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editorial@elcot.co.uk THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – FEBRUARY 2014
Thriving law firm achieves Gazelle status
A thriving law firm for business has marked record growth with the foundry casting of a symbolic bronze statue, and plaudits from the Government’s small business ambassador for the south.
Graeme Quar & Co, with offices at Fareham and Petersfield, has recorded two consecutive years of turnover growth of 39% and 37%, with staff levels up by 88%, from nine to 17.
The firm’s managing director and founder, Graeme Quar (pictured), commissioned the symbolic gazelle statue in recognition of the ’inspirational work’ carried out for business clients by staff.
An American concept, Gazelle companies are ones that grow by 20% or more consecutively
will be a limited edition of 12 in the UK. It is also the first business commission for Wendy Hunt, a professional wildlife sculptor who lives near Fareham.
over four years. Capturing the athletic motion of a Thompson’s gazelle, the figurine is the first to be cast in a foundry from what
Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage, appointed small business ambassador for the south by the prime minister last year, who paid a fact-finding visit to the firm, commented: “Local companies seem to be more confident than they have been for some time following the severest post-war economic downturn on record. The day after my visit to Graeme Quar & Co, a survey of purchasing managers showed that there appears to be, appropriately, a gazelle-like spring in the step of the UK economy.“
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