Business

UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson has joined forces with a major industry charity to launch a new pro bono strategy that aims to increase and focus its community impact.

The firm has signed up to LawWorks’ not-for-profit programme, which brokers free legal advice from member firms to small and medium-sized not-for-profit organisations that meet certain eligibility criteria on a wide range of issues, to help it identify where its professional expertise can best be deployed on a voluntary basis for worthy causes.

It heralds a new approach from Browne Jacobson to...

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Positions include two Deputy Directors to support with business insights, investment and growth

The Great South West Partnership is looking for two new Deputy Directors to join the Executive team, and an Executive Support Officer to support the Director.

The Great South West is the powerhouse brand for Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly. The Partnership is dedicated to driving investment and spotlighting the region’s world-class industries, businesses, and workforce.

The Deputy Director for Business Insights will shape a dynamic programme of...

Whether your firm is based in Exeter or any other part of the Southwest region, the chances are that the things your company uses, sells, adds value to, remodels or uses in its production processes have at least some Chinese products in them. All too often Exeter-based businesses buy Chinese goods, components or assemblies from UK firms, however. Instead, you could be importing them yourself and cutting out the expenses and delays caused by middlemen. How do you go about starting your own import operation from the Far East?

For UK businesses,...