REPRESENTATIVES from small county businesses attended a recent hattrick of successful seminars.

The seminars, organised by Worcestershire solicitors Thursfields, were focused on the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The talks, which were held at Worcester Cricket Club as well as Halesowen Rugby Club and Thursfields’ Solihull office, featured practical steps organisations can take to make themselves GDPR-ready.

Thursfields’ employment solicitors Lisa Kemp, James Monk and Jade Linton each led one of the free breakfast seminars.

Sue Kenyon, human recources manager at Fitzgerald Contractors, said: “This was a really detailed insight into the GDPR regulations coming up, but was delivered in such a simple and useful way that helped me to understand. Most importantly it’s stopped me from panicking about the changes, as I now know exactly what to do to make sure we do the right thing.”

Peter Costello, finance controller at Universal Document Solutions Ltd, said: “The event was very informative and Thursfields delivered its usual professional, informative presentation. It was good that the seminar came from a practical rather than ‘too legal’ a perspective."