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Verisona was founded in late 2008 through a merger of Dyer Burdett and Gray Purdue. In less than a year the firm has established itself as one of the leading commercial law firms in the area. As Consultant Solicitor, Jon Tawse, puts it:
‘Portsmouth has witnessed enormous growth in business activity at a time when many commercial law firms have migrated to Southampton. That has left a natural gap for us - so close to the heart of the city. There are many reasons people from all sizes and types of business come to Verisona but accessibility and approachability play a large part. It has been a great year for us.’
With the Legal Service Act set to become a ‘wake-up call’ to the legal profession in 2011, Verisona are developing a range of innovative legal service products to compete in a modern web based service culture. The idea of Lakeside Business Briefing was driven by Verisona who are delighted to be co-sponsors.
Highly personalised banking
Founded in 1871, Handelsbanken is one of Sweden’s leading banks with over 700 branches worldwide. Portsmouth branch was our 33rd branch to open in Great Britain where we now have over 60 branches.
Handelsbanken specialises in providing highly personalised corporate and personal banking services. Unlike most other banks, our operations are decentralised and customers benefit from extremely short decision lines. The branch runs itself as a business and managers have the power to make decisions at a local level, enabling us to offer a banking service that is precisely tailored to the customer’s individual needs. Our individual banking service is designed for professionals and high net-worth individuals who require a bespoke offering with easy access to their bank manager. For corporate customers we provide everything from day-to-day transactional banking services, to the more sophisticated need of the modern business including asset finance, treasury services, foreign exchange facilities and trade finance.
In a recent UK banking sector survey undertaken by EPSI, Handelsbanken was ranked top by both its business and personal customers in terms of satisfaction and for customer loyalty.
Portsmouth’s new business destination
1000 Lakeside North Harbour is one of the most exciting new opportunities in the M27 office market for many years. Lakeside North Harbour is an established office campus covering an area of 101 acres (40.8 hectares) comprising over 600,000 sq ft (55,742 sq m) of quality office accommodation, including IBM’s UK headquarters. The Lakeside campus offers an attractive landscaped environment at the gateway to Portsmouth, adjacent to Junction 12 M27, and ideally placed for access to the entire M27 corridor.
We offer first class office accommodation to meet a wide range of occupier needs, in suites from 2,000 sq ft up to entire individual floors of almost 72,000 sq ft. In addition, leading service office provider Regus has opened a business centre at 1000 Lakeside providing managed office solutions to swiftly growing companies or those with more flexible or short term requirements. Conferencing facilities and communal meeting rooms allow occupiers to maximise efficiencies in floorspace.
The vision is clear - 1000 Lakeside provides flexibility and the ideal environment for businesses of all sizes.
Importance of Real Estate
Vail Williams LLP is a leading real estate adviser. We provide acquisition, disposal, management and consultancy services to corporates, landlords, tenants, owner-occupiers, public sector clients, developers and investors, throughout Europe. We work with you to increase your organisation's success through business solutions that add measurable value, now and for the future.
We recognise that real estate is critical to organisational planning and business strategy. Decisions your organisation makes on business acquisitions, expansion, new development, investment or re-evaluation of existing structure will all involve issues with real estate.
When it comes to understanding the impact of those issues on your property holdings, we can help. We will ensure your business makes the right decision by:
• Understanding and assessing your issues in relation to real estate.
• Analysing market trends to identify market opportunities for you.
• Advising on issues that impact on property contracts.
We will provide you with recommendations to establish the right strategy at the highest level in your organisation.
