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Legacy Business Mergers and Acquisitions 

WATERSHEDS ADVISES ON SUCCESSION SALE OF CENTURY-OLD ENGINEERING BUSINESS

February 10, 2026 NewsDesk business exit strategy, business succession planning, corporate finance advisory, corporate finance UK, East Midlands manufacturing, electric motor specialists, engineering acquisitions, engineering business sale, family business succession, industrial engineering UK, James Owen, Managing Director, manufacturing services UK, Partner, private company M&A, regional engineering firms, trade sale advisory, UK industrial sector, Watersheds Robert Shoebridge, WH Shoebridge & Sons Ltd

A century-old engineering business serving industrial customers across the East Midlands has secured its long-term future following a trade sale

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Legal Property 

WATER NEUTRALITY RISKS DERAILING GOVERNMENT’S 1.5 MILLION HOMES PLEDGE

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 NewsDesk Clarke Willmott, Commercial Property, construction sector UK, environmental regulation UK, housebuilding targets UK, housing infrastructure UK, Natural England planning, Nicola Sutton, Partner, planning and development, planning law UK, property development constraints, residential development UK, Southern Water, UK housing shortage, water efficient homes, water neutrality, water scarcity UK, water supply housing

The UK’s ambition to deliver the largest housebuilding programme in almost half a century could be undermined by water scarcity

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Appointments Legal Property 

MORR & CO TAPS INDUSTRY VETERAN TO DRIVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY GROWTH

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 NewsDesk business law firm UK, Catherine Fisher, Commercial Property, commercial property law, commercial property Surrey, landlord and tenant law, law firm appointments, legal sector hires, London real estate law, Managing Partner, Morr & Co, Nick Leavey, Partner, property development legal advice, property partner hire, property portfolio management, real estate lawyers UK, real estate transactions UK, regional law firms, UK legal market

Regional law firm Morr & Co has expanded its commercial property capability with the appointment of Nick Leavey as partner,

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Appointments Investment Mergers and Acquisitions 

AAB APPOINTS ELONA MORTIMER-ZHIKA AS GOLDMAN SACHS COMPLETES TAKEOVER

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 NewsDesk AAB, AAB Group, AAB Jose Barreto, AI in professional services, business growth UK, Chief Executive, corporate governance, digital transformation, Elona Mortimer-Zhika, Emma Lancaster, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, IRIS Software, mid-market advisory, Partner, Private Equity, private equity investment, professional services firm, Senior Non-Executive Director Emma Lancaster, UK accounting firms

AAB has strengthened its leadership bench and entered a new chapter of expansion after regulators approved the firm’s acquisition by

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Appointments Legal 

JAMES BIRD JOINS MOORE KINGSTON SMITH AS NONPROFIT AUDIT PARTNER

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 NewsDesk audit partner, charity audit, charity sector, digital transformation, education sector, governance, higher education, James Bird, London, London business news, Managing Partner, Matt Meadows, Moore Kingston Smith, nonprofit advisory, nonprofit audit, Partner, Risk Management, UK professional services

Moore Kingston Smith LLP has expanded its nonprofit practice with the appointment of James Bird as an audit partner, further

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Funding Investment News 

BOUNCE ANNOUNCES $19M SERIES B TO ACCELERATE MARKET EXPANSION

November 13, 2024November 28, 2024 NewsDesk Andreessen Horowitz, Barcelona, Bounce, CEO, Cody Candee, Creator Ventures, David Hartwig, Edinburgh, General Catalyst, Inc5000, London, NYC, Paris, Partner, private company, Rico Mallozzi, Series A, Series B, storage, Sydney, Thayer Ventures, US travel company

Led by Sapphire Sport, the round includes additional investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Thayer Ventures, Creator Ventures, and

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Appointments Legal 

BLASER MILLS LAW EXPANDS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION OFFERING WITH SIGNIFICANT NEW CITY HIRE

March 30, 2021 NewsDesk Blaser Mills Law, Chambers UK Guide, Cheapside, Commercial Disputes, Law firm, Legal, Nick Scott, Partner, UK Legal 500

Chambers and Legal 500 ranked leading law firm, Blaser Mills Law, has expanded its dispute resolution offering with the appointment

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