Insolvency practice trumpets £1.3m in first year

MANCHESTER corporate recovery and insolvency practice Berry & Cooper is celebrating first year trading figures which have seen annual fee income top £1.3m.

The firm launched last summer in a merger between Berry& Co and corporate recovery specialist Jonathan Cooper also acquired Chorley-based rival Clark Lindsay and opened an office at The Piazza in Liverpool, a move which signified a return home for the company’s Merseyside-born managing partner Stephen Berry.

Berry said: “When we launched Berry & Cooper in 2014, we wanted to harness our experience and resources to create a bold new business that mov

“We’ve certainly achieved our ambitions in every aspect of the business over the first 12 months and we can take great pride in our work so far. More importantly, that growth is absolutely sustainable and we are all set to continue our upward trajectory into year two.

“Having so many skilled professionals working under one roof has given our clients and professional peers the confidence to know that we can su

Fellow director Jonathan Cooper said: “We’ve not only been able to secure significant fee growth over the past year, but we have also developed our professional network and increased our physical footprint, all of which gives us a great platform for the next phase.”