Stuart Anderson

Legal Business News - A new dealmaking boutique that integrates legal, finance and conflict resolution services has been established in the City of London.

Finance Business News - Twelve months on from the first 18-year-old holders of Child Trust Funds CTFs gaining access to their money the vast majority have chosen to keep their accounts invested, according to a leading provider of children s savings and investments.

Retail Business News - An opportunity has arisen to buy a historic Ebbw Valley Post Office, which has been put on the market by its longstanding proprietor, who wishes to retire.

Leisure Business News - A popular, purpose-built Chinese restaurant in the Gloucestershire village of Whitminster has been put on the market by its founders, who wish to retire. Businessmen John McGoldrick and Kwok Wai Chiu have asked Blacks Business Brokers to find a new owner for China Garden, with a guide price of 250,000.

Food Business News - A Rossendale fish and chip restaurant and takeaway that first fired up its fryer in the year Queen Victoria died has been put on the market by its current owner.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment has been shortlisted for two awards in a scheme operated by a respected national financial services publisher. The Bury-headquartered friendly society has made it to the last four in the MoneyAge Awards 2021 in both the ISA Provider of the Year and Ethical Financial Services Provider of the Year categories.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment has added three new members to its team, bolstering its customer service and back-office teams.

Legal Business News - Glaisyers Solicitors, the Manchester and London-based firm that specialises in owner-managed businesses and their shareholders, has rebranded as Glaisyers ETL. Its new name, and its logo s adoption of the group s branding, reflect the firm s integration into the international network of professional firms owned by Germany-based ETL.

Legal Business News - The founder of Women in the Law UK, Sally Penni MBE, has launched a new podcast series aimed at sharing best practice in the legal profession and beyond.

Marketing Business News - Freshwalks, the outdoor networking and workplace wellbeing business, has announced a collaboration with Huddersfield-based Tink Adventures to offer a regular programme of walks for the West Yorkshire business community, building on its success in other regions.

Legal Business News - The Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy, and the acclaimed actor and activist Maxine Peake are two of the latest figures to share their insights and opinions in Women in the Law UK s Talking Law podcast series.

Education Business News - The owner of a popular South Ribble day nursery has expanded her business by acquiring a childcare setting in Greater Manchester.

Legal Business News - The international professional services group ETL Global has acquired the Top 200 law firm Laytons LLP through its existing UK law firm investment Glaisyers Solicitors. The deal has doubled ETL Global s footprint in the UK legal sector.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment, the mutually owned provider of savings and investments, has announced the bonus rates that will be paid this year to members who hold investments in its with-profits funds. These bonuses are based on the friendly society s performance in 2020.

Legal Business News - Glaisyers Solicitors has taken on seven new members of staff as it continues to grow a number of its key practice areas. The new starters will bolster its Legal 500-ranked litigation practice, its property and costs teams, and its administration department.

Leisure Business News - A Bury-headquartered business sales specialist has hailed the sale of three food and drink businesses in the borough since mid-February as a vote of confidence in the town s economic future.

Technology Business News - The Halesworth, Suffolk-based property services and technology company Fjeld Consulting has launched a system that enables employers to deploy, and track, regular Covid-19 testing of staff. Testrak combines a mobile-friendly app with rapid antigen testing to enable businesses to monitor and limit the spread of coronavirus among their employees.

Finance Business News - Reacting to today s Budget, Peter Green, chief executive of the friendly society Healthy Investment, welcomed the decision by the Chancellor not to announce any immediate changes to the Capital Gains Tax CGT regime, beyond freezing the annual exempt amount AEA until 2026.

Finance Business News - Healthy Investment, the historic mutually owned provider of savings and investments, is urging investors to make the most of this their annual Capital Gains Tax CGT allowances as the 5 April deadline for 2020 21 ISA subscriptions looms.

Legal Business News - Baroness Hale, the first female President of the UK s Supreme Court, is the star of the latest Women in the Law UK Talking Law podcast.