Regional News Blake Morgan announces new project and Cost Management Division
a firm, we need to be innovative in our thinking and work hard to develop new services that add value to our clients and grow our revenue streams.
left to right: James Gundy, Alex Leighton, Alex McCusker and Phil Jardine
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eading law firm Blake Morgan has announced a new service for the construction and development industry.
Believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, Blake Morgan will now offer project and cost management consultancy alongside traditional legal services. The new team will be led by James Gundy, formerly a Director of AECOM. James joins the Cardiff office of Blake Morgan along colleagues Alex Leighton and Alex McCusker.
Philip Jardine is a Partner with Blake Morgan and Director of the firm’s built environment division. He said: “The built environment landscape is changing. As
“Project and cost management are important services within the property and construction industry. We often find ourselves working alongside consultants and/or in-house teams on large capital programmes and have been keen for some time to explore the opportunity of developing our client offering in this area.
“As part of our Built Environment division, the new team of surveyors will complement our existing real estate, planning and construction practice groups across the firm. They will be based in our Cardiff office but work throughout the UK. We are delighted to have them on board and are very excited about the new opportunities that this will bring.”
James Gundy added: “Blake Morgan is an innovative Top 50 UK law firm with a strong regional presence across Wales and southern England. The team has a well-established property and construction offering with teams of highly regarded lawyers that specialise in all aspects of
new 100,000m2 Innovation Park Medway was launched at an event held in the air ambulance’s hangar at Rochester Airport on Tuesday, 18 September. Dozens of business owners, investors and developers attended the event to find out more about the plans for Innovation Park Medway, and to show their interest in the new business hub. Amongst them was Paul Jackson, CEO of Dovetail Games, which is based in Chatham, he said: “We found that basing our business in Medway has been fantastic. Medway has everything; we have exceptionally fast links into London which we need and we have a very good skilled employment base with four universities based in Medway which we can draw from at any time.”
“Medway is an absolutely fantastic place to live and work and Medway Council is incredibly supportive and helpful, and you need the support of a local council if you’re really going to make a success of your business.”
Businesses which locate in Innovation Park Medway will be part of the North Kent Enterprise Zone community and have access to world-class research and development, as well as highly skilled
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commercial, residential, urban, coastal and mixed-use projects.
“As a team, we will work alongside our new colleagues to deliver a truly integrated service across the public and private sectors that encompasses all aspects of project and cost management consultancy.
“We believe that this will offer clients the unique benefit of a combined approach to property and construction law with practical application and delivery experience. We really will be better able to protect our client’s interests, implement robust project governance and provide a holistic service during all stages of a development’s lifecycle.
“It’s a win-win situation for all and was definitely too good an opportunity for my colleagues and I to pass by.”
Please visit https://www.blakemorgan.
co.uk/what-we-do/project-management- and-cost-management to find out more.
talent through the four Medway based universities and two colleges. It also has the potential to offer state-of-the-art meeting and conference space, business facilities and opportunities for networking. Innovation Park Medway will also offer an attractive business rate discount to those who locate to the site - up to £55,000 annually for five years and a maximum of £275,000 per business.
The launching of the park is part of Medway’s council’s ambitious vision to be a leading waterfront university city by 2035. Medway is now the biggest regeneration zone within the Thames Gateway and is one of the most promising growth areas in the south-east - its economy is worth £5.17bn and there are 14,000 businesses based in Medway.
Leader of Medway Council, Cllr Alan Jarrett, said: “We were committed to creating a high quality, commercial innovation space for a wide range of high-value technology, engineering, manufacturing and knowledge-intensive businesses, and Innovation Park Medway does just that. It offers new and existing businesses the opportunity to grow and be surrounded by successful companies, some of which already do business internationally.”
Birketts appoint Commercial Property specialist
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op 100 law firm Birketts has appointed Paul Squire as a Partner in its highly- regarded Commercial Property Team.
Paul Squire
The appointment sees Paul working alongside more than a hundred property specialists in one of the largest and most successful property practices outside London.
Commenting on his appointment, Paul said: “I am delighted to have joined Birketts. It’s an exciting time to be joining the firm having moved into its new headquarters and with impressive growth figures posted once again.”
Paul will be based in the firm’s Ipswich office in Princes Street but will support colleagues in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Norwich.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2018
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