Clients and guests enjoyed law firm Thrings recent summer barbecue held at its Bath office. All photos by Beata Cosgrove Photography
Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards has strengthened its growing family and commercial law teams with two graduate appointments. Charlotte Collard joins as a paralegal in the family law team having graduated with a law degree from Plymouth University. The Queen Square firm’s commercial law team has also welcomed welcomes Katharine Robinson, who also joins...
The region’s largest business organisation, Business West, has called for “stability, clarity and action” from the Government after official figures showed a small rise in unemployment across the South West and fears grow of an economic slowdown. The number of people out of work and claiming benefit edged up by 8,000 – or 0.2%...
A Bath-based solicitor has teamed up with a colleague from South Wales to launch the first legal recruitment agency in the region run by fully qualified legal practitioners. Rhiannon Cambrook-Woods, who spent the first nine years of her legal career at Bath insurance group Helphire, and Kate Shorney-Morris believe Zest Recruitment and Consultancy is...
M4 corridor law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, is to open a base in Southampton as part of its ambitious expansion plans to address changes in the legal market. The new office, which opens in October, will initially focus on agriculture, landed estates and private client work. But it will also...
Bath law firm Stone King has bolstered its commercial team with the appointment of experienced business property lawyer Philip Lawrence. Philip joins the firm as an associate solicitor from Veale Wasbrough Vizards in Bristol, where he held a similar position. He specialises in commercial property and property development, including advice on strategic land options...
Regional law firm Thrings has continued to expand its private client tax planning and trusts offering with the appointment of experienced legal and tax professional Stephen Horton. Stephen, pictured, joins the firm’s Bath office as a senior executive, having previously worked for estate administration service providers Kings Court Trust in the city. Prior to...
The bitter EU referendum campaign and fears over its outcome hit Bath firms’ confidence and impacted on the wider economy even before the result to leave was announced, according to the latest survey by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation. On all major indicators, the poll of more than 550 businesses across the...
Bath financial services firms Fidelius and Money Wise have merged to form a major player in the sector. Fidelius, which specialises in wealth management, employee benefits and insurance services, has a turnover of £6.8m and employs 65 people. It will continue to run Money Wise from that firm’s Queen Square office in the short-term....
A sparkling wine-tasting evening, hosted by accountants Monahans and law firm Clarke Wilmot has raised more than £1,200 for Headway Bristol, the charity that helps survivors of brain injury. Nearly 30 guests attended the Festival of Fizz at Clarke Wilmott’s Bristol office, sampling a variety of sparkling wines supplied by Bristol wine merchants Davis Bell...