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Nicholas Cook, a consultant at Wollastons, has been appointed as Chairman of Chelmsford Business Forum. |
Over 1,800 runners from 187 Essex businesses took part in the 11th Race for Business on Wednesday 10 June.
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Entries for the 2009 Essex Business Excellence Awards have started and, for the seventh year running, Wollastons is a joint main sponsor and will be judging the overall Essex Business of the Year. |
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As recession bites, and as any business cuts back on staff, it may find that the space to which it is committed is greater than its needs. Whilst we all hope that the economy will recover soon, many in business are coming to the conclusion that surplus space is likely to stay so for the foreseeable future. Clearly, this is no short-term "blip". |
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Wollastons successfully completed the strategic sale of Coexis Limited to GBST Holdings Limited (GBST), an Australian company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, on 9th December 2008. Both GBST and Coexis are providers of securities transaction and fund administration software for the financial services industry. GBST is ranked 42 in the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia Program. |
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The availability of funding for M&A activity is increasingly hard to come by, but those with access to funds will find opportunities to acquire businesses in distress offered at knock-down prices. |
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Wollastons would like to congratulate TNT Express Services, Basildon who won both the Best Company Training Programme and the Environmental Awareness category awards for large businesses and then went on to be presented with the coveted overall Essex Business of the Year Awards. |
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On Sunday 14th September, a team from leading Essex law firm Wollastons, took part in the sixth annual 'Essex Dragon Boat Race' 2008, held by the Anthony Nolan Trust, at Paper Mill Lock in Little Baddow. |
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Corporate Associate Solicitor, Adam Kudryl, and Property Solicitor, Scott Simmons from leading Essex law firm, Wollastons, took part in the 12th annual Tour de Rodings cycle ride along with 630 cyclists to raise funds for Farleigh Hospice. |
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On Sunday 6th July a team of 10 from Wollastons ran alongside 25,000 other participants in the 2008 Asics British 10K London Run to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. The event is now in its 8th year and raised a total of £2 million in 2007 for the charity. |
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On 17 July, Wollastons Consultant Nicholas Cook hosted a free evening commercial property law seminar "A landlords guide to commercial tenant default in a credit crunch." |
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Leading Essex commercial law firm Wollastons LLP has recruited a property litigation specialist, Joanne Goobey, to join its highly successful property team. |
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On 22 and 30 April Wollastons' employment law team held two free half-day employment law seminars at Waterfront Place, Chelmsford covering the latest developments in this ever-changing area of law. |
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Wollastons has been highly recommended and 'top-ranked' alongside the best City and regional law firms in the new 2008 edition of the Chambers UK Guide. This independent review of the UK Legal profession describes Wollastons as 'an efficient operation that provides impeccable service'. |
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Wollastons are once again joint main sponsors of the Essex Business Awards. The Awards are designed to recognise and promote the very best companies and business entrepreneurs in Essex. |
Wollastons Consultant Nicholas Cook was one of the speakers at the prestigious 2008 Essex Property Conference held at Stock Brook Country Club. |
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Wollastons LLP has been representing Essex County Cricket Club in the proposed £60 million plus re-development of the Club's Chelmsford site. Nicholas Cook, a consultant in the Wollastons Property department, leads the legal team advising the Club. |
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Wollastons has been named as a 'Regional Heavyweight' in The Legal 500, which was published in September 2007. We are the only Essex firm to be awarded this ranking, and have now achieved this title for the sixth year running. |
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The question of how much compensation is due to an agent on early termination of their contract will now be based on the value of the agency business as at the date of termination by the principal. This is an important change and the upshot of this decision will affect companies who operate agency contracts now or who are planning to in the future. |
Nicholas Cook, who is the immediate past Chairman of the Essex Branch of the Institute of Directors, has now been elected as a National Council member. |
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Leading Essex commercial law firm Wollastons LLP recently advised the Hornagold & Hills partnership on an £11m sale of its business and assets to the Mouchel Parkman Group. |
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