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A Bit of Legal Guidance – Part 2

In part one of the blog that was published last week, I gave a bit of guidance for new business with regards to Business Structure and Liability. Following on from this I felt it may be useful for those businesses if I was to offer further guidance on Finance/ Tax and Intelectual Property. My [...]

A Bit of Legal Guidance

My name is Mark Gipson. I am a partner in the corporate/commercial department of Birketts LLP, based in our Ipswich office. For the last five years it has been a great privilege to be on the board of Foundation East, and to be part of Foundation East’s development during that time, witnessing the assistance [...]

Be ready for the unexpected

I was recently driving back from a weekend in the North East of England in snow, rain and wind only a few days prior I had been enjoying glorious sunshine and warmer temperatures, yes, that was in the UK in February…….

So one day the news is all about the drought in the [...]