Freeths strengthens family law offering with partner hire 

Leading national law firm, Freeths LLP, has strengthened its offering in the Southeast with the appointment of Partner Gavin Scott to lead the highly regarded family team in Oxford. This latest appointment will see Gavin expand the team, while working alongside colleagues nationally.  With over 20 years’ experience, Gavin’s expertise spans all aspects of family law, […]

Freeths strengthens insurance offering with new Partner hire

Leading national law firm Freeths LLP has bolstered its insurance offering with the appointment of Dispute Resolution Partner, Nick Sutton in London. He joins from Fletcher Day and previously spent over 10 years at DWF. With almost 15 years’ experience, Nick specialises in legal risk management, dispute resolution, commercial litigation and arbitration in insurance law.   […]

Freeths appoints new partner to its thriving intellectual property and media...

Leading national law firm Freeths has appointed Martin Noble as Intellectual Property (IP) and Media Partner as it continues to grow the practice nationally. He joins from Shakespeare Martineau.  Martin has over 20 years’ experience advising businesses on a broad range of commercial matters, with a particular focus on intellectual property. His appointment will further […]

BUS OPERATORS BACK WORLD CAR FREE DAY

Oxfordshire residents are being encouraged to take the bus on World Car Free Day 2022 on Thursday September 22.  Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel are taking part in the global initiative which aims to ease congestion and improve air quality by promoting mass transit, cycling and walking to motorists as alternative methods of travel. World Car […]

Autumn Fest: Saturday 1st October – Sunday 2nd October 2022

Last year saw the inaugural Autumn Fest at Blenheim Palace and, as the Palace’s website states, “Harvest is the perfect time to come together with our community and share the enterprising projects at Blenheim and across the region, including initiatives to support declining bee and insect populations, woodland renewal and clean waterways alongside many others […]

Freeths announces record financial results in 2022

Leading national law firm Freeths has today published its financial results for 2021/22, revealing a record performance for the year with turnover up by 9.3% to £112m.  As one of the fastest growing UK firms, Freeths has delivered compound organic annual growth of c10% since 2015. Freeths’ continuing success is driven by the dedication and […]

Freeths launches Private Funds practice with new Partner hire

Leading national law firm Freeths LLP has established a new specialist Private Funds department in London with the appointment of Partner George Metcalfe. George joins from Simmons & Simmons. With more than 10 years’ experience, George has a particular focus on infrastructure, credit, private equity, venture capital, real estate and impact funds. He regularly advises […]

Hallam achieves B Corp™ status

Nottingham-based digital marketing agency, Hallam, has achieved B Corp™ status. Joining only a handful of agencies nationwide, Hallam is the first digital marketing agency in Nottinghamshire to become a Certified B Corporation® and the second in the entirety of the East Midlands.  B Corp™ certification requires that a business meets high standards of social and […]

BUS SERVICES TO OPERATE REDUCED TIMETABLES ON DAY OF QUEEN’S FUNERAL

Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel will operate a reduced service on Monday. The Public Holiday for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.  Both bus operators will provide a Sunday service across all timetables. Its customer services and Oxford travel shops will also operate to amended hours. Customer services and the Gloucester Green travel […]

PENNINGTONS MANCHES COOPER ADVISES SEEDRS ON $100 MILLION ACQUISITION BY REPUBLIC

The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised Seedrs, Europe’s leading online private investment platform, on its completed acquisition by Republic for $100 million. This is a landmark transaction which creates a business working globally to transform the world of private investment. Seedrs recently celebrated its ten year anniversary having facilitated over 1,700 campaigns […]