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I know. The year’s barely started, and here am I wanting to tax those post-holiday brain cells with news about, well, tax. But, given the property season is in full swing, this is one you might just need to be across sooner rather than later, if you’re looking at trading.

We’ve had loads of feedback on the campaign we’ve been running in The Messenger, featuring our specialist family lawyer Gillian Stuart.

A gift voucher – that perfect little something when we’re completely stumped on what to get “the person with everything”, or when postage is best kept super lightweight … and if there’s a fickle teenager to buy for.

WETA Workshop started the New Year without its high-profile Hollywood director, Peter Jackson … all thanks to the incoming health and safety legislation.

Each month, our team puts a fair bit of thought and work bringing you the latest legal news, so we were fascinated to go back and see what really tweaked Off the Record readers’ interest throughout 2015.

We’re well and truly on the run-up to Christmas now and for business owners the main priority is to get organised for the extra demands of the festive season. It's important to get things clear as early as possible so that employees are certain about what their rights and responsibilities are.

We’re now fleshing out the 2016 calendar, with key themes for each quarter of 2016 – but before we set anything in stone, we want your ideas and preferences.

No man (or woman) is an island, they say – and that was a key theme at the recent launch of Aspiring Law’s new community-based business initiative, BizClub.