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Coronavirus Notice

We are delighted to welcome clients back, and all of our offices, with the exception of Nottingham, are now open for appointments.

We do however, respectfully request that you continue to wear a mask as you enter our offices and use the hand sanitiser provided.

We will continue to observe social distancing in our meeting rooms while cases are still high, and this will be reviewed every two weeks.

Should you prefer not to visit our offices, then phone & video appointments remain available for your convenience.

 

Nottingham

Our Nottingham office remains closed and we are unable to receive any post sent to that address.  If you have documents that need to be posted to our Nottingham office, please can we ask that you post to our Mansfield office instead or scan and email them to us.

 

Online Payments

Please note that if you need to make a payment, it can be taken online via this link: https://www.bannerjones.co.uk/payments/new

 

Client safety continues to be our number one priority. We have followed Government guidance and carried out a thorough risk assessment. Risks within general office locations, will continually be assessed in line with government guidance for ‘working safely in offices and contact centres’. 

 

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