Over Prescribing Anti-Psychotic Drugs Causes Deaths
A delayed review commissioned by the Department of Health has found that up to 150,000 people with dementia are wrongly being prescribed powerful sedatives to calm them down. As a result nearly 1,500 of them have…
Enterprise Winners Climb To Success
Two aspiring entrepreneurs, mentored by Wake Smith & Tofields, have been awarded a £5,000 cash boost from Sheffield Hallam University, after winning the University's annual business start-up competition, the Enterprise…
Employers prepare for bus strike chaos
Further disruption is expected across South Yorkshire over the coming month as bus drivers once again threaten to strike over an ongoing pay dispute, potentially costing the Sheffield economy hundreds of thousands…
Sheffield musicians at risk
Musicians in Sheffield are at risk from serious damage to their hearing, local solicitor and Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) expert Martin Harvey has warned today. Partner and solicitor at Wake Smith & Tofields…
When absence management becomes a swine
Will swine flu make a dramatic return this autumn? Reports that the bug could come back more potently during the autumn and winter have spawned sensational headlines claiming it could be the beginning of the end…
Lincoln Council is forcing disabled people out of the city
Lincoln Council is forcing disabled people out of the city 05 August 2009 Local man Matt Smith is urging for other disabled people in Lincoln to come forward following the Council's decision to introduce…
Henderson's Relish protected by Wake Smith
For over 100 years the makers of "Yorkshire's Best Kept Secret", Henderson's Relish has, like so many other long established businesses, operated without a trademark. Thanks to Wake Smith & Tofields, the maker of…
Hot weather will cost for the region
Hot weather over the next few days could result in lost productivity worth up to £162 million, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research*. Economists also say that productivity could drop by…
Employment rights for reality TV stars - a step too far?
Three participants on the French version of Temptation Island have won compensation for unfair dismissal as well as the right to be treated as salaried workers. Glenn Jaques, partner in the Employment department…
Sheffield Asperger's Parents Action Group consults with Wake Smith
A team of experts from Wake Smith will be speaking at the next Sheffield Asperger's Parents Action Group (SAPAG) meeting on the 15th July at the Carers Centre, Bells Square, advising parents of adults with Asperger's…
