Public trust and confidence in charities in Northern Ireland increases
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has recently reported in March 2021 on the independent survey carried out by nfpSynergy showing that public trust and confidence in charities is higher in Northern Ireland than in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. The research r...
Spring Edition – Charities and Social Enterprise Newsletter
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
The Spring edition of our Charities and Social Enterprise Newsletter is now available. We have some fantastic contributions this month from the Fundraising Regulator and Investec. If you would like to receive a copy or be added to our mailing list please contact our secretary Sara at s...
Governance Relaxations - correction
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
We are updating a previous item with updated dates – see the dates in bold below. As expected companies, registered societies (such as many housing associations), and credit unions can hold their AGM online in the early part of 2021. This applies regardless of what the governing document says...
Hope Springs in the Cathedral Quarter
Visitors to the Cathedral Quarter will be aware of the beautiful flower baskets displayed outside the Duke of York, Harp Bar, Dark Horse and our own offices at Edwards & Co. Each season, thanks to our neighbour Willie Jack, and this year Willie has planted 3,000 daffodils that should be perfectl...
Posted By: Julie Leonard
The Supreme Court has made a landmark decision in the “ UBER “ case. By way of background, Uber has always regarded its taxi drivers as running their own self-employed businesses and so doesn’t provide them with any employment rights such as holiday...
Posted By: Julie Tierney
It’s hard to think of a life event not placed on hold by the pandemic, and divorce is no exception. Once lockdown began in March 2020, the family courts in Northern Ireland endeavoured to keep family cases moving forward, and jumped as quickly as possible to hearings by vide...
Posted By: Cathy Warnock
During March 2021 we will once more be taking part in the NORTHERN IRELAND HOSPICE “Make a Will Month”. For those who wish to participate in the scheme we will be waiving our professional fee in relation to writing a b...
