The rivalry between the red and the white rose is well documented, but the two northern economic heavyweights have also always enjoyed a healthy degree of competition as far as their respective legal markets are concerned. Traditionally, Leeds was seen as possessing the second largest, most dynamic legal sector outside London. But as we continue […]

In December 2014, EY became the latest Big Four accountancy firm to gain Alternative Business Structure (ABS) status from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. KPMG had already been awarded an ABS licence in October 2014, whilst PwC were the first of the Big Four past the post in January of last year. But what does this […]

The past few years been an emotional time for lawyers operating in the UK legal services market. At a national and regional level, candidates had to cope with not only the massive economic fall out of the global economic crisis and increasing uncertainty over job security, but a overwhelming sense that the old order was […]