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This new edition of The Straightforward C.V, updated to 2025, is designed for the person who needs clear advice and guidance on how to construct a C.V and also how to perform at job interviews. This book will prove an invaluable guide for all those who wish to develop their skills in these areas and, like all Straightforward Guides, is written in a clear style accessible to all.

It is often thought that buying or selling property at auction is complicated and risky and should only be undertaken by those with experience. However, nowadays, property auctions are an increasingly popular way for people to buy a home, increase their residential or commercial portfolio or sell an existing property. This book will guide to reader through the entire process. It is packed with useful information and will ensure that the experience will be based on solid foundations, and that people avoid the pitfalls inherent in buying property at auction.

A Practical Guide to Residential Conveyancing Revised Edition, 2024, by Peter Wade is a comprehensive guide to the various processes underpinning the conveyancing of residential property. It is clear and concise and is ideal for anyone who wishes to buy or sell a property without the use of a solicitor or licensed conveyancer and can be used by those who want a practical guide or by those who wish to learn more about the processes of conveyancing generally.

A Practical Guide to Obtaining Probate, Revised Edition is a concise and informative guide to the processes that underpin the practice of the administration of estates. The book is designed for those people who are involved in obtaining probate and acting as executor who wish to understand more about this complex area. The book is fully updated to 2024.

A Straightforward Guide to Individual and Family Finances, updated to 2024, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the complex area of personal finance. The book is clear and concise and is intended for the layperson, although it can be utilised by the professional or student. It is ideal for anyone who wishes to obtain important practical advice concerning this area, particularly in the current turbulent climate where uncertainty concerning savings and investments is prevalent. Areas such as the emergence of crypto currencies as a viable investment are covered as are the various scams that have arisen over the last few years.

Buying a franchise is probably one of the most important decisions a person can make. This is particularly so in 2024 following the impact of inflation and the cost of living crisis. This guide takes the reader through all the factors needed to arrive at a decision to enter into a franchise. With franchises, a person enjoys many of the advantages of an established business, such as a tried and tested product or service, a set of established operational guidelines and in most cases, a pretty good idea of whether or not the format will work in a chosen area or location. However, it goes without saying that a decision to enter into a franchise shouldn''t be taken lightly. This book will assist in the process of researching and setting up a franchise.

In the current housing climate, more and more people are finding it very difficult to get their foot on the housing ladder. Quite often, when the opportunity to do so arrives, buyers have to settle for second best, having had no say in the design and construction process, just to get a roof over their heads. However, there is another way which does take a lot more effort, and a lot more involvement, but which is ultimately very rewarding. That is self-building your own home. In 2024, the government is providing funding and help to all prospective house builders. A Straightforward Guide to Designing and Building Your Own Home, Revised edition, will guide the reader through all the stages involved in the process of self-building a home, from inception to completion. It will also highlight the increase in building costs in 2024.

This comprehensive guide to the planning system, current to 2024 is intended for all who wish to understand and deal with the planning system as it applies to residential and commercial properties. It will prove invaluable to all of those who wish to embark on the process of either building a new home, making an alteration to an existing home, plan for change of use to a business or prevent a development in their area. Although, in the main, covering the system in England and Wales extensive reference is made to the differences in each country of the United Kingdom.

This New Edition of A Straightforward Guide to The Rights and Obligations of Leaseholders and Freeholders provides essential information including proposed changes to the law and practice of managing leasehold property to 2024, specifically the Leasehold Reform Bill 2023. The book is comprehensive and intended for the layperson although it can be utilized by the student or professional and individuals generally.

The Property Investors Management Handbook, Revised Edition, revises and updates the previous edition in the light of ongoing changes in the law and practice of Residential property management, specifically The Renters Reform Bill 2023 and the impact on landlords and tenants and also changes to the leasehold landscape and how this affects freeholders and leaseholders.

This Revised publication in the Emerald Business Management Series, Business Start Up and Future Planning, written in a time of turbulence for all businesses operating within a backdrop of high inflation and high interest rates and record insolvencies, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the formation of a company and to the ongoing planning and development of a business. This book will prove invaluable to all those who are involved in setting up a business, whether small or medium size.

This latest book in the Emerald law Series, Guide to the Law of Tort, Revised edition, by Roger Caldwell, is the perfect introductory text to this complicated area dealing with negligence generally and liability for negligence and breach of duty. A Guide to the Law of Tort is the ideal book for all those who wish to develop their knowledge of this area, whether professional, layperson or student.

Bi-polar disorder is the term used to describe what was once known as manic depressive illness. Bi-polar disorder is becoming more and more common, particularly in young adults, although people of all age ranges will suffer from the condition. This Second Edition, as with all the guides in the Explaining series aims to provide an insight into bi-polar disorder and explores the background to the condition, the symptoms and the various treatments on offer. It also explores the way those with this condition can help themselves, through lifestyle modifications such as diet and exercise. The research and law is updated to 2024.

This Straightforward This comprehensive book, Negligence in Healthcare: A simple guide for Patients, Carers and Practitioners discusses how negligence works in practice. It examines the legal duty that a healthcare practitioner has to a patient, as well as what needs to be established for a negligence case to be successful. This book, which is a follow up to Healthcare Rights and Law for Patients, Carers and Practitioners, will be ideal for those wishing to know more about negligence in healthcare settings, whether a patient, someone caring for a patient, or healthcare practitioners. The following areas are covered in detail: what is negligence?, alternatives to negligence claims, duty of care owed to patients, the standard that practitioners have to meet, how negligence claims are accessed, good samaritan acts.

Without a doubt, one of the biggest headaches for all business owners is the issue of taxation and making sure that the correct tax is paid when due. This comprehensive guide to Business and Taxation is an up-to-date guide, revised to 2024, to all the issues concerning the operation of business and how taxation affects the operation of a company. It deals with all areas of tax, from an outline of the tax system to what should be paid and when.

This latest book in the Straightforward Guides series, A Guide to Handling Bereavement, Revised Edition, deals with the practical arrangements necessary after a death. The book is factual yet sympathetic and is intended to guide those who have suffered a bereavement. The funeral industry, post pandemic, in 2024, is covered in depth. The book, updated to 2024 is clear, practical and concise and is intended for the layperson. It is ideal for anyone who wishes to gain knowledge of this area.

A Straightforward Guide to Buying and Selling Your Own Home, Revised edition 2022 - is a comprehensive and clear guide for all who are involved in the purchase and sale of property. This book is particularly relevant now taking into account the changing property market and the problems caused by the pandemic. There is a need to be aware of the fundamental points when buying and selling. The book covers all aspects of the sales and purchase process including auctions and the process of conveyancing which have also undergone changes in the last few years.

Creativity in autism extends to all areas of life - to the visual arts, to music, to dance - but our backgrounds in English and Applied Drama mean that it is a particular pleasure for us to explore autistic interaction with words. Stereotypes of autism suggest that autistic people are concrete thinkers, people who struggle to move beyond literal interpretations, and that language used by and understood by autistic people lacks flexibility and creativity. We challenge this perspective, instead suggesting that autism may bring new richness and originality to language that can provide creativity and insight. This book shares and discusses two recent projects using the written word to explore autism. The first used the shared reading of literature as a scaffold for discussion of autistic identity. The second involved creative writing by a group of autistic adults. All involved throughout were ''insider'' members of the autism community, and both projects were completed collectively.

A Straightforward Guide to Investing in and Managing Commercial Property, revised edition, 2024, substantially updates the previous edition in the light of recent changes in landlord and tenant law. The book will enable the reader to understand the main areas of this complex field, one that is usually left to the professionals. By using this clear and easy-to-understand guide, the process of managing commercial property, in the main smaller premises, will become that much easier. The book explains commercial properties and the law, discusses business lettings and the role of advisors, such as estate agents and solicitors, the law and repairing obligations and the complex business of service charges and challenging charges in the courts. In addition, the process of surrendering and assigning leases is discussed plus the landlords'' rights when repossessing a property.

Health and Safety: The Essential Handbook for Businesses Large and Small, Revised Edition, by Samantha Walker will prove invaluable as a complete handbook for the existing and developing business and will guide managers in those businesses and assist them in ensuring that a comprehensive health and safety management system is in place. The following areas are covered in detail: Starting a business-what needs to be in place-Being Covid-secure in the Workplace-The enforcing authorities-Employment status and health and safety-Health and safety law-Risk assessment-good management of health and safety-When things go wrong.

What exactly is Alzheimer's disease and dementia? With Alzheimer's and dementia now reckoned to affect many in our population, this is a question that more and more people need to ask. Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia provides a clear and concise introduction to this fascinating and complex subject. Written in accessible, non-specialist language it provides an ideal introduction for parents, carers, partners - indeed for anyone who is faced with a loved one or client with these conditions.