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Bereaved families no longer face the likelihood of an expensive bill when applying for probate, after controversial plans to raise probate fees is scrapped by the government. The proposal for increasing fees, announced last November, would have seen the current flat-fee system be replaced by a sliding scale of charges. How probate fees would...
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A recent study has revealed Sheffield to be the most affordable city for first-time buyers (FTB). The average age of those buying their first home in Sheffield is only 23, four years below the national average. Anees Rehman, Residential Conveyancer in our Property Department commented on the findings. “It is heartening to hear the...
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Just four years ago Hugo Russell set up his modern cleaning company NowThen Cleaners and has since, with the support of the Wosskow Brown Foundation, achieved great success in building the business. It has recently been announcement the business has been shortlisted for the High Growth Award in the upcoming Sheffield Business Awards, displaying...
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This weekend the Sheffield Waterfront Festival 2019, hosted by the Canal and River Trust, will be held at Victoria Quays. This year’s festival is set to be bigger and better than before; as 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal’s opening. About the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal The Sheffield and...
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A recent study has revealed Sheffield and Bristol to be the two best cities to be a female entrepreneur in the UK! These findings come from research by Yorkshire Bank (CYBG plc), which gathered the attitudes and opinions of 2,000 small business owners and entrepreneurs, from a variety of sectors across the UK. In...
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The first ever Team UK Invictus Games Trials will take place in Sheffield this month ahead of next year’s sporting event for wounded, sick and seriously injured veterans, which will take pace in The Hague, Netherlands. The purpose of the Invictus Games is to use sport, competition and teamwork to help boost the recovery...
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This is the story of how local lad, Hugo Russell, has grown his modern cleaning company ‘NowThen Cleaners’ with help from the Wosskow Brown Foundation. Hugo was born in Sheffield and has now obtained a degree in Management from the University of Leicester. Four years ago, he moved back to his home town of...
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Later this month, Tramlines Festival 2019 will take place at Hillsborough Park in Sheffield for a weekend of music and entertainment. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the festival and it really just keeps getting bigger. For its 10th year, it transferred to the grand Hillsborough Park and saw an unbelievable amount of...
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22 acres of land in Sheffield’s Attercliffe area are up for sale and set to become a housing estate. Nine firms are showing interest in bidding for the land. The development of a new housing estate really highlights the positivity and ambition of Attercliffe; an area which is hoping to regain its vibrancy. The...
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Nicholas Saunderson is a name not too well-known by most people nowadays, but this could be changing soon. The Yorkshire-born Scientist and Mathematician could be getting his face printed on the new £50 notes to acknowledge and appreciate his outstanding work in the 1700s, despite a serious disability. Who is Nicholas Saunderson? Born in...
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