Prettys’ Business Academy - The essential business network for commercial and legal insights

As a client of Prettys, you will have the opportunity to join our new and exclusive Business Academy.

Prettys' Business Academy will provide you and your colleagues with up-to-date legal news and information, coupled with practical advice and support targeted at specific areas of your business, facilitating a whole company approach to your legal responsibilities. 

BUSINESS ACADEMY 2024 EVENTS

In 2024, members of the Prettys’ Business Academy will have the opportunity to network with their peers in other organisations, as well as enhance their knowledge and understanding of some current and important topics.

Senior personnel and business owners will have the opportunity to attend events covering:

  • Getting Paid - How to ensure your T&Cs/contracts are robustly drafted in respect to getting paid by customers and to mitigate the risk of non-payment, as well as how to go about recovering debts.
  • Data Protection - What you need to know for your business. A reminder of the basic principles, as well as tricky areas that you should consider, including practical tips and examples.
  • Directors' Duties - An overview of the roles and responsibilities from a company law perspective. A perfect guide for those aspiring to be directors, as well as a valuable refresher for existing directors.

For HR professionals 

  • You’re Hired! - The key considerations when hiring and onboarding, from recruitment to monitoring performance and suitability during the initial few months of employment.
  • You’re Fired! - Managing dismissals effectively and consideration of the risks involved

We also have our first Business Academy webinar in September: Commercial Leases – The Basics. 

 

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Does your business suffer from bad debts? Our first event, being hosted by our Commercial and Dispute Resolution Partners, Daniel Billson and Bushra Elzubeir, will help businesses to minimise the scope for non-payment in commercial contracts by including effective clauses and outlining what you can do to recover unpaid debts.

They will highlight:

  • The sort of contractual clauses that ought to be considered in business-to-business contracts to ensure they are robust and clear.
  • The steps/procedures/considerations that should be taken into account when deciding whether or not to sue.
  • Negotiating a way to settlement.

This informal, face-to-face learning session is a great opportunity to ask questions
and share experiences/network with other like-minded professionals.

If you are a Prettys commercial client and would like to join or attend an event, please email academy@prettys.co.uk

SAVE THE DATES: 

  • 15th May at 12pm - Data Protection - what you need to know for your business
  • 2nd July at 9am – You’re Hired! 
  • 18th September at 12pm – WEBINAR: Commercial leases - the basics. 
  • 15th October at 8am – Directors’ Duties. 
  • 14th November at 9am - You’re Fired!

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

As a Business Academy member, you and your colleagues will have exclusive access to unique seminars, workshops and networking events, as well as regular updates, resources and articles that will benefit your business as a whole. 

Christchurch Events – Each month we will run a small, targeted event in our Christchurch Room at Prettys that will focus on a different theme for different job roles. The sessions will be informative, but also provide a unique and intimate forum for discussion, questions and problem-solving.

Online Events – We will be offering access to webinars and exclusive Q&A sessions with our Academy “Mentors”.

Networking – Varied opportunities to meet and network with your peers in the Academy to build valuable relationships with purpose as well as sharing knowledge and experience.

THE BUSINESS ACADEMY TEAM

The Business Academy will be led by Partners Daniel Billson and Sarah Lewis from the Corporate Law Team with Emma Loveday-Hill (Data Protection), Vanessa Bell (Employment), Rebecca Cleal (Commercial Property) and Bushra Elzubeir and Graham Mead (Contracts and Dispute Resolution).

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Left to right: Daniel Billson, Sarah Lewis, Vanessa Bell, Bushra Elzubeir and Emma Loveday-Hill, Rebecca Cleal and Graham Mead.

This dynamic team have a diverse range of backgrounds, skills and experience to provide you with the very best insights relevant to you and your team. 

Membership to the academy is invite-only, but if you have any queries relating to the academy, please email: academy@prettys.co.uk.

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