spilsby Playing Fields on Ancaster Avenue Playing Field off Boston Road and is always  a great day out and one of the highlights in the Town’s calendar.  Sills & Betteridge has a long association with the Show and we were again present in force.

The Show was officially opened by Rob Whiting from BBC Radio Lincolnshire, and contained the usual events such as the Shire Horses, Classic Cars and much more. The Lincolnshire Cooperative were in attendance, celebrating their 150th birthday with a selection of classic vehicles and birthday competition.

Again Sills managed to secure one of the best pitches on the Showground and the stand was manned throughout the day by Louise Worthington (Spilsby), David Stapleton (Spilsby), Martyn Hall (Lincoln), Hayley Hall (Spilsby), Paul Hunt (Spilsby), Clare North (Sleaford), Emma Lawler (Lincoln) and Anna Wilson (Lincoln).

 Robbie McMagic was on hand all day and proved to be a great hit with children and parents alike and did a fantastic line of very fashionable headwear.

Our happy team were certainly kept busy throughout the day dealing with enquiries, handing out goody bags, free dog treats and balloons all drew people to the S&B stand and the "win a free bottle" draw and lucky dip meant we were able to raise funds for LIVES, our chosen charity for 2011.

It was obvious from talking to people how well thought of the Firm is in the local community. We had many enquiries on the day and we are sure that our attendance has given the profile of the Firm a major boost.

 

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors on Siren FM Radio 107.3

Shan Jaerig and Richard Mawer were invited to appear on the "Minding Your Business" Show hosted by Andy Deighton. The show was broadcast live

from the Siren FM studio on the Lincoln University Campus.

Minding Your Business is aimed at small to medium sized business in the Lincoln area and the show on the 16th June 2011 was focused on Employment Law and particularly the recent changes and reforms which were impacting small business. Shan discussed the new proposals from government regarding tribunal proceedings and the involvement of ACAS in any proceedings.

The discussions then moved on to Social Media and the impact this is having on the workplace and recent cases involving the misuse of Social Media,such as Facebook, by employees in the workplace. Shan covered some of the case law and explained how this ever-changing area of the law is a minefield for employers who are having to employ more and more detailed Social Media Policies into their employment contracts.

Finally there was a question and answer session where Shan answered listeners questions. During this session she covered a variety of topics including maternity / paternity rights, working time regulations including minimum break times and minimum holiday periods and ownership of data issues relating to Outlook and Linkedin profiles for employees. 

For further details please visit www.sillslegal.co.uk

 

 

 

Gainsborough Riverside Festival Prize Draw 2011 Winners

The Sills & Betteridge Prize Draw was very popular at the Riverside Festival last weekend and the winning tickets were drawn on Monday at our Gainsborough Office by Dale Brownless.

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The winners are as follows:

1st Prize - Free Will - went to Mrs L Dryden from Beckingham.

2nd Prize - Bottle of Sparkling Wine - went to Shona King from Lincoln.

3rd Prize - Box of Chocolates - went to Mrs F O'Brien from Gainsborough.

Sills would just like to thank everyone who visited the stand on Saturday, it really was lovely to see Gainsborough coming out to support the festival and be so full of energy.

 

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors support The Riverside Festival in Gainsborough

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Sills & Betteridge were proud to sponsor the tenth anniversary of the Gainsborough Riverside Festival on Saturday 11th June 2011.  Since the firm opened our Gainsborough office back in October 2010 we have taken an active role in the community in and around the town.

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The day was fine but windy; several of our balloons escaped and came close to damaging innocent bystanders.  Andrew Durkan was on hand just in case. Debbie and Shan were invited as sponsors to attend a VIP reception at the Old Hall where they met the Mayor and other dignitaries and even managed to get involved in the parades by joining the Scouts band.

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The Sills & Betteridge prize draw lured lots of people trying to win a free Will, bottle of fizz or chocolates.  The winners will be announced over the coming days, once they have all been contacted.

The show generated lots of enquiries for the Firm’s services and we believe contributed to an enjoyable and successful day promoting Gainsborough and all that it has to offer as well as promoting the Firm and its commitment to the town.

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors - supporting Brant Broughton Dog Show 2011

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On Saturday 21^st May 2011, The Brant Broughton Dog Show took place, only in its second year, but a well organised and well attended event in the village.

As part of our commitment to the community, Sills & Betteridge Solicitors are a big supporter of the show and our marquee took pride of place near the refreshments area. We gave out goodie bags, Frisbees for the children and dog treats for the dogs, we had a great game called "name the dog" with a cute dog to win as a prize. Again all the money we raised went to L .I.V.E.S our named charity for 2011.

 

The weather was lovely and all the dog’s enjoyed it as well as the people, it’s a good day for all the family, and a day out I would recommend in 2012.

May 2011 Gainsborough Business Seminar - Gainsborough Golf Club - Sills & Betteridge Solicitors / HSBC

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors and the HSBC Bank held a joint "Taking Your Business Forward In 2011" Business Seminar at The Gainsborough Golf Club on Wednesday 25th May 2011. There was a fantastic turnout from local business with 25 attendees who came to listen to presentations from the speakers on a variety of commercial subjects.

The presentations included an Economic Update from Martin Lyons, Area Commercial Director for the HSBC interesting look at the economy and likely trends over the coming 12 months. Sharon Nadin, a debt recovery expert from Sills & Betteridge, explained the benefits on company cash flow from employing a pro-active approach to chasing bad debt. Shan Jaerig, a partner and employment law specialist from Sills, then examined the importance of employee contracts and the many pitfalls which face employers when changing terms in their employess contracts of employment. Finally Tim Higham, an expert in web compliance, gave an overview of the legal requirements which company websites must abide by.

The final part of the seminar involved an open Question & Answer session with the panel of speakers, which the attendess used to answer all of their queries. Again this was used to great effect with some very interesting and at times probing questions from the floor. The evening was ended with an informal "networking" session and some great food provided by the golf club.

We would like to thank everyone for the great feedback we have received from the event and we look forward to hosting another event in the near future. Our thanks also goes out to Kate and the team at Gainsborough Golf Club for their hard work in ensuring that the event went so smoothly, well done all.

Sills & Betteridge Table Football Team Reigns Supreme in the Natwest Lincoln Charity Champions League final !!

Wednesday 4th May 2011 saw the arrival The Natwest Lincoln Charity Champions League Finals Night, with the 10 qualifying teams arriving at the "Natwest Maltings Arena" to compete for the coveted title of Lincoln's Premier Bar Football Team.

A near capacity crowd of 50+ fuelled a frantic atmosphere for the opening knockout stages. Drawn against local friendly rivals Wilkin & Chapman in the first round, the Sills team blasted out of the blocks with a convincing 10 - 4 win in the home leg and followed up with a 10 - 2 win in the away leg to progress to the Quarter finals and face the Lindum Group.

Again Sills & Betteridge stepped up to the plate and breezed through the quarter final with a 10 - 0 win in the first leg and a tighter 4 - 3 in the 2nd leg. On to the Semi finals.

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In the Semi finals Sills came up against a Wright Vigar team full of confidence after overcoming Langleys. Eventually Sills pulled away to win 15 - 6 and marched on into the final against a dominant Rilmac Group team who had won their semi final 19 - 7 against Langdum Combo.

The final between the Barcelona and Manchester Utd of Table Football did not disappoint with Sills & Betteridge moving to a half time lead of 9 - 4, only for Rilmac Group to come back to 11 - 11 with seconds to go - Sills scored the winner !! A fantastic end to a great evening.

Congratulations to Ed Capes (Captain), Andrew Campbell, Andy Payne and Ian Baker for retaining the title for a 3rd consecutive time.

The winning cheque of £1000 was donated to Candles, the Lincoln based Cancer Charity.

Well done all.