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. 

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