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Adam will head up RBS team in North

Rbs Invoice Finance has strengthened its North-East and Yorkshire team with the appointment of Adam Simpson as regional sales director and Mark Heyes as associate director in the business development team. Read

Jackson holds chair

Andrew Jackson has been re-elected chairman of the 1,800-member Tyne & Wear Society of Chartered Accountants. Read

Acquisition will help Canford

Law firm Ward Hadaway is helping audio manufacturer and distributor Canford Group make a bigger noise by closing two deals for the group. Read

Pensions expert joins Watson Burton

Pensions specialist Robert O'Donovan is joining Watson Burton from London lawyers Radcliffes le Brasseur after 20 years with the City firm. Read

Law firm partners meet students

International law firm Eversheds has run a series of sessions at its Newcastle office, offering students from seven local sixth forms the opportunity to gain an insight into life as a lawyer. Students who had expressed interest in pursuing a career in law were able to meet with various partners and learn about what a commercial law firm does, the different specialisms and how the areas are integrated. Read

Legal firm to help councils plan on waste

Law firm Dickinson Dees has been appointed to advise north-west councils on waste. The Newcastle firm will work with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities on the preparation of a joint waste development plan document for three years initially. Read

Health trust deal is tonic for law firm

Law firm Ward Hadaway has clinched a deal to provide legal services to one of the North-East's biggest health trusts. The Newcastle-based firm fought off stiff competition to secure the three-year contract from County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. Read

It's plain sailing for new chairman

Keen sailor Graeme Boagey has found a new 'berth' - as chairman of the Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants (TSCA). Mr Boagey, 43, tax partner at Chipchase Manners, Middlesbrough, takes over from Graham Fitzgerald. Read

Three join top team at A&L

Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank has taken on three senior staff as it expands to meet growing demand. It has appointed business banking managers Mark Rutherford, Ian Massey and Sarah Ferguson at its North East Business Centre on Newcastle Quayside. Read

Peers say Harland is the best

North-East accountancy Harland has won special recognition for its consulting skills. The firm, which is based in Consett and Newcastle, has beaten tough competition to be named Accounting Firm of the Year for consulting at the Accounting Firm of the Year Awards 2007/8 in London. Read

Software giant grows bigger with £17m deal

Law firm Ward Hadaway has closed its sixth deal for Sage (UK) Limited, advising the software giant on a £17m acquisition. Read

Team gets a new leader

Law firm Dickinson Dees has strengthened its financial planning department with the appointment of Joanna Allen. Read

Law firm moves into bigger premises

A firm of Teesside solicitors is moving up to bigger premises on Wynyard Park after seeing a strong growth in its business. Read

Donna shoots straight to top of corporate ladder

Associate partner Donna Burn has shot up the corporate ladder to become a resident partner at the Newcastle branch of leading chartered accountancy firm HW North-East. Read

Complex deal leads to five years' work

Law firm Dickinson Dees has clinched a five-year deal with newly-formed Business Link North-East. The deal has followed pioneering work by the Newcastle firm in the creation of the advice agency. BLNE is the new independent private sector organisation delivering the Business Link branded information, diagnostics and brokerage service. Read

Firm rewards its 'fantastic first 11' for dedication

Watson Burton has announced its largest set of promotions with 11 of its solicitors taking on new roles at the Newcastle firm. There are six new partners and five new associates at the firm, which has offices in Leeds and London. Read

Hunston is back in the chair

John Hunston has been re-elected chairman of the Cumberland Society of Chartered Accountants (CSCA). Mr Hunston, training schemes manager at Armstrong Watson, Carlisle, who has been CSCA chairman since May 2006, said: "I am looking forward to the year ahead, in which I aim to help ensure that the views of Cumbria's chartered accountants continue to be heard by the new Business Link North- West, the regional development agency and other key decision-makers. Read

Trainees now join partners

Darlington law firm Latimer Hinks has appointed two of its former trainee solicitors as partners. Nicola Neilson, 29, and Claire Reeves, 28, have joined the eight-strong team of partners. Nicola joined the firm in 2000. She studied law at Teesside University before a master's degree at Durham. Read

Firm recruits to keep pace with growth

Law firm Robert Muckle has increased its turnover in the past 12 months to £9.3m from £8m a year after advising on a series of big deals. Read

Solicitors with good track record

Newcastle lawyers have advised a leading vehicle tracking company on a £1.7m deal. Watson Burton advised Minorplanet Systems plc on acquisition of a 49.9% minority interest in Minorplanet Asia Pacific (MAP) from Vineport Pty for an initial consideration of £1.7m. Read