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style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=93 style='width:1.0312in;height:.9687in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a445c496-c0c6-489d-86d5-33336f0515d9.jpg" alt="30th anniversary"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Support the IER in its 30th Anniversary year</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>This year we are celebrating our forthcoming 30th Anniversary and we're appealing for your support. We hope to raise £30,000 to celebrate our 30 years and with these funds we will modernise our website and communications; promote our ideas through meetings, education packs, videos and animations; and establish a reserve to avoid repeat fundraising.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=3fa3a88cca&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=99 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0312in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>EU introduces new protections for 'gig' economy workers </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>The EU has introduced new rules to offer more protection to workers in the 'gig' economy, including the right to compensation for short-notice cancellation of shifts; a ban on exclusivity clauses; a "day one" right to a description of their duties, standard working day, and pay information; and mandatory training for which workers will be paid at their usual rate. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=8dde6a33fc&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=99 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0312in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Brits work longest - and less productive - hours in EU </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>New research from the TUC has found that British workers put in more hours than anywhere else in the EU, and yet economic productivity is still low. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5b9f1b0a53&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:38.25pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:38.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='background:#A43F65;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'> Labour Law Highlights 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=300 height=425 style='width:3.125in;height:4.427in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/9b4a62e5-f3d0-4ec0-b7f4-57be9064f62b.jpg" alt="Labour Law Highlights 2019"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="60%" valign=top style='width:60.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Labour Law Highlights 2019 - from £8</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style9><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Edited by Stuart Brittenden and Betsan Criddle</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Subscribers can <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a3cf323c16&e=71131c031b">download their free copy now</a> - click <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=1f0493291f&e=71131c031b">here to subscribe</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>In a year that Parliament has been tied up in its efforts to strike a deal on leaving the EU, developments in labour law have fallen largely to the Courts in 2018/19, where rulings have gone some way to clarify existing legislation and to shape an understanding of complex areas of employment law like employment status.<br><br>In this popular annual update to case law, the IER’s regular team of barristers at Old Square Chambers guides readers through key decisions in the last year that may prove instructive to trade unions and potential claimants as to the likely approach of Judges to forthcoming cases.<br><br>The authors cover a wide range of issues including trade union rights, pay and terms of employment, whistleblowing, TUPE, unfair dismissal, discrimination and the application of equality law.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=447cc6cdbe&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase your copy</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:38.25pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:38.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='background:blue;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'> The Welfare State, Work & Wages: Disintegration or renewal?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=300 height=425 style='width:3.125in;height:4.427in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/bdc8a083-5a8e-4297-b0ac-8bb689ab9b1e.jpg" alt="Welfare State"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="60%" valign=top style='width:60.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Welfare State, Work & Wages: Disintegration or renewal? - £10</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style9><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>By Keith Puttick</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Subscribers can <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=1a29271caa&e=71131c031b">download their free copy now</a> - click <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=725b8ee809&e=71131c031b">here to subscribe</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Up until now, criticism of Universal Credit has largely focused on how long delays and sanctions are forcing recipients into poverty and debt. Less attention has been given to how the Welfare State interacts with the labour market to influence employment patterns. In this book, Keith Puttick examines the work-welfare interface through time, highlighting how changes in attitude and policy around the benefits system has had a deleterious effect on labour standards in the workplace.<br><br>While increased pressure on jobseekers to find work – regardless of quality – incentivises the creation of low-hours, low-pay mini-jobs; the proliferation of work that cannot meet the needs of workers generates further reliance on the Welfare State, thus creating a vicious cycle that prevents low-paid workers from progressing.<br><br>The author concludes that in order to create an effective Welfare State, we must first overcome the shortcomings of the current system of labour rights. Drawing upon the IER’s influential Manifesto for Labour Law, he recommends the rollout of sectoral collective bargaining and stronger equality laws to encourage the creation of higher-paid, higher-quality work and improve its accessibility to all, thereby providing opportunities for those currently stuck in the benefits trap to become financially secure. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b5e9b7fb9b&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase your copy</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='background:#773B6A;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'> Events <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=84 height=117 style='width:.875in;height:1.2187in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/02768e1c-2631-4bc9-aa84-a790134b62a0.jpg" alt="Caselaw development: London"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>London: Case law development - labour law review</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Wednesday 24 April 2019 - 09:30 - 15:00</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Unite the Union, London</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'> <br>At this interactive, hands-on conference, trade union representatives and others interested in defending workers’ rights will learn how recent changes in the law are being interpreted in the courts, as well as given the opportunity to apply what they learn to issues in their own workplace.<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Speakers include Betsan Criddle and Bruno Gill</span></strong></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f8cbfb745f&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and book your place</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:38.25pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:38.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='background:#5BAFAC;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'> Publications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/8ca2aad5-3b78-4602-b0c9-9519795bcbf4.jpg" alt="Rolling out"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Rolling out the Manifesto for Labour Law: £10</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Edited by John Hendy QC, Prof Keith Ewing and Carolyn Jones</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>The IER’s 2016 Manifesto for Labour Law garnered support from major unions across the UK, the Green Party, the Scottish Nationalist Party, and most of all the Labour Party, which adopted many of the IER’s recommendations as a blueprint for future reform. Now we present Rolling Out, a guide to how our recommendations could be practically implemented. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=eafcaf82b5&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ed8ca3ae-fa0c-4030-bff8-bcdcd4f59f6a.jpg" alt=Blacklisting></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Blacklisting: the need for a public inquiry (including a Manifesto Against Blacklisting): £8</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>By Dave Smith and Alex Just</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>In his thoughtful account of the conspiracy, which incorporates the first-hand experiences of blacklisted workers and their families, the author leads readers through the multitude of obstacles faced by the victims. It concludes with a call for a public inquiry that forces those involved to publically account for their actions; and a detailed Manifesto Against Blacklisting </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=e505a7a984&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ffa54ac8-9d49-4559-9d3d-1042aaacbe0b.jpg" alt="Europe, the EU and Britain"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Europe, the EU and Britain: Workers' Rights and Economic Democracy: £8</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Notes from a seminar by the Institute of Employment Rights and the Marx Memorial Library</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>On 01 July 2017, labour movement leaders from across Europe met at the Marx Memorial Library, London, to discuss how a progressive future for workers’ rights can be sought following the UK’s vote to leave the EU. This report documents the meeting, including the transcripts of each presentation, as well as notes on the discussion between panel and delegates on the day.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=6f16beae49&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/89596b4b-fb8c-466d-974a-89baa936f609.jpg" alt="CB Europe"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td 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on the bloc.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ccd44cc803&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f5cd005c-17c2-4c04-bd1f-452d91c64d61.jpg" alt="CB in Social Care"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 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