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Thursfields Talk Legal: helping charities and community groups plan successful futures
Planning successful futures for charities and other community groups will be the focus of a free Thursfields Solicitors’ webinar later this month. The Zoom-based event from 10am on Wednesday 24 March will be hosted by several of Thursfields’ top legal experts who will discuss the four key areas of governance, employment, property and fundraising. Jenny Smith, head of the Charities and...

Darwin Group completes final phase of Welsh COVID-19 ward
Modular construction specialist Darwin Group has handed over the keys to the brand-new Lakeside Wing at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff, after working 24/7 through lockdown to complete the second and final phase of construction works ahead of schedule. Delivering an additional 234 beds, the completion of the Southern wing of the site brings the total capacity of the modular...

M3 accelerates with MG Motor UK appointment
M3 is celebrating a high-profile account win after it was appointed as the creative agency for MG Motor UK Ltd, one of the UK’s best-known automotive brands. The full-service advertising agency, with offices in Albrighton, Birmingham and London, fought off competition from rival Midlands and national agencies to secure the contract. A dedicated team of creatives, strategists, designers and...

West Midlands health and social care teams awarded innovation and improvement funding
Six health and social care teams from across the West Midlands have been awarded up to £10,000 in funding from the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN). The Safety Innovation and Improvement Fund will provide each team with funding to support the spread or adoption of an innovation or improvement resulting in improvements for patients and service users. Successful projects that...

Work placements saw two students land full-time jobs at Thursfields
Two students who went on work placements at Thursfields Solicitors have both ended up with full-time jobs as paralegals. Rhiannon Bartlett arrived on work placement in the summer of 2019 and impressed the Midlands law firm’s lawyers so much that she was recruited as a legal assistant with the Residential Property team in Kidderminster later that year. The same happened with Kiran Kaur Shinjin,...