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Profits drop 25pc at Hammonds despite big deals

Law firm Hammonds, which has a 200-strong practice in Birmingham, saw its profits drop by a quarter over the past year.Read

Celebrity divorces muddy the water for family lawyers

High-profile celebrity splits are fuelling myths about divorce and sending the wrong messages to struggling couples and making life harder for law companies, family law specialist Woolley & Co has said.Read

Pay gap is still there for women solicitors, says Law Society

The Association of Women Solicitors is lobbying the law society to support women in the industry after a survey found that male solicitors earn on average six per cent more than females.Read

The changing face of employment mediation

In the past employers have been slow to consider referring employment disputes to mediation. Matthew Wort looks at why things are set to change.Read

Tom Ellis is latest litigation partner at Wragge

Wragge & Co has taken on a new commercial litigation partner. Tom Ellis, currently a senior litigation partner at Bevan Brittan, will be joining the firm later this year.Read

Bavarian beer decision could mean curtains for balti trademark

A European legal decision concerning Bavarian beer could scupper Birmingham City Council’s hopes of trademarking the balti, intellectual property law firm Marks & Clerks has said.Read

Arden Partners pushed into the red, but say future is bright

Birmingham stockbroker Arden Partners has said the tide is starting to turn in the market, even though it was pushed into the red in the first half of the year.Read

Pre-packs the best solution to collapse, research says

Controversial pre-pack administrations offer the best chance to save jobs, according to research among its members by the insolvency trade body R3.Read

Keep it simple when recovering debt, firms told

Businesses across the region are being urged to take one of three simple actions when recovering debt – or risk throwing good money after bad.Read

Private equity to strike back over the next year

The volume of private equity investments in the UK will pick up in the next 12 months, according to 57 per cent of respondents to a Grant Thornton survey.Read

Lichfield pub reopened thanks to bank cash injection

A popular Lichfield pub has been reopened after an injection of cash from NatWest.Read

Kendall Wadley says the right words to pick up Aurix as new client

Midlands chartered accountancy firm Kendall Wadley has secured a new client – phonetic speech search company, Aurix.Read

Suspected ‘missing trader’ fraud activity up by half in first quarter, Challinors says

Fraud and Asset Recovery lawyers from Midlands law firm Challinors said, at a specialist VAT Fraud event in Birmingham, that suspected VAT ‘missing trader’ fraud activity rose by half in the first quarter of 2009.Read

'Injured feelings' costing firms dear at employment tribunals

Employment tribunals are raising the bar on payouts for “injured feelings”, a Midland expert has warned.Read

Minister cut down to size by Birmingham academic

Over the recent months, the expenses scandal has meant politicians streaking ahead in the race to become the most despised profession.Read

Ken Clarke sceptical over MG Rover report publication claims

Shadow business secretary Ken Clarke has said he is “very sceptical” about the governments claim they could not yet publish the results of the crucial report on the collapse of MG Rover.Read

Midcounties Co-Op buy seven Somerfield stores and rescue 240 jobs

The Midcounties Co-operative is buying seven new stores, including a number of former Somerfield branches in the West Midlands, as it expands.Read

Walsall regeneration scheme is latest to lose out from AWM budget cuts

A Black Country regeneration project launched to global acclaim in March has become a victim of the recession after regional development agency AWM pulled its funding.Read

Catalyst advises on second HKI private equity disposal

Birmingham corporate finance specialist Catalyst has advised on the sale of the Iberian branch of international Midlands healthcare firm HKI, months after helping sell its Warwickshire-based UK subsidiary.Read

Three new barristers in latest No5 recruitment round

The No5 barristers chambers has brought in three new members to its Birmingham office – the latest in a year of rapid expansion at the firm.Read

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Tom Scotney is a news reporter, business reporter and blogger for The Birmingham Post, where he have been working since September 2007. He covers small business and enterprise for the business pages. He is a member of the Campaign for Real Ale and blogs about pubs for The Post.

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