Social media is playing an increasing part in our daily lives with the growing popularity of Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites for both personal and business use. Employers should be aware of social media and its potential impact on their business. Following research... read more

During our recent Minimising the Risk of Bad Debt Seminar in Oswestry, I highlighted the importance of businesses knowing exactly who they are trading with. This is something I quite often come across in cases of debt that I have been asked to recover, only to find it’s not entirely clear who... read more

On Wednesday 11 May 2011, I proudly attended the Young Enterprise Awards evening being held at Greenhous Meadow Stadium, Shrewsbury. From September each year students in Shropshire, aged between 15 and 19, take part in the Young Enterprise Company Programme.  The students join into groups... read more

Since starting work at Lanyon Bowdler, I have seen just how much agriculture is a key part of the work that we do here. At around the same time I started, Ian Goodwin also joined the firm as a partner to head up the Agriculture Department and strengthen the team of people, already working in... read more

On Tuesday and Wednesday the 15th and 16th February I spent two very enjoyable days at the NFU Conference in Birmingham at the kind invitation of David Collier and his team at the National Farmers Union (NFU) West Midlands Regional office.   The opening address at the... read more