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Seminars 2020

 

HM Revenue & Customs: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – How to make a claim: 6, 7 & 11 May
This guides you through making a claim, including the essential information you need, what to do before you make your claim, calculating and processing your claim.
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HN Revenus & Customs: Coronavirus COVID-19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme: 7, 11 May
Providing an overview of the scheme, this webinar looks at who can claim, when to start paying SSP, employees you can claim for, making a claim, keeping records, and more.
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HM Revenue & Customs: Coronavirus COVID-19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme: 7, 11 May
Providing an overview of the scheme, this webinar looks at who can claim, when to start paying SSP, employees you can claim for, making a claim, keeping records, and more.
Choose a date and time

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The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has shared details of new episodes in its webinar series, ‘Navigating COVID-19.’ Presented by ACE chief executive Hannah Vickers, these are open to anyone in the industry to attend. Check ACE’s website regularly for updates, new guest and episode announcements and view past webinars here.

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Improving cashflow through tax credits (Wednesday 6 May, 12.00pm)

Mark Smith, Innovation Incentives Partner of ACE affiliate Ayming UK joins us to discuss how R&D tax credits can release the hidden cash trapped in your working capital, helping your business through the weeks and months ahead.

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What does recovery look like? (Tuesday 12 May, 12.00pm)
Andy Mitchell, chief executive of Tideway and chair of the Construction Leadership Council and Alasdair Reisner, chief executive of CECA join Hannah Vickers to discuss what a future recovery looks like for our industry, Government and society.

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CECA/ Driver Trett Covid 19 Q&A Session - 13th May 2020 @ 11am

 Delivered by Geraldine Fleming of Driver Trett, this seminar will cover a number of commonly asked questions, including:

  • Given the current situation, how can we ensure that our notices are properly delivered?
  • If we are currently in the design phase of a project, should we still be issuing notices?
  • What records should we be keeping
  • How likely is a smash and grab adjudication, and how can we best protect our firm?  Will timescales be extended in adjudication?
  • What issues must we remember regarding new contracts?
  • Should we review our own terms and conditions – down the line to suppliers and subcontractors as well as up the line?
  • And others as they arise... 

Attendees will also be able to participate in a Q&A session at the end of the webinar. 

To register and book your place, please click here.

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FIR (Fairness, Inclusion & Respect) Webinar

15/05/20 - Tools & Strategies to embed FIR (SMEs). Click here.

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CECA/Knights - Timescales under NEC - 21st May 2020 @ 1pm

Delivered by Sarah Wilson of Knights Plc.

Issues to be covered:

  • Many of the NEC timescales are critical, particularly for payment to a contractor
  • Analysing what the timescales are and the consequence of missing that timescale

Attendees will also be able to participate in a Q&A session at the end of the webinar. 

To register and book your place, please click here.

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FIR (Fairness, Inclusion & Respect) Webinar

21/05/20 - Business Case for FIR. Click here.

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FIR (Fairness, Inclusion & Respect) Webinar

27/05/20 - FIR Impact Survey. Click here.

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FIR (Fairness, Inclusion & Respect) Webinar

03/06/20 - Business Case for FIR. Click here.

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PLEASE NOTE POSTPONED SEMINARS IN RED BELOW - WHERE SEMINARS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO RESCHEDULE OR DELIVER IN AN ALTERNATIVE MANNER I.E. WEBINAR OR SIMILAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

Shulmans LLP Legal Seminars

CECA & Non CECA Member Booking Form 2020 Seminars

ICES Member Booking Form 2020 Seminars

CIHT Booking Form 2020 Seminars

 

Please note these seminars are relevant to clients, contractors and sub-contractors alike.

In particular, where reference to contracting is made in the titles, it includes sub-contracting.

Date

Details

  SEMINAR 7 

  17.3.20

  Schedule of Cost Components 

·        How are they used?

·        What to watch out for

·        What is Covered in Fee percentage?

  SEMINAR 8

  21.4.20

  NEC Timescales and Failure to Comply

·        Many of the NEC timescales are critical, particularly for                                       payment to a contractor

·        Analysing what the timescales are and the consequence of     

         missing that timescale

  SEMINAR 9

  19.5.20

  Project Management to Avoid or Resolve Disputes

·        How to manage a project to protect yourself from disputes

·        When disputes arise, tactics and methods to assist in reaching                               resolutions

  SEMINAR 10

  16.6.20

 

   Letters of Intent – The Pitfalls

·        The difference between binding and non-binding Letters of Intent

·        What should a LOI cover?

·        When is a LOI appropriate?

·        Keeping within the ambit and the risks of failing to keep within                             the ambit of the LOI 

Who should attend?

Commercial Directors, Commercial Managers, Contract Managers, Project

Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Programmers, In-house Legal.

All Breakfast Seminars will take place at the Durham County Cricket Club commencing 8.00am – 9.30am