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ESG has a huge role to play in retail. As a certified B Corp UK, we know first-hand the benefits of businesses acting as a force for good.
As part of our focus on the retail sector and our ongoing commitment to a more sustainable future, Hannah Fawcett — our Legal Director and Head of Fashion & Beauty — went to The Trafford Centre to find out what ESG really means to one of the UK’s best retail and leisure destinations.
Watch the video to find out what The Trafford Centre’s Centre Director, Simon Layton, had to say.
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Retailers can become social hubs for the local community through intelligent and innovative use of their real estate portfolio. Co-hosting goods and services such as mental health groups and business incubators within their assets can help businesses add real social value. 

Here, we are joined by industry leaders to showcase how their companies put their physical locations at the heart of their ESG strategies.

To find out more please contact a member of our Retail team.

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Brabners Retail Sector experts, get down to the shop floor, taking away the jargon and going behind the scenes with inspiring businesses looking to develop sustainable products and supply chains.

To find out more please contact a member of our Retail team.

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We explore the innovative ways that retailers have embedded real social value throughout their organisation, ensuring that their values are at the heart of everything they do.

Brabners Retail Sector experts are joined by industry leaders to showcase how their companies are rising to the challenge of becoming a sustainable, purpose-led business, and how they have secured buy-in at every level of their organisation.

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How do we find a model where the business wins, the customer wins, and the planet wins?

Brabners Retail Sector experts are joined by industry leaders to strip away the jargon and showcase how major retailers are rising to the challenge of becoming sustainable, through their products, their purpose, and their strategy for place.

To find out more please contact a member of our Retail team.

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This is ‘Rooney v Vardy: The Breakdown’ podcast series hosted by lawyers Paul Lunt and Jamie Hurworth from Brabners LLP, the solicitors who acted for Coleen Rooney in the recent libel claim brought against her by Rebekah Vardy.

This podcast aims to give a view ‘behind the scenes’, discussing the legal hurdles that were faced during the case and answering from a legal perspective any burning questions from the audience.

Paul and Jamie will also be joined by some special guests along the way. 

Search for Rooney v Vardy: The Breakdown to listen to the full series.

Rooney v Vardy: The Breakdown is brought to you by Brabners LLP and is powered by CM.

The introduction of the new ‘Scale Up Visa’ on 22 August 2022 provides high growth organisations with a dedicated visa route to recruit skilled workers in the UK. In this podcast, Immigration law expert Arshia Hashmi speaks to solicitor Claire Flavin about this new visa, including the eligibility criteria for organisations and individuals, and the benefits and potential pitfalls. We look at how this might be an exciting development in high growth sectors such as Technology, or have particular regional applicability for parts of the UK experiencing high levels of economic growth.

Family lawyer Molly Chattaway is joined by Chris Butterfield, an experienced family law barrister who is based at 29 Bedford Row Chambers. 

In this podcast Chris explains the court’s role in relocating overseas with a child, the practical steps involved with international relocation and the potential consequences of relocating overseas with a child without consent.

Having explored the challenges of Menopause in the workplace, Trishna Modessa-Parekh a Solicitor in the Employment Team at Brabners and Thomas Wood, a barrister of St John's Buildings, continue discussing some of the issues faced by employers as a result of  Menopause in the Workplace, exploring practical ways employers can support employees going through the menopause.

For more information, please see our Reproductive Health campaign on our website.

For more information on Tom's upcoming practical guide, please follow this link - ‘A Practical Guide to the Law in relation to Menopause and Perimenopause in the Workplace’.

Did you know that 93% of women, in a survey carried out by TOTM, said that period related pain or discomfort had impacted their working day – yet these employees, in most cases, are likely to be suffering in silence and without support?

In our latest Brabners podcast, Trishna Modessa-Parekh, an Associate in the Employment and Pensions Team at Brabners is joined by Manjit K Gill MBE,  CEO and Founder of Binti - the first charitable organisation dedicated to periods in the UK with offices globally.

In honour of World Menstrual Health Day on Saturday 28 May 2022, Trishna and Manjit explore the challenges around menstrual health in the workplace, including providing practical tips and guidance for employers wanting to normalise conversations around menstrual health in the workplace and create impactful change for their staff. Their discussion also covers other challenges such as cultural beliefs, which interplay with the stigma around periods in general and specifically, in the workplace.

For more information about our Reproductive Health campaign, please our dedicated page on our website. For more information on the Binti Dignity at Work campaign, please visit here.