LAW firm Ward Hadaway has further strengthened its commercial litigation team with the recruitment of a senior in-house lawyer with extensive experience at Northern Rock.Read
TWO solicitors from the region’s biggest law firm are celebrating after being named as two of the top 35 female private client practitioners under the age of 35.Read
ACCOUNTANCY Ryecroft Glenton has appointed five directors to provide new client-facing roles for each of its key accountancy and business advisory practice areas.Read
EXPERIENCE suggests that, during every autumn party conference season, the Government likes to pull a few policy rabbits out of hats to make the faithful feel especially good about themselves, and the Conservatives have stayed true to this trend at their recent Manchester gathering.Read
SMALL companies, entrepreneurs and start-up businesses can find it particularly difficult to attract equity finance. Often investors prefer to invest larger sums in big companies versus the relatively small levels of investments required by SMEs and start-ups.Read
LAW firm Ward Hadaway advised fast-growing Tyneside pharmaceutical company Aesica Pharmaceuticals on a deal to secure further investment to fuel its ambitious expansion plans.Read
THE North East operation of business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor has strengthened its team with a hat-trick of training achievements.Read
ENTREPRENEURS in the North East are the most reluctant in the country to sell their business despite the recent doubling of Entrepreneurs’ Relief to £10m.Read
THE number of mergers and acquisitions involving British targets is on track for a dramatic drop, with volume for the third quarter at its lowest since the 90s, according to research by Grant Thornton.Read
DEALMAKERS have been working hard delivering deals that have attracted less overt publicity than in recent years, due in the main to PR lock outs, disguising the volume of deal activity in the market.Read
COMMERCIAL lawyers at Newcastle firm Muckle were called upon by a fast-growing financial services firm to help with its largest acquisition to date.Read
NATIONWIDE bankers Barclays Corporate is increasing its support of multinational corporates (MNC) and their subsidiaries with the introduction of local relationship directors in key regions across the UK.Read
A LONG-STANDING relationship between a firm of accountants and a property management business has survived the years and is now being passed on to the next generation.Read
WITH a generally improving corporate economy, companies are increasingly sensing opportunities to grow not just organically, but through careful, well thought through acquisitions.Read