Property & Construction

The corporate and banking teams at law firm Shakespeare Martineau have supported a record- breaking £6.6 billion-worth of deals during 2024, including more than £259 million in the South West alone.

Manchester Building Society merged with Newcastle Building Society in 2023, becoming part of Newcastle Building Society Group.

Sausage dogs will sizzle in fleecy finery this winter, courtesy of Wiltshire company Doghouse Design and a cash injection of £100,000 from the British Business Bank's South West Investment Fund via SWIG Finance.

Family-owned cider brand makers, Thatchers Cider, is celebrating after winning in the Court of Appeal in the much-reported trade mark infringement case against supermarket giant Aldi.

UK law firm Ashfords has appointed legal directors Rebecca Dixon and Tanya Edmonds to its housebuilding and development team, boosting the team's expertise across all areas of housing development.

Hazlewoods Innovation team offers insights into two key changes introduced by HMRC in 2024 to clamp down on error and fraud in the R&D market.

European law firm Fieldfisher has appointed leading medical negligence partner Mandy Luckman to spearhead a new personal injury and medical negligence (PIMN) team in the firm’s Birmingham office.

Chris Longbottom, national family law team manager and partner at Clarke Willmott in Manchester, has been shortlisted for the prestigious ‘Private Client Lawyer of the Year’ award at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards.

A Warrington specialist business bank is aiming for an incredible seventh successive win after being shortlisted again in national industry awards.

Porter Dodson, the UK Top 200 law firm, has announced the appointment of three senior solicitors to its rapidly growing Exeter office at Dix’s Field near Southernhay.

Bartlett Group are excited to announce the launch of their brand-new website: Compare Credit Insurance.

A law firm’s work is naturally confidential, but achieving favourable outcomes for clients also means recognising the need to share knowledge with connected professional services.

South West business Access Cleaning Services has gone from 0 to 112 employees and a geographical spread from Penzance to Gloucester, thanks to a £163k funding boost through SWIG Finance.

A Manchester-based law firm has amassed around 15,000 claimants for an impending data breach lawsuit against Microsoft and Google.

Law firm Flint Bishop has announced three senior leadership appointments within its Debt Services division, bringing extensive expertise in debt management, litigation, and operational leadership as it seeks to further enhance the firm’s capabilities in the UK’s energy and utilities sector.

New research from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP finds that, following the increases announced in the Autumn Budget to employer National Insurance Contributions and National Minimum Wage, UK businesses’ profit growth expectations remain low and many are looking to review employee costs across the board including implementing hiring freezes.

Hazlewoods Corporate Finance team are pleased to report that they have completed M&A transactions worth more than £1.2 billion in 2024.