Sussex Business Times - Issue 397 2016

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aking Waves Coffin Mew

w makes waves with Brighton launch

brated in style the righton office on 15 than 275 guests from businessCommerce community and partners with Brighton & Hove Arts Council among other s and staff at Sea Life things. Most recently, Coffin Mew ran a survey called Brighton Business Pulse, beach party. measuring the ‘pulse’ of the Brighton

Coffin Mew launch party. From left Nick Leavey , Elizabeth Gibbons , Mirren McGinley , Amy Richardson and Mark O’Halloran from the new Brighton office of CoffinMew

Coffin Mew launch party. From left Maribel Coles from Coles VA ,Chris Langley from RBS and Wilfred Gomez from Search Acumen

community, allowing them to understand and highlight the issues within the local business community. Complementing the entrepreneurial community across the south coast, particularly in Brighton, the firm has introduced a new service hoping to support new business startups and innovative ideas – Modus: First Call. This is a subscription service that provides clients with access to real-time telephone and email advice at a fixed price for the Coffin Mew’s Mirren McGinley, year. The team specialise in start-ups Nick Leavey and Elizabeth Gibbons and scale-ups for whom this service also provides a sounding-board to help tomorrow’s leaders achieve their charity. South East hospice charity, objectives. Naomi House & Jacksplace, which Mark O’Halloran, Partner at Coffin Mew provides expert care to more than 280 explains: “What many of our clients and life-limited and life-threatened children, small businesses tell us is that they want young people and their extended families, access to expert legal advice, but worry recently named Coffin Mew as its about the cost. Another Outstanding Corporate concern is that cash flow Supporter for 2015 at its “2016 will see can vary considerably annual charity awards. continued growth, month to month and the Coffin Mew’s staff new clients, larger voted Naomi House arrival of unexpected bills premises and we can cause real problems.” & Jacksplace as their will continue to By getting the right charity of the year and set advice at the right time, the CSR team to create engage with and Coffin Mew believe that a range of engaging and support the local many issues can be fun events for everyone to community” dealt with quickly and enjoy and contribute to. at a lower cost, in turn Sue Bowler, Partner helping not only many clients but many and Head of Coffin Mew’s Services to entrepreneurs with an innovative idea to Vulnerable People team said: “We are in implement. a somewhat unique position as some of Coffin Mew is also involved with local Naomi House’s clients are our clients; we

Brighton office, the firm’s fifth, ge of services to fast growing es and to individuals and families vibrant and diverse cities on the

d Head of Coffin Mew’s Brighton h Coast Commercial Property an entrepreneurial firm with base. We have had strong n for a number of years and the e centre of town is part of our , our clients and to the future

have a significant team that specialises in supporting vulnerable and disabled clients, so we have been able to share our knowledge with Naomi House by doing things such as delivering legal training to the senior care team and organising a fundraising gig in partnership with our award-winning band.”

Coffin Mew’s Mirren McGinley, A client-centred approach Nick Leavey and Elizabeth Gi The bb key on to overcoming challenging s situations, which law firms like Coffin Mew often deal with, is a strong relationship with the client in question, including trust, understanding and longevity. The team at Coffin Mew always aims to see challenges and opportunities from the client’s perspective and will always make recommendations based on the specific situation in hand. Visit www.coffinmew.co.uk to see the new website in action.

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