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Top Legal Aid award nomination for Withy King family lawyer Rebecca Stevens

June 5, 2015
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Top Legal Aid award nomination for Withy King family lawyer Rebecca Stevens

Withy King family lawyer Rebecca Stevens has been named among the finalists in the prestigious Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) Awards run by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group. Rebecca, pictured, who works from the firm’s Swindon office, made headlines last year when she was praised by the president of the Family Law...

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New senior partner at Bevirs looks to healthy future for historic firm

June 1, 2015
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New senior partner at Bevirs looks to healthy future for historic firm

Law firm Bevirs has appointed Stuart McNeil as its new senior partner, replacing John Hunt who has retired. Stuart, pictured, who is based in Bevirs’s Swindon office, has worked as a solicitor in Wiltshire for more than 30 years and moves up from his previous role as the firm’s head of litigation. Stuart said:...

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Town’s fortunes to be discussed at Withy King’s Swindon Economic Question Time

May 29, 2015
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Town’s fortunes to be discussed at Withy King’s Swindon Economic Question Time

Law firm Withy King is staging a Swindon Economic Question Time later this month with an expert panel offering their insights into the town’s fortunes. Speaking at the event on June 23 – and taking part in the panel session – will be HSBC head of economics Mark Berrisford-Smith, who will highlight the issues...

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Trio of new arrivals spurs further growth at Swindon law firm Francis George Solicitor-Advocate

May 28, 2015
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Swindon law firm Francis George Solicitor-Advocate has continued its growth with three new appointments to its senior team. Kim Thurston has joined as a senior conveyancer, Rebecca Withington has strengthened the probates and wills team, and Miriam Soteriou has been recruited as a litigation paralegal. Kim Thurston, pictured right, who now heads the firm’s...

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New agreement with key Chinese economic hub opens doors for partnerships with Swindon firms

May 28, 2015
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New agreement with key Chinese economic hub opens doors for partnerships with Swindon firms

Swindon firms are being encouraged to establish closer trading partnerships with their counterparts in the South West’s sister region in China following the signing of a major new agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Bristol & West of England China Bureau is aimed at overcoming the difficulties...

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Queen’s Speech: EU referendum threatens to overshadow positive measures, says Business West

May 27, 2015
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Queen’s Speech: EU referendum threatens to overshadow positive measures, says Business West

Business West, the organisation that runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, has described this week’s Queen’s Speech as ‘bittersweet’, with positive measures counter balanced by risks linked to the EU referendum. The speech, which set out the new Government’s legislative programme for the year ahead, included a number of major measures which will impact...

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Business Showcase South West 2015: Photo gallery

May 18, 2015
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Levi Roots, the Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur who secured investment from Dragons’ Den, and Gerald Ratner, the jewellery group boss who came back from the business wilderness, were the star attractions of Business Showcase South West 2015. But the two-day event at Bristol’s Colston Hall last Thursday and Friday was also a great networking...

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Up, up and away today for Business Showcase South West 2015

May 14, 2015
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Up, up and away today for Business Showcase South West 2015

Swindon firms are today making their way to the South West’s biggest free business event with organisers saying it looks set to be a flyaway success. Up to 3,000 delegates are expected to attend the Business Showcase South West 2015, which returns to returns to Bristol’s Colston Hall today and tomorrow. Star attractions include...

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Clark Holt talk will outline how SMEs can win more public sector work

May 12, 2015
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Clark Holt talk will outline how SMEs can win more public sector work

Small and medium-sized firms looking to win work from the public sector can find out more at a talk to be staged by Swindon law firm Clark Holt next week. Matthew Wolton, a partner in Clark Holt’s commercial department, will look at the huge opportunities for SMEs following regulations that came into force earlier...

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New head of residential property for Charles Lucas Marshall

May 12, 2015
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New head of residential property for Charles Lucas Marshall

Regional law firm Charles Lucas Marshall, which has an office in Swindon, has appointed Christopher Brierley as head of its residential property team. Previously a partner with North London firm Farhi Jacob, Christopher, pictured, has been a practicing property lawyer for nine years and will lead Charles Lucas & Marshall’s residential property team across...

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