Professionals: Blacks Solicitors, Outhwaite Associates, James Legal Solicitors

YORKSHIRE law firm Blacks Solicitors is utilising social media to its advantage.

They have started a series of broadcasts on the Periscope App, allowing a snapshot of life at the law firm.

Blacks Solicitors’ employment team launched their experiment yesterday with a 10 minute introduction to the team and to provide legal advice which came in via tweets.

Managing partner Chris Allen said: “We are well known for our use of social media and especially Twitter.

“Periscope is an exciting new app that enables anyone to broadcast live online, and we see a great opportunity for further connecting with clients and potential clients using this new platform – a first for Yorkshire legal firms!

“Our 10 minute broadcast today, and every week thereafter, will allow people to meet our teams and hear some brief pieces of advice to give them a snapshot of life at Blacks and our services.”

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Tax specialist Stephen Outhwaite has started the new financial year by launching his own consultancy.

Outhwaite Associates was launched by Mr Outhwaite who has more than three decades of experience working in the industry. He started as a tax inspector with HMRC then as a senior manager with an international tax advisory firm.

The firm has taken on its first clients, a major property holdings group and a large international logistics firm.

Mr Outhwaite said: “Having worked in the tax sector for the last 30 years – and in particular on both sides of the tax coin – I have a unique set of qualifications to offer clients.

“And, with all the political parties highlighting the targeting of tax avoidance and tax evasion as key manifesto pledges, launching Outhwaite Associates could not be better timed.

“I’m being joined in this venture by a number of ‘associates’, whom I have worked with on numerous occasions in the past. Each has a different speciality to bring to the mix.

“Over the last few years I have worked with a host of clients up and down the country offering them wide-ranging advice and support, and I’m looking forward to developing my client base over the coming weeks, months and years.”

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The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has appointed Nick Hammond, managing director of Brick Baron Ltd in Beverley in East Yorkshire as president for the Yorkshire & Trent region and Nick Miller from James Legal Solicitors, based in Hull is the new vice president.

Professional trade organisation the FMB offers practical advice and support to the general public on choosing and working with the right builders and has a vision to ensure that construction companies are uniquely placed in the market to deliver the highest quality and best value to clients.

Mr Hammond also sits on the FMB’s Home Builders Group, a small group of house builders and National House Building Council board members who lobby government and shadow ministers regarding issues affecting the SME house building sector.

Nick Hammond says: “I am delighted to be voted in as president. It is vital that we drive standards upwards within the building trade and I want to be involved in that process from the ground-up.”

As vice president, Nick Miller brings a wide ranging business knowledge together with legal expertise and prides himself on a no-nonsense, practical approach to dealing with his clients’ legal issues.

He said: “James Legal has been a member of the FMB for some time now and I have seen the recent resurgence of the Federation in the region.

“I am more than happy to lend my time and support to the organisation which delivers many benefits to it members, the region, the industry and business in general.”