A Midlands firm is recruiting at least 100 staff as part of ambitious plans to rapidly grow the size of the business. Talbots Law, which last year transferred ownership to an employee-owned trust, said it will expand its teams across all areas of the business, including conveyancing, corporate, employment, family and trusts and estates. Jobs available range from senior legal positions and administrative roles to business support services.
The firm, which currently has 324 staff, says its change in ownership and the establishment of a new management team gives the business a ‘strong foundation’ for growth. ‘In some departments, it is about adding extra capacity to existing work streams, in other departments it’s about adding new geographic regions where we have no current offering,' the firm said.
‘Attracting more talent is a big opportunity and challenge for us. With this in mind, we’ve launched #100, a new campaign to create and fill 100 new roles this year. This is a minimum target, as we believe the potential is there for even more jobs.’
The expansion will be self-funded through the existing balance sheet with no requirement to make any additional borrowings. The most recent accounts, to the year ended 31 December 2020, reported pre-tax profits of £2.24 million on turnover of £11.1m.
Talbots has also announced it has become an officially accredited ‘living wage employee’, pledging to pay its employees above market rate salaries to acknowledge the true cost of living and working in the UK.
Chief executive Dave Hodgetts said: ‘We are committed to providing our clients with the best possible service and having happy, well-paid, motivated staff encourages that. It’s important that our staff feel looked after and are earning wages that both reflects their contribution and allows them to provide the life they want for themselves and their loved ones.’
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