Law firm makes major investment in move to new office development

Law firm rradar has moved its headquarters to new offices as part of its expansion drive.

The firm, which was established in 2012 by corporate defence lawyer Gary Gallen, has taken a three-storey, 15,000sqft office on The Beacon in Hull, the office development brought forward by Horncastle Group.

The move comes after rradar outgrew its former headquarters on Livingstone Road in Hessle, going from a standing start to employing more than 60 people in four years.

The new building has space to more than double current staffing numbers, rradar said.

Mark Smith, IT Director at rradar, said the company had been looking to move but wanted to remain close to its previous base to minimise disruption to staff.

He said: “We started on one floor of our previous office and grew to the point where the rradar team were distributed over two-and-a-half buildings, which is not a great way to run a business.

“We had been looking for a new headquarters for some time: we wanted to retain our connection to the Humber estuary, and remain fairly close to where we were to minimise disruption.

“When Horncastle heard that we were looking for somewhere, they approached us to talk about The Beacon. The development obviously ticked a lot of our boxes, so after considerable thought, we decided to commit.”
Working alongside Hull-based interior design agency Red Frog Design, rradar has invested £600,000 to fit out the building.

Ian Hodges, managing director of the Horncastle Group, said: “The Beacon is one of our flagship office developments that was created to attract brilliant, ambitious companies such as rradar.

“The building looks fantastic inside and out and we hope that Gary, Mark and the team will be extremely happy and productive in their new home.”