MEMBER NEWS IN BRIEF


Annual fee income climbs at Freeths


Top 60 UK law firm Freeths LLP has announced another consecutive year of growth, with annual fee income growing by more than 12.5% to £72m. The results are testament to


the hard work of its staff, with all employees rewarded with a bonus payment in May. Chris Freeston, Managing


Partner of the Nottingham office, said: “It has been a busy year of growth across the firm and we work hard as a team to deliver the results our clients want, while ensuring our staff have the opportunity to develop.’’ Freeths recently achieved its


highest ranking in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for, at number 50, making it the fifth highest ranking law firm in the country.


Sygnature Discovery makes FT 1000 list


Sygnature Discovery, the UK's largest independent provider of integrated drug discovery resource and expertise, has been ranked in the Financial Times’ FT 1000, the complete list of Europe’s fastest- growing companies. It was ranked 906th in Europe


and in the ‘top 200 fastest- growing companies in the United Kingdom’. To enable its continued growth, Sygnature recently moved into a new £30m bioscience facility. Dr Paul J. Clewlow, Senior VP,


Business Development, said: “It is a significant achievement for Sygnature Discovery to be included in the FT1000 and demonstrates the increasing demand that we are seeing for our integrated drug discovery expertise from pharmaceutical and biotech clients worldwide.”


Entertainment complex opening in Nottingham


Stars of TV, film and sport were among more than 1,000 invited guests given a preview of the striking glass-fronted three- storey bar and restaurant venue on Friar Lane, Nottingham. The launch event gave


attendees the chance to take a first look at the 24,000sq ft complex, created by owners BurningNight Group after an investment in excess of £2m. The new venue has three


different bars under one roof – a traditional Bavarian Bierkeller in the basement, opening out on to a planted walled beer garden, Around the World Bar and Lounge on the ground floor and a sports bar which boasts the largest non-cinema screen in the city.


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Success for Air-IT at European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2017


Managed IT and Communications provider Air-IT has won the Managed Service Solution of the Year Award at the IT Europa European IT & Software Excellence Awards, recognising the company’s expertise in managed backup and business continuity solutions. Based on its use of StorageCraft


backup and disaster recovery technologies, for which it has Platinum Partner status, the award showcases Air-IT’s excellence in the support of IT infrastructure, and provision of hosted or Cloud-based IT services opposed to on premise- based solutions. With many decades of


experience in IT between them, the judges were looking for the standout company that met the customer needs and had a proven record of how service level agreements were not only monitored but guaranteed. John Garratt, Editor of IT Europa


and head of the judge’s panel, said: “Not only did we have a record number of entries and votes from the industry, but the quality was even higher than previous years and confirms our view that Europe has entered a new era of IT confidence. “It is up to us as an industry to


take these ideas out to the market, to show the general media, politicians and governments that the industry is not all about security threats and scare stories, but regularly delivers great productivity gains to ordinary businesses and people. The evidence is in the projects that we have highlighted with our selection of finalists and winners.” Now in their ninth year, the


awards are highly recognised within the ICT industry. This year they attracted more than 500 entries representing 28 countries across Europe. Major technology firms including Microsoft, Dell-EMC, Amazon Web Services and Cisco were named among winners, demonstrating the high standards East Midlands-based Air-IT were competing at. Air-IT’s Managing Director James


Healey said: “We’re extremely proud to pick up the Managed Service Solution of the Year Award. IT Europa is a leading name within our industry, and the standard of


Air-IT’s Managing Director James Healey proudly displays the award


‘This is a really exciting time for Air-IT. To receive two such prestigious nominations in close succession is extremely rare’


these awards is always incredibly high. It’s an outstanding achievement and recognition for our team and testament to the quality services we’re committed to offering to help our clients achieve their business technology goals. Air-IT has since received further


news of its success as a provider of best-in-class backup and business continuity solutions, after being named finalists for CIR Magazine’s forthcoming Business Continuity Awards, 2017. Once again, the company has


been shortlisted for its capabilities as a StorageCraft Platinum Partner, in the Resilience in Infrastructure and IT Service Delivery category. This marks further international


recognition for the firm, and reinforces its position as a current world ranking Managed Services Provider. Results are due to be announced at a gala dinner and awards ceremony which will be held in London on 8 June. James added: “This is a really


exciting time for Air-IT. To receive two such prestigious nominations in close succession is extremely rare. This kind of recognition is testament to the managed services we provide and both nominations together confirm and prove that our services and solutions are at the very top of our field. We’re incredibly pleased to share these achievements with our team. They’re the real winners behind our mutual and continued success.”


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