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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt'><tr><td width=293 style='width:219.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#910B77'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/" title=""Home" "><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=108 height=73 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image003.png@01CF0D58.41E7B0E0" alt=Home></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=622 colspan=2 style='width:466.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><img border=0 width=499 height=143 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CF0D5B.89B1A720" alt="conferences and seminars header photo.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=915 colspan=3 style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Conference News</span></b><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'>4 new conferences for you to download and book<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr style='height:212.35pt'><td width=298 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:212.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-london"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=241 height=296 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CFBBA8.F3E1E000" alt=7-10-14.png></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:212.35pt'><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-london"><span style='color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>London: </span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>Employment Law Update 2014</span></span><o:p></o:p></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'>Tuesday 7<sup>th</sup> October<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'>A one-day conference at</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'> <i>Unite the Union, Theobolds Road, London</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is the tenth annual Employment Law Update Conference, organised by the Institute of Employment Rights held in association with Old Square Chambers and the TUC. It is a must-go-to event for anyone with an interest in employment law and the protection of collective and individual worker’s rights.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-london"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-london"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk">office@ier.org.uk</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width=915 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h3 align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></h3></td></tr><tr style='height:177.5pt'><td width=298 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:177.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-liverpool-0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=204 height=251 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CFBBA8.F3E1E000" alt=22-10-14.png></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:177.5pt'><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-liverpool-0"><span style='color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>Liverpool:</span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>Employment Law Update 2014</span></span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'>Wednesday 22<sup>nd </sup>October 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'>A one-day conference at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is the seventh annual Employment Law Update Conference, organised by the Institute of Employment Rights held in association with Old Square Chambers and the TUC. It is a must-go-to event for anyone with an interest in employment law and the protection of collective and individual worker’s rights.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-liverpool-0"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-liverpool-0"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk">office@ier.org.uk</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:2.1pt'><td width=915 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:2.1pt'><h3 align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></h3></td></tr><tr><td width=298 colspan=2 style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-1"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=223 height=275 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image010.jpg@01CFBBA8.F3E1E000" alt=19-11-14.png></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-1"><span style='color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>London:</span></a></span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>Equality and Discrimination: what next for equal rights?</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'>Wednesday 19<sup>th</sup> November 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;font-weight:normal'>A one day conference, at UNISON, Euston Road, London<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Four years after the introduction of the Equality Act 2010 and where are we now? Under the Government’s so-called ‘red tape challenge’ several hard won protections have been repealed on the basis that they are ‘burdens on business’ and the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, 2013 (ERRA reduced several equality protections including third party harassment and the questionnaire procedure used to gather information for discrimination cases and equal pay audits.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-1"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-1"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk">office@ier.org.uk</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=915 colspan=3 style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></td></tr><tr><td width=298 colspan=2 style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/tupe-update-new-regulations-liverpool"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=206 height=254 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CFBBA8.F3E1E000" alt=3-12-14.png></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/tupe-update-new-regulations-liverpool"><span style='color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>Liverpool</span></a>:</span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;text-decoration:none'>TUPE Update: the new Regulations</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77'>Wednesday 3<sup>rd</sup> December 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#910B77;font-weight:normal'>A one day conference, at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The government published new TUPE Regulations in November 2013, revealing service provision rules will not be repealed, but several changes will be made that could hinder trade union activity. There are many uncertainties about the new regulations and the conference will aim to provide answers to many questions plus any additional questions from delegates on the day.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/tupe-update-new-regulations-liverpool"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/tupe-update-new-regulations-liverpool"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk">office@ier.org.uk</a></span><span style='color:#763B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=244 style='width:183.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=515 style='width:386.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>