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A goldmine for Ward Hadaway as deals mount

WARD Hadaway has been involved in everything from gold mines to garden centres in advising on nearly £100m worth of deals in the last month. Read

Negotiating team worked closely with college throughout refurbishment

WATSON Burton has advised on Newcastle College’s £8.6m refurbishment of Sandyford Building. Read

Burton joins top banking team

MARK Burton has been appointed as business development director to the corporate banking team at The Royal Bank of Scotland in Newcastle. Read

Deal will create £1bn meat business

LAW firm Watson Burton is advising on the proposed sale of Lincolnshire food manufacturer George Adams to Tulip Limited, the British subsidiary of Danish Crown. Read

Deloitte holds graduate ranking

BUSINESS advisory firm Deloitte has been ranked number two for the second year running as the UK’s most sought-after graduate employer in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers. Read

Local authority expert is made a partner by Crutes

CRUTES law firm has appointed Sue Howes as partner at its Stockton office. Sue has been with the firm since 1992 and acts for many of the region’s local authorities in public liability and employers liability claims, including work for the emergency services. Read

Pair achieve their pub ambition

LAW firm Gordon Brown Associates has helped two women to achieve their ambition of buying a pub. Janine and Christine Colvin have purchased the Earl Derby pub in Stanley Village, near Crook, County Durham. Read

Lauder joins Baker Tilly team

CHRIS Lauder, a leading risk, governance and internal audit specialist, has joined Baker Tilly as a partner in the Newcastle office. Read

Barrie Hensby column

WHEN I arrived in the North-East in 1991 to establish NEL as a venture capital company, we wouldn’t have got off the ground without the support of the region’s “great and the good” – both people and companies. Read

Excellent service given to church

LAW firm Sintons has acted for CC Projects, a company wholly owned by the Church Commissioners, in the £18m sale of a St Albans office block. Read

New era kicks off for a famous club

WALLSEND Boys Club’s move to a new site in Wallsend is being advised by Watson Burton law firm. Read

Experts team up on GRC venture

LAW firm Dickinson Dees LLP has formed a business venture with London-based software producer Secoda Risk Management Limited. Read

John Charlton column

The move towards international comparability, however worthy in intent, has made things a whole lot more complicated for listed businesses. Read

Capital days are over for homecoming Tom

LAW firm Crutes has appointed solicitor Tom Bowes to its company and commercial team on Tyneside. Read

Law firm helps companies raise cash

LAW firm Ward Hadaway has clocked up £160m worth of cash raising deals for North plcs in the past six months after advising medical equipment company IDS on a £12m placing. Read

President’s visit forges new links to Iceland

THE President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, was the guest of honour at a breakfast in Leeds hosted by Newcastle law firm Dickinson Dees. Read

Legal team give good advice in steel buy-out

LAW firm Watson Burton has advised the selling shareholders of Barrett Steel Buildings Limited during a management buy-out. Read

Annual turnover soars for PwC

ACCOUNTANTS PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has announced 6% growth in annual turnover for to £2.1bn. The giant firm said underlying net revenue grew 9% and underlying profit grew 11% to £631m. Read

Club membership pays off again for law firm

LAW firm Gordon Brown Associates has appointed a fourth staff member using Durham Business Club. Read

Watson Burton advise on top US security deal

LAW firm Watson Burton has advised top US security technology firm Federal Signal Corporation on the £57.5m acquisition of two companies. Read