 Award winning solicitors expands in Wales
An award winning South Wales legal practice is expanding and opening a specialist conveyancing centre of excellence in Bridgend with the aim of becoming one of the top five conveyancing firms in the UK.
The investment by Howells Solicitors is backed by £100,000 from the Welsh Government’s Economic Growth Fund to create thirteen new jobs and safeguard a further three as the company establishes a new conveyancing hub.
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Competitive Cardiff is Financial and Professional Services leading location
Cardiff Capital Region is fast becoming the most competitive location in the UK for Financial and Professional Services outside London, Economy Minister Edwina Hart told a meeting of leading business people.
The Minister told a CBI breakfast event in Cardiff that the city was one of the UK’s fastest growing locations for financial and professional services with Wales seeing a 10% rise in employment in the sector since 2005.
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Equiniti
opens new FinTech innovation Cardiff Centre
Welsh Government’s strategy to develop
one the largest financial and professional services sectors outside of London has
received a welcome boost. Equinti, one of the UK’s leading technology,
investment, pensions and payment companies has opened its brand new FinTech
Innovation Centre.
Located in Cardiff’s newly developed ‘Capital
Quarter’ within the area’s Enterprise Zone, the centre was officially opened by
Edwina Hart, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport. It will serve as an
exciting hub from which Equiniti will continue to develop its core offering of
innovative FinTech solutions.
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Carbon Law Partners sets
up UK headquarters in Cardiff
Carbon Law Partners – an innovative law firm that has
remodelled the way a legal practice works by enabling its lawyers to align the
way they operate with their clients – is establishing its UK HQ in Cardiff.
Backed by £325,000 business finance from the Welsh
Government, Carbon Law Partners is moving from its initial base in Cowbridge to
Cardiff city centre where it will create 25 jobs and roll out its pan-UK
service, with plans for satellite offices in
key centres around the country.
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Clarke Willmott LLP
expand into South Wales
Leading
lawyers Clarke Willmott LLP have expanded into South Wales with the opening of
an office in Cardiff Bay.
The
move sees some of the industry’s leading housing and planning specialists
working in the city, and builds on Clarke Willmott’s recent strong track record
in South Wales.
It
is part of the law firm’s UK-wide growth plans and comes shortly after the firm
announced a growth in turnover from £33m in 2012/13 to £40m in 2014/15.
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Financial
and Professional Services Network launched
The recent launch of the Financial and Professional Services
Network was hosted by Chris Nott, Chair of the Financial and Professional
Services Sector Panel and Managing Partner of Capital Law LLP.
Chris’s welcome re-enforced the importance of indigenous businesses
and their vital role in promoting Wales.
Held in the impressive Cardiff Marketing Suite, the night provided the opportunity to
network and a demonstration of the huge model of Cardiff.
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First Wales CISI Board Meeting
Influential director-level decision makers from globally significant banking and wealth management companies have been in Cardiff to hear first hand what the city has to offer businesses in the financial services sector.
The Board members of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) held its full Board meeting in Cardiff for the first time.
Welsh Government and Cardiff City Council maximised this opportunity by arranging an inward investment ‘experience’ to promote the Cardiff Capital Region as the location of choice for financial services companies looking to expand or relocate.
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Welsh universities receive CILEx accreditation for legal training
Two South Wales universities
have been given the go-ahead to deliver innovative legal training courses by
the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx).
The University of South Wales
and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Swansea Business School are
set to enrol students who will follow CILEx’s earn-as-you-learn route to
becoming a qualified lawyer.
There are now seven accredited
CILEx centres in Wales delivering the professional lawyer qualifications.
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An accessible system
of laws to support business growth in Wales
A
clear and accessible system of laws is key in terms of promoting a growing,
successful and vibrant legal sector to support and attract businesses to Wales,
the Welsh Government’s Counsel General has told leading legal professionals.
In
a speech to the Law Society Wales summer reception, Theodore Huckle QC said: “Inward investment in Wales is at
its highest for decades, because investors know they can rely on a supportive,
agile government and a skilled workforce. A clear and accessible system of laws
is a key factor in creating, supporting and building on that success.”
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Bangor Law School is top
law school in Wales
Bangor Law School is now the
top law school in Wales, according to the latest university league tables
published by The Guardian, and the School has also risen to 32nd position in the UK, out of the 98 institutions included
in the rankings.
This latest plaudit follows
the 2014 National Student Survey, in which Bangor Law School was named no.1 in Wales – and joint 5th in the UK – for student satisfaction.
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The full
devolution of non-domestic rates in Wales from 1 April has marked a major first milestone for
fiscal devolution in Wales, Finance and Government Business Minister Jane Hutt
said.
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The Welsh Economy: in numbers
published
The Welsh
economy is performing reasonably well over the medium term compared to many
other parts of the UK and is materially improving the well-being of citizens in
Wales, according to a new website launched today.
‘Welsh
Economy: in numbers’ provides a high level, easily accessible, broad picture of
the Welsh economy and economic outcomes in Wales. It brings together for the first time a
rounded picture of economic performance for eight key indicators – over time
and in comparison with other parts of the UK.
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Financial
and Professional Services (F&PS) new website
The
new Financial
and Professional Services (F&PS)
online portal
is now live and has been specially designed to encourage new investment and
demonstrate Wales’ distinctive financial and professional services offering.
It
highlights the success experienced by companies in Wales including company case
studies from Deloitte and Griffin Place.
The
site also encompasses a number of tools; a Virtual Tour of Cardiff, providing a
great indication of what exciting growth and development to expect in Cardiff
over the coming years; a Cost Savings calculator
showing the savings Cardiff offers compared to other locations in the UK; and a
Media Hub that is constantly updated with the latest sector news along with
useful brochures and documents of
interest.
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New website shows how
Welsh laws differ from rest of UK
A
new website has been launched to help people understand the way laws in Wales
are starting to diverge from the rest of the UK. The National Assembly can pass
laws for Wales in 20 specified devolved areas of economic, social and cultural
importance to citizens, including health, education, agriculture, transport,
housing and the environment.
The
Cyfraith Cymru / Law Wales site has been spearheaded by the Welsh Counsel
General, Theodore Huckle QC to raise awareness of the growing body of Welsh law
being passed by the National Assembly for Wales and made by the Welsh
Ministers.
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