SECTOR FOCUS: LEGAL & FINANCE
A warm welcome to GA’s new partner
Plymouth law firm, GA Solicitors, has promoted Catherine Bailey (pictured), an established and experienced private client lawyer, to partner after 14 years with the firm. Catherine joined GA in 2002 as a legal secretary and has worked to
The rescue plan that Numbers UK
put together to save the company and give the stricken owner peace of mind has won the practice a coveted place in a new book, ‘The World's Most Inspiring Accountants’. "It's a real honour for us to be included in it," says Mr Carey. "We
thought we were just doing what any decent accountant would do, but the author and publishers felt the support and guidance we gave the businessman was truly exceptional." The book details how Numbers UK shrugged off the risk that they
might not be paid and instead put their efforts into identifying an interim successor who was given a stake in the business. Numbers UK's intervention saved 15 local jobs, with the employees
offered a chance to own shares in the company, securing their financial future and helping them to create wealth for their families. ‘The World's Most Inspiring Accountants’ is written by chartered
accountant Steve Pipe, author of ‘The FT Guide to Business Networking’, who decided to include only 57 practices from 10 countries after 18 months of research.
achieve a number of legal qualifications and national accreditations. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, a full member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and one of just a few members of Solicitors for the Elderly in the city. She became a lawyer in 2009 and was made an associate in 2011. A Dementia Friends Champion, Catherine
has provided dementia training to the entire firm and is a trustee of Tavistock Memory Café. Catherine has also been inducted as president of the Rotary Club of Tavistock. Talking of her promotion, Catherine
said: “GA Solicitors is a modern and growing law firm and I am delighted to have been made a partner at this very exciting time. A firm which actively invests in its staff, GA has supported me throughout all of my studies and career development, investing in my future financially and with time and resource. I now look forward to continuing my development and working alongside the other members of the partnership.”
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