Muckle LLP | B Corp™

Christmas is a nice time to think about gifting!🎁 Winter Addis, associate solicitor in our private client team, shared her thoughts about gifting to family and charities in line with inheritance tax. Watch below and if you want to find out more about how Winter can help, click here: https://ow.ly/YAY050Ulvge 👇

We've been shortlisted in nine categories at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards!🎉 The shortlists and winners are decided through research carried out by Legal 500 UK, which includes feedback from our clients. We look forward to celebrating all those who have been shortlisted at the awards ceremony on 13 March 2025. To find out what awards we are up for, click here👉 https://ow.ly/cHHG50UsIEA

Be the difference! December marks our 1st B Corp birthday and with that, we held a Be The Difference awards. After some amazing nominations and careful consideration by our B Corp steering group, the first winner of the annual award is... Ryan Douglas! The charities team worked with Connected Voice during small charities week to offer free legal advice clinics to small charities in the region. Ryan helped with organising the clinics and pairing the charities to the right team in the firm. He also helped advise some of those that needed support from the charities team. Well done and thank you for your hard work!🏆 To read more about our B Corp Certification, click here: https://ow.ly/8vYn50UsnVo

Christmas Jumper Day🎅🎄 Last Thursday, we took part in Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day, where our people pulled on their Christmassy knits and raised £260! It was wonderful to see everyone in their festive outfits. Our Being Engaged At Muckle (BEAM) team had the hard decision of choosing their favourite jumpers, so a special well done to Gail Bennett, Georgia Barber, Thomas Hunnam, Richard Nixon, and Martha Harrison (née Averley)!🌟

📣2024 autumn term education updates📣 Jill Donabie, partner, and Ryan Douglas, paralegal, both in our education team, summarise some of the key recent education guidance updates to help you prepare for 2025. 🔗Click here to read: https://ow.ly/Qa2W50Urz3r

It's the most wonderful time of the year🎄🥂 Last night we welcomed our clients and contacts to Barluga for our Christmas in the City event. It was fabulous evening and the perfect setting for some festive drinks! We'd like to thank everyone who came and we wish you a very happy Christmas🎁

We've surpassed £700,000 in grants to support local charities!🌟 The Muckle Fund, run in association with the Community Foundation, was set up in 2002 as a way for us to give back to people, communities and good causes across the North of England. Since then, we've awarded 737 grants totalling £713,679 to charities, community groups, and not-for-profit organisations across the North East and Cumbria. We give 1% of our annual profits to the fund and this year we've helped over 30 charities, to read about how we've helped four of these with larger grants, click here👉 https://ow.ly/sbx650UqsLM

Champions of the court🏐 Congrats to our netball team who won 18-14 at last nights match🥇 Despite a hard game, they took the lead with Jessie Melroy achieving player of the match as goal shooter! #BetterHealthAtWork Gillian Scribbins Eaden Hardcastle Carla Boaks Julie Garbutt Jessie Melroy

The introduction of whistleblowing protection for trustees? In the recent case of MacLennan v British Psychological Society 2024, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered whether a charity trustee should be protected under the whistleblowing provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Anna Glover, paralegal in our charities and education team, examines the facts behind the case, details the separate tribunal rulings and discusses the case’s potential implications. 🔗Click here to read: https://ow.ly/P8Y150UpGBs

📣 10 things you need to know about the Central Digital Platform under the new Procurement Act 2023📣 The latest missive on the CDP from the Cabinet Office gives the first inklings of the type of functionality we can expect and how Suppliers will share their information with Authorities using the platform. Whether you are a Supplier or an Authority, Alison Walton, partner and head of procurement, shares the top 10 things you need to know about the system which goes live in February 2025. 🔗Click here to read: https://ow.ly/EPCS50Upf61