Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust Staff Recognition Awards

Ensuring hospital staff have a rewarding, supportive and inclusive working environment, as well as having the right skills to provide high quality care and put patients first, lies at the heart of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust’s People and Culture strategy.

an extended Family Leave policy; signing The Smallest Things’ Charter setting out how staff will be supported through early childbirth; signing the Menopause Workforce Pledge; and being awarded ‘Veteran Aware’ status by the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA).

partners to the DRPG studios to share inspirational stories from across the Trust.

The Trust, which runs the Alexandra, Kidderminster and Worcestershire Royal hospitals is proud to announce a number of developments and improvements in recent months which support this aim.

These include achieving Timewise Flexible Working accreditation; being named an Employer with Heart after putting in place

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Recognising the achievements of a workforce of over 6,000 staff is also imperative, and the Trust’s recent Staff Recognition Awards saw nearly 1,000 nominations from hospital staff and patients and relatives across 14 award categories. The event, which was funded by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity with the help of a generous group of business sponsors, welcomed 370 NHS staff and

SME Solicitors in Worcester has announced that Liz Stirk (nee Meddings) has been made a Partner in the firm. Liz is Head of SME’s Residential Conveyancing department.

Liz Stirk joined SME Solicitors, based in Sansome Walk, in 2013 as a secretary and has progressed since then. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (FCILEx.)

Liz Stirk says: “I am delighted to have been invited to become a Partner here at SME Solicitors. This is a busy and thriving time for residential conveyancing and I am very happy to be part of the strategic planning that the Partners develop for the firm and to be heading the department going forward.”

SME’s Senior Partner Ian Stirzaker comments: “Through hard work, personal organisation, self-motivation and a first class attitude, Liz has developed into a truly indispensable senior member of the team. She has an excellent understanding and appreciation of the Residential Conveyancing department: its needs and its market. We are delighted that Liz has agreed to become a Partner here.”

SME Solicitors is a full service firm of solicitors based at 8 Sansome Walk, Worcester. For more information please visit www.smesolicitors.co.uk

Felicity Davies, Deputy Director of People and Culture, said: “We want to ensure we have a just, learning, and innovative culture where staff can feel respected, valued, included and well at work. We are also incredibly proud of our health and wellbeing support, and the improvements being driven through our BAME, LGBTQ+ , Disability, and Spirituality and Faiths networks.”

For further information on the range of career opportunities available at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, as well as the support available to all staff, visit www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ work-for-us

Benefitting from Triangular Transactions outside of the EU

When the UK left the European Union on 31st January 2021, companies were no longer able to benefit from the Triangular Transaction VAT simplification when purchasing and supplying goods in EU member states.

i n one EU country by an intermediary in another EU country, and then sold to a customer in a third EU country. The goods are moved directly from the supplier to the customer, without moving into or out of the intermediary’s country.

The VAT simplification allowed these goods to be used without the intermediary being liable for VAT in either the supplier’s or the customer’s country.

After Brexit, UK based intermediaries are no longer able to use their UK VAT number for the application of the EU triangulation rules. However, they are still able to benefit from the incentive; UK companies are able to register for VAT in any EU member state without having premises in the country.

This one-time VAT registration will allow a UK company to continue to benefit from Triangular Transactions where their supplier and their customer are within the EU.

For more help and advice with VAT, contact our team on 01905 777600