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Newby Castleman helps Geary’s with expansion


A leading chartered accountancy firm, Newby Castleman, has helped a family businesses open a new state-of-the-art facility. Having won a major contract,


Geary’s Bakeries now produces over 25 million loaves a year, prompting a £15m investment into a new 60,000sq ft facility. This extra capacity will allow it in time to quadruple present output. As with previous acquisition


deals involving the head office and then with subsequent units, the firm turned to its long- standing partner Newby Castleman for advice and support. Jason Geary said: “We’ve


always had a very good relationship with Newby Castleman, we know we can ask anything of them and they do a thorough, professional job every time.” Stephen Castleman, Partner


at Newby Castleman, said: “We pride ourselves on building lasting client relationships, immersing ourselves into their businesses and ensuring that not only are they fully compliant in all areas, but they have the best financial set-up possible in order to facilitate growth. “To offer our assistance to


Geary’s Bakeries in taking this next step has been rewarding.”


Birds Bakery flies into Chellaston


Salloway Property Consultants has played a part in completing Birds Bakery’s move into Chellaston in Derby. The famous Derby bakery will


open a store in the Central England Co-operative’s supermarket at the junction of High Street and Swarkestone Road. Mike Holling, Head of New


Business Development at Birds, said: “Birds has received numerous requests from customers to open a store in Chellaston and we are pleased that we will become part of the local community. “We are also very pleased that


we worked with one of Derby’s well-known property consultants, Salloway, and thank it for its assistance with this project.” Stephen Salloway, Managing


Director of Salloway Property Consultants, said: “We know the people of Chellaston were excited when rumours surfaced about Birds moving into this site. “We have been really pleased


to work with the building’s owners to get the deal over the line. I’m sure the store will be a great success and I look forward to nipping in for one of Birds’ famous cakes.”


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Nelsons’ new dispute team marks a period of growth


A leading law firm, Nelsons, has expanded its banking and finance offering with a specialist dispute resolution department, now based in Leicester, to meet growing demand. Partner and solicitor Simon Trees


– who joined Nelsons in 2011 and has more than 18 years of experience in the sector – will be heading up the new group, which deals with contentious banking and finance issues and which complements the services offered by the corporate team on non- contentious banking matters. He will be joined by property


litigation expert, Alistair Haggerty; Kiren Cox, who qualified as a solicitor in 2018; and Farrah Khalid, who joined the team this January having recently qualified. Simon said: “Nelsons has been


dealing with contentious banking and finance work for more than a decade, but it was never focused on as a core department in its own right. However, the banking landscape has witnessed great change over the past year and we’ve had an increase in the number of new business enquiries we’ve been receiving as a result. “Contentious banking and


finance is a niche but highly sought-after and prestigious area of law and we wanted to expand the team and build a centre of


L-R: Alistair Haggerty and Simon Trees


‘Contentious banking and finance is a niche but highly sought-after and prestigious area of law and we wanted to expand the team and build a centre of excellence in the East Midlands’


excellence in the East Midlands.” Stewart Vandermark, Chief


Executive at Nelsons, said: “At the start of the year we launched ambitious plans for the future, where we hope to become the law firm of choice both locally and in the wider region. “We set a specific objective to


achieve growth in Leicester and, seven months into our financial


year, we have seen a 12% growth on the last financial year in our Leicester office and are on course for our strongest year so far in the city. “The new banking and finance


litigation department, along with the strengthening of our corporate services offering in Leicester, further reinforces our commitment to the city and the East Midlands.”


PR firm celebrates anniversary


Gardening and horticultural public relations specialists Paskett PR is celebrating its tenth anniversary at Friar Gate Studios, the managed workspace scheme for the creative industries. The firm, founded in 1976 by Graham Paskett,


relocated to Friar Gate Studios from 50/51 Friar Gate – a space dubbed the ‘most haunted offices’ in England by one TV programme.


Paskett PR became specialists in the gardening


world due to Graham’s love of gardening and the environment. This passion and knowledge helped position the firm as one of the UK’s leading specialists in this sector. Over the years, the firm has expanded to cover


lifestyle and retail sectors and now also handles campaigns for a number of regional shopping centres too.


Graham said: “It’s been fantastic to be based in a


building that promotes such creativity and innovation. The flexible nature of the space, along with the high- speed broadband and connectivity here, has been a real plus. “Ann Bhatti and the Connect Derby team have given


us invaluable support over the years, allowing Paskett PR to grow and diversify into the tremendously successful business it is today.” Paskett PR has been recognised as one of the best


Graham Paskett and Ann Bhatti, head of Connect Derby


firms in its sector, with a number of awards and accolades. In 2017 the firm was a finalists in the Consumer Relations Campaign category at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ Midlands Pride Awards for its Memory Tree campaign at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. That year it was also named winner of the Marketing


Campaign of the Year category at the Chamber’s Derbyshire Business Awards.


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