We've all had to adapt this past year, whether it be in our personal or professional lives. The business community has shown endless ingenuity and conviction, providing us with ways to navigate these unprecedented times.
The Professional Services Firm of the Year category celebrates the companies across a variety of areas that have been determined to produce the best results for their clients.
They have demonstrable strengths in service excellence, business growth, innovation, technology, training and personal development.
The online awards ceremony takes place on Tuesday June 15 - Please email nikki.kandola@reachplc.com for more information and to learn about sponsorship opportunities. The ceremony will be hosted on our new virtual events platform The Awards Room which gives nominees and sponsors the chance to experience real-time networking, with guests grouped together on their own tables. Follow the hashtag #BPBAwards for updates on social media. |
Bevan Brittan
Bevan Brittan is a 海角视频 top 100 commercial law firm based in the heart of Birmingham that supports clients and communities nationally. With a deep commitment to the Midlands, it provides leading legal and advisory services to local businesses and organisations in and around Birmingham.
Across the 海角视频, Bevan Brittan advises more than 800 businesses across various sectors, including acting for 60 per cent of all NHS Trusts and more than 170 private health and social care providers.
It advised the NHS on the creation of ‘Nightingale' hospitals in response to the pandemic, in addition to advising on the YMCA Heart of England merger that allowed the YMCA to expand its local services.
During 2020, the company lived its values of 'what matters to you, matters to us' to meet its clients' rapidly changing needs, launching its covid-19 Advisory Service and Information Hub and hosting 40 webinars about crucial issues for SMEs in the region.
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The business experienced financial growth that allowed it to repay furlough monies back to HM Treasury alongside promoting five Birmingham-based lawyers and offering 80 per cent of its newly qualified solicitors a role within Bevan Brittan. In just the past year, the business has won at the Legal 500 Awards, HealthInvestor Awards and Bristol Property Awards 2020.
Gateley
In 2015, Gateley became the first 海角视频 law firm to float on AIM, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange. Since then, both headcount and revenue have doubled with more than 1,000 people employed across 11 locations. During the last 30 years, the business has achieved an unbroken record of increased profit delivery through expanding business services and sustainable growth.
Its Birmingham head office has provided commercial legal services to individuals and businesses since it was founded in 1808 and has more than 400 professionals based there. It won the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce Awards for 'Excellence in Contribution to the Community' and 'Excellence in Sales and Marketing'.
The business has acted for many well-known organisations, like Gymshark, Diageo, Birmingham City University and Dudley Council.
In 2020, the company made many developments. It appointed a new chief executive, made two acquisitions, created a bespoke real estate dispute resolution service and more. It is focused on expanding the breadth and depth of service lines through its 'Platform Strategy', bringing together its legal and consulting businesses to provide cross-selling opportunities for existing clients and representing a compelling go-to-market strategy for new ones.
The company invests heavily in its people by providing a range of training and development opportunities alongside its bespoke junior and senior mentoring schemes and Women in Leadership programme.
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Shoosmiths
Shoosmiths is one of the largest law firms in Birmingham, with its Birmingham office home to a quarter of the entire firm’s partnership. As a 海角视频 law firm with 13 locations, it has a total of 213 partners and 1,608 lawyers and business support employees.
2020 marked record financial results and to reflect the firm’s people-centred approach it was also awarded Investors in People, Platinum status. Further development included winning at the 海角视频’s first ever Women in Law Awards, the introduction of a reciprocal mentoring programme and mandatory unconscious bias e-learning.
It is especially proud of the game-changing initiatives emanating from the Birmingham office. For example, its new working principles and innovative client initiatives early in the pandemic. The office is home to Birmingham Law Society Awards 'Solicitor of the Year', Kishma Bolanji, who also founded ‘Birmingham Black Lawyers’.
In May 2020, Alex Bishop and Beth McArdle took over as co-heads of the Birmingham office, seeing the role be shared by a female for the first time. Both have many accolades and have been vital in the firm's growth.
The full list of 2021 categories and sponsors is:
- New Business of the Year - sponsored by
- Small Business of the Year
- Manufacturing Business of the Year - sponsored by
- Covid Defiance Award
- Professional Services Firm of the Year
- Property and Construction Business of the Year
- Third Sector Organisation of the Year - sponsored by
- CSR Project of the Year - sponsored by
- International Trade and Export Award
- Young Businessperson of the Year - sponsored by
- Company of the Year (chosen from the category winners)