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Specialist joins mfg Solicitors' contentious probate team
Professional Services
Andrew Chandler, who is experienced in a range of matters including validity of wills and fraud claims, has joined from the Birmingham office of DAC Beachcroft
New recruit boosts Mazars' receivables management team
Banking & Finance
Mr Cresswell joins the Midlands team of the accountancy and business advisory firm as a receivables manager
Wesleyan Bank marks legal lending milestone
Banking & Finance
The specialist bank, part of the Birmingham-based mutual Wesleyan Group, has now lent more than half a billion pounds to law firms since 2010 – with an additional £180 million in personal loans
Pinsent Masons elects new managing partner
Professional Services
Mr Cleland joined the firm as a partner in 1997 and is currently head of financial institutions, covering banking, restructuring and financial regulatory
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance funds JCM Heating and Renewables
Banking & Finance
The Sale-based company, which is backed by Sale Sharks’ head coach Steve Diamond, provides installations of gas condensing boilers
Bernard Shepherd joins Clark Brookes Turner Cary
Professional Services
Mr Shepherd was law society president from 2009 to 2010 and also the president of  the West Midland Association of Law Societies from 2010 to 2012
Armstrongs Accountants claim honours at British Accountancy Awards
Banking & Finance
The winners were announced at a gala dinner held at The Brewery venue in London
Mills & Reeve appoint new managing partner and senior partner
Professional Services
Mr Ripman and Ms Clarke, who have served on the Mills & Reeve board since June 2012, will take over from Mark Jeffries and Guy Hinchley respectively in June next year
Aston Martin unveils James Bond's new car
Economic Development
The DB10 is being specially developed for the film Spectre and just ten of the bespoke cars will be built
Lloyds Bank supports Bastock Funeral Directors in Italian fleet deal
Banking & Finance
Founded in 1856, C Bastock (Funeral Directors) is a family business that has been passed down through seven generations
Lodders Solicitors appoint new staff and unveil professional development initiatives
Professional Services
Michael Brook has joined the agricultural and estates team and Lauren Pearson has been appointed paralegal in the real estate team
Mortgages Together to expand into financial planning and wealth management
Banking & Finance
The expansion coincides with Trevor Pugh’s intention to retire from Mortgages Together, the business which he founded in 2003
Shakespeares sign-up Quiss Technology for IT training deal
Professional Services
The decision to outsource training was prompted by the firm’s recent growth and the need to integrate all parts of the businesses into Shakespeares’ developing systems
Medium-sized businesses continue to drive recovery says Grant Thornton
Banking & Finance
The latest figures from Grant Thornton’s Agents of Growth series show MSBs will contribute £262 billion to º£½ÇÊÓƵ GDP in 2014
Shoosmiths' partner triumphs at British Legal Awards
Professional Services
Mr Jackson, head of the technology, media & commercial practice at Shoosmiths, received the award following feedback from clients
Koolmill sells rice milling machines to China
Economic Development
Midland company cracks one of the toughest markets for its produce but said difficulties in accessing funds to expand was hitting its plans to establish a manufacturing base here
Islamic Bank of Britain to hold event on Sharia-compliant home buying
Banking & Finance
IBB, soon to be renamed Al Rayan Bank, is holding the event following its launch of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s only Sharia-compliant Home Purchase Plan (HPP) backed by the Government’s Help to Buy scheme
New recruits join Thursfields Solicitors
Professional Services
Tom Evans joins as an associate solicitor in the firm’s wills and probate department, with Mandeep Landra and Jane Salmon joining the residential & commercial property and family departments respectively
Last call for Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards
Professional Services
Today is the final day for award entries, with the event taking place at Birmingham’s ICC on March 19 2015
Jobson James strengthens management team
Banking & Finance
Dean Smith and Nigel Wallace have joined the Jobson James management team
Demand for real ale bolsters Marston's
Economic Development
The Wolverhampton-based brewer and pub operator’s brewing division grew revenues by 4.1 per cent to £132.5 million and profits by 3 per cent to £17.4 million
University of Birmingham awarded £80 million for quantum physics project
Economic Development
Funding will go towards work on quantum sensors which could be used for a plethora of tasks from mapping underground pipework to helping research into dementia
Supreme Court victory for Mills & Reeve insurance team
Professional Services
Defending Stafford law firm Mark Redler & Co Solicitors, Mills & Reeve succeeded in changing centuries of law relating to equitable compensation for breach of trust by a solicitor
Grant Thornton appoints associate director to advisory team
Banking & Finance
Mr Dyke returns to Grant Thornton’s Midlands’ advisory team following five years at Royal Bank of Scotland