Merseyside-based law firm Brown Turner Ross has announced its 137th move to new St. Paul’s Square offices, along with a brand update, host of new appointments and strong financial results for the first quarter.
Brown Turner Ross has increased its workforce by 25% by recruiting six specialists and increasing its team to 30. Natalie Tomlinson (home decay manager), Claire Hamilton (private client attorney), and Vicki Coulthurst (real estate attorney) all entered senior positions.
Founded in 1884 with offices in Southport and Liverpool, the numbers were strong in early 2021. In particular, Brown Turner Ross’s family affairs team saw results increase 10% year over year.
Sam Bushell, General Manager, said, “I want to applaud our employees who, despite working from home, have shown a real commitment to maintaining customer care with real knowledge and skill in order to achieve our customers’ goal.
“With the exit from the lockdown, we are in a strong position to continue growing.
“We look forward to the future to build on a positive 2020/21.”
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Mark Goodwin
A Liverpool law firm is assisted by one of the world’s leading litigation finance providers to launch a landmark lawsuit.
Provenio Litigation is initiating legal action on behalf of policyholders seeking COVID-19-related business interruption payouts from insurers. The legal steps are being funded by the global litigation financier Therium. As a result, there are no up-front costs for companies that make a claim.
Mark Goodwin, Managing Partner of Provenio, said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has created widespread disruption that has resulted in significant financial losses for businesses, especially small and medium-sized businesses. In January of this year, the UK Supreme Court assisted policyholders in an urgent test case to determine whether companies affected by COVID-19 should receive payouts as part of their business interruption policies.
“Insurers had argued that many business interruption policies did not cover widespread disruption, but the Supreme Court categorically dismissed their arguments. Despite the Supreme Court ruling and public assurances to the contrary, thousands of claims are still being denied or not met by insurers. Our legal action will correct this. “
Provenio Litigation recently announced the launch of a £ 50 million fund in partnership with Therium to fund litigation and arbitration. Mark said, “The portfolio litigation funding agreement with Therium takes our business to a new level. This legal measure is a good example of the ability to help customers pursue business-critical claims without incurring up-front costs. “
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Richard Lock
Holiferm, a Manchester University biotech spin-out specializing in the development of environmentally friendly biosurfactants for laundry detergents and toiletries, has launched its new pilot facility in Sci-Tech Daresbury’s Techspace One laboratory building.
The new pilot plant, which follows a prototype plant in Manchester, will allow Holiferm to develop a range of sustainable, green biosurfactants that will eliminate the global surfactant market’s dependence on petrochemicals.
Holiferm’s presence at Sci-Tech Daresbury was supported by a £ 400,000 grant from the Inward Investment Facilitation Fund (I2F2) under the £ 75 million Business Growth Package launched by Liverpool City Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram. GBP has been set up.
Five Holiferm employees will be employed at the plant to fill a further seven positions with the new facility. A fully commercial facility in Wirral, which could potentially create 25 more jobs, is foreseen for future development.
Richard Lock, CEO of Holiferm, said: “We chose Sci-Tech Daresbury because we found that the campus was unique. They have been extremely flexible at every stage of the process and have worked with us on the scale-up stage as well as on seeding and expanding the fundraising. “
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Houses arrive on site
Cambridgeshire residents could soon be living in ultra-modern homes as the first precision-engineered ‘modular’ homes are being installed in Northstowe as part of the latest development from Manchester-based modular construction company House by Urban Splash.
The Town House houses were designed by two Liverpool-based Shedkm Architect of the Year winners and then built in the House factory before being shipped to Northstowe. Customers can choose Town House’s internal layouts before they are precisely built, fitted with bathrooms and kitchens, and delivered and assembled in just a few days in the company’s factory.
This method combines an interactive customer experience and enables high quality control through multiple production checks in each phase before leaving the factory.
Andrew Cross, House Project Manager for Urban Splash in Northstowe, said, “From a construction point of view, pace depends largely on the timing of the preparatory work and the factory work, which take place at the same time, rather than sequentially, a traditional construction site. The houses also come in batches of around six to nine houses so we can also finish a street scene much faster when homeowners arrive and move into their new homes. “
Inholm is already an award-winning neighborhood in the new town of Northstowe. It will include 406 new homes that offer a variety of options including a new semi-detached house specially designed for Northstowe.
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Members of the Tesco team
The Tesco Extra supermarket team at Portwood Roundabout in Stockport got dementia friendly with the help of Hayley Fallon, Community Relations Manager at the local home care company, Home Instead of Stockport.
They took part in training for dementia friends to make the store more convenient for people with dementia.
Harry McDermott, community champion at the local Tesco store, reached out to Hayley, who offers dementia friend training to local businesses across the area. The training has helped the team better serve older customers, especially with the reopening of their newly renovated coffee shop.
Harry said, “We are committed to developing our skills base to make all of our customers’ trips as pleasant and enjoyable as possible. Our team can now provide a more complete and understanding environment in our business for our customers living with the disease. “
Hayley said, “I was delighted to be able to offer training for the Tesco team. At Home Instead, our mission is to change the face of aging. Anything we can do to help our local community better understand age-related issues and create a “dementia-friendly space”, we are happy to help. “
