By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She edits the Beyond The Billable newsletter and column. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or on X @MariaW_B.

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Keystone Law: Revenue hits nearly £90m after taking on 50 new senior lawyers

April 18, 2024

Keystone Law has recorded a strong double-digit growth in both revenue and profit over the last financial year, as the listed London firm recruited over 50 new principals.
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance still owes Greensill Capital nearly £500m

April 17, 2024

The administrators for Greensill Capital are still owed around $587.2m (£472m) from Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, it has been revealed.
Drop the yellow circle? Tesco commences its £7m (plus fees) Clubcard rebrand after losing battle with Lidl

April 17, 2024

Tesco has begun a £7m rebrand of its Clubcard Prices logo after losing a trademark battle against rival supermarket giant Lidl last month. Britain’s biggest supermarket, Tesco, was sued by German supermarket Lidi over its Clubcard Prices’ promotion which used a blue square with a yellow circle with the words ‘Clubcard Prices’ inside the box. [...]
Flexible jobs market booming as UK workers won’t budge on return-to-office demand

April 17, 2024

According to exclusive data shared with City A.M. by Flexa, compared to this time last year, 62 per cent more flexible jobs are on offer in job adverts.
‘First of its kind’: Prominent lawyers write to Prime Minister for urgent support on Genocide Determination Bill

April 17, 2024

The Bill was introduced on 4 December to the House of Lords, and is a first of its kind in the world.
Biometric systems used to monitor staff data now under review after ICO clampdown

April 16, 2024

The regulator investigated the company and found it was “unlawfully” processing the biometric data of more than 2,000 employees at 38 leisure facilities.
Sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ to become a criminal offence

April 16, 2024

This comes after the Government made reforms in the Online Safety Act last year to criminalise the sharing of ‘deepfake’ intimate images for the first time.
SYK Recruitment Specialists among the 400+ recruitment agencies that went bust last year

April 16, 2024

Insolvencies of UK recruitment agencies have increased by 14 per cent in the last year to 413, as the sector struggles with the slowdown in the hiring market across the country.
Over 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid loan scheme

April 15, 2024

More than 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid support schemes over the 2023-24 financial year following investigations by the Insolvency Service.
Former Blackburn Rovers footballer sues HSBC for £2m over loan negligence

April 15, 2024

Former professional footballer Matt Jansen has launched a legal challenge claiming banking giant HSBC lost him over £2m on property loan agreements during the 2008 financial crash.

Claridge’s swings to £10m loss as luxury hotel warns on ‘adverse impact’ of tax hikes

Manchester United deny financial motive behind nearly 700 season ticket bans

London hotels call on GLA to halt overnight visitor levy plans

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