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Keelys completes management buyout at Tamworth firm
Banking & Finance
Keelys law firm in Lichfield has successfully completed a management buyout for Tamworth-based engineers Aspire Consulting (Holdings).
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Weightmans to provide legal services for hundreds of colleges
Professional Services
Weightmans has been appointed to a panel providing legal services for hundreds of colleges in the Midlands and North West.
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Web-hosting group returns to Midland firms for acquisition advice
Banking & Finance
Two West Midlands-based professional services firms have advised on the multi-million pound sale of a web-hosting company, after also advising on its management buyout two years ago.
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Equity capital firm chief says funds available to support SMEs
Banking & Finance
Midlands investors still have the desire to invest in SMEs despite the economic conditions, the head of equity capital firm Catapult Venture Managers has said.
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Recession putting strain on relationships says report
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Zahra Pabani, partner at Shakespeare Putsman Solicitors in Birmingham and the chair of Resolution West Midlands, looks at how the recession is impacting upon family lawyers.
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20 jobs created as Simpson Millar wins community contract
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Law firm Simpson Millar has won a place on the Legal Service Commission’s legal services panel – a contract which will create 20 jobs new within the firm.
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Midland couple launch new DLA Piper team in Qatar
Professional Services
A Midland couple have swapped the recession-hit Birmingham legal world for the booming legal sector in the Middle East.
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Long-term value rests in equities
Banking & Finance
For the global economy, 2008 was an “Annus Horribilis” . But Paul Taylor, managing director at Worcestershire IFA, says the recession still offers good opportunities for investors.
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Birmingham tax specialists head to Jersey to keep clients within the law
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A Midland tax firm has sent a specialist team to Jersey as the clampdown on offshore accounts tightens even further.
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New faces appointed at Shakespeare Putsman
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Intellectual property specialist Mauro Paiano and insurance lawyer Michelle Iles have joined Birmingham law firm Shakespeare Putsman.
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Ortus Professional Search links up with Boston Bailey
Banking & Finance
Legal recruitment firm Ortus Professional Search has moved into the world of finance, after merging with a specialist accountancy M&A and an executive search company.
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Johnston Park McAndrew in partnership with insurance broker Prosperity
Banking & Finance
A West Midlands commercial insurance broker has set up a new partnership to meet its clients’ financial services needs.
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Deal brokered to save Dudley pneumatics company
Banking & Finance
A Dudley pneumatics company that was a victim of the credit crunch has been saved in a merger deal brokered by its distributor.
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New man takes the reins at Browne Jacobson
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Midlands firm Browne Jacobson has appointed a new managing partner to replace former boss Brian Smith.
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West Midlands property prices on the rise
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The West Midlands saw the biggest jump in property asking prices in the past month as new year sellers defied the market gloom.
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Bankers are just as much victims, says two leading Birmingham lawyers
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The region’s bankers are as much victims of the financial crisis as their customers, according to a couple of leading city lawyers.
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SME owners' retirement plans on hold
Banking & Finance
Most small business owners in the West Midlands see their retirement prospects receding as the economic gloom deepens, according to a new survey.
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Gordon Brown tells Coventry audience that banking bonus culture must change
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Gordon Brown has warned the bonus culture in British banks “got to change” as he visited Coventry.
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Sport needs to up its game to win sponsorship
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Organisers of leading sporting events will have to work much harder to secure essential sponsorship in the current economic climate, according to one of the region’s leading sports lawyers.
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With-profits policies in firing line over low bonuses
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They were supposed to be the financial product to best protect nervous savers through thick and thin - but with-profits policies are once again in the firing line as life insurers begin to declare bonuses for 2009.
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Kaupthing savers integrated into ING
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About 160,000 customers of failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing Edge have been offered a new savings deal by ING Direct.
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Less money going into savings accounts, Birmingham survey shows
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The amount of money flowing into savings accounts has plunged as rates fall to record lows, a brace of surveys has shown this week.
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Wintery weather crashes leave insurers with £63m bill
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The recent blizzards cost insurers £63million in claims for road accidents, according to Sainsbury’s.
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Midland MP Luff tells Prime Minister businesses are confused by 'bewildering' initiatives
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Businesses are confused by the “bewildering array of initiatives” designed to help them, Gordon Brown has been warned.
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