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Financial Services - 2013
Hiscox Insurance has won approval from City of York Council to build a new £19m headquarters in Hungate by 2015, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
30-Dec-2013
Simply Biz has acquired an 80% stake in Staffcare, the Leatherhead-based provider of support services to employee benefit consultants, for undisclosed terms.
30-Dec-2013
BTG Pactual of Brazil is planning to create 100 new jobs at its investment banking operation in London over the next year.
30-Dec-2013
Student Loans Company is to create 100 new jobs in Llandudno Junction early next year.
19-Dec-2013
Invest NI is in discussions with US-based SmithDehn about plans to open a new law office in Londonderry, with the creation of up to 75 jobs over the next five years.
18-Dec-2013
Islamic Bank of Britain is to be acquired by Al Rayan (UK) for £24m.
18-Dec-2013
Lowell Group is to set up an 82,000 sq ft financial services office for about 700 staff at Leeds Valley Park in spring 2014.
17-Dec-2013
MoneyPlus Group has acquired Debt Movers, the Wirral-based debt management firm.
17-Dec-2013
North of England P&I is planning to merge with Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance to create a combined marine insurance group with 400 staff.
17-Dec-2013
Creditfix has acquired Simple Debt Solutions, the Manchester-based debt management firm with 35 staff.
17-Dec-2013
Premex has acquired AGS Risk Solutions, the Leeds-based financial investigator with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Insight division.
16-Dec-2013
CMS Cameron McKenna is to acquire Dundas & Wilson, the commercial law firm with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London.
16-Dec-2013
Ashcourt Rowan is to acquire UKWM, the wealth management firm with five offices in Leeds, Macclesfield, Pontefract, Rugby and York, for £14m.
16-Dec-2013
Braveheart Investment Group has sold its Envestors corporate finance advisory subsidiary in London and Manchester to a management buy-out.
16-Dec-2013
Allianz Insurance is to relocate its Birmingham office to a 15,000 sq ft unit at Colmore Plaza early next year.
16-Dec-2013
Crystal Legal Services is to create 60 new sales, customer service and administrative jobs at its financial claims management business in Crewe.
12-Dec-2013
Tesco Bank is to create about 300 customer service, marketing and legal jobs in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
11-Dec-2013
AFH Financial has acquired the assets of Michael Mac, the Stratford-upon-Avon-based wealth management firm, for up to £0.25m.
11-Dec-2013
TSB is to create 104 new jobs at its banking centre at Barnwood in Gloucestershire over the next few months.
10-Dec-2013
CBI is to relocate its London headquarters to a 25,000 sq ft office at Cannon Place next spring.
10-Dec-2013
Cooper Parry has confirmed plans to relocate up to 200 accountancy staff from Derby, Nottingham and Leicester to a new office in Castle Donington by next March.
10-Dec-2013
Beaumont Legal is looking to expand its Wakefield-based conveyancing practice with more office space and 50 new jobs over the next six months.
10-Dec-2013
Bellpenny has acquired MGW, the Glasgow-based independent financial adviser, for undisclosed terms.
10-Dec-2013
MoneyPlus Group has expanded its Manchester-based debt management business into the legal services market with the acquisition of Sale-based Richardson Mail Solicitors.
09-Dec-2013
Vivus is to relocate its payday loans business and up to 30 jobs from Stockton to London.
09-Dec-2013
Mazars is looking to double the size of its accountancy operations in Scotland, starting with the recruitment of 16 additional staff early next year.
09-Dec-2013
Arthur J Gallagher has acquired a 24,000 sq ft office at 100 Holdenhurst Road in Bournemouth.
05-Dec-2013
Virgin Money is to relocate its London-based financial services office to a 14,000 sq ft unit at 1 Eagle Place.
05-Dec-2013
QualitySolicitors Talbots has acquired the Lumsdons law office in Stourport, with the transfer of ten staff.
04-Dec-2013
LeaseDirect, the Flintshire-based asset finance firm, has been sold by Investec Asset Finance to Cabot Square Capital for undisclosed terms.
03-Dec-2013
Slater & Gordon is to acquire the consumer law business of Manchester-based Pannone for up to £33m, with the transfer of 400 staff.
02-Dec-2013
British Business Bank is planning to set up a new permanent headquarters in Sheffield, with the creation of 100 jobs, having secured an additional £250m of government funding.
02-Dec-2013
St Johns Buildings Chambers of Liverpool is to relocate to a new base for 54 barristers at 38 Vernon Street.
28-Nov-2013
TLT is expanding its new Manchester-based law office with the addition of 24 solicitors and five partners from Irwin Mitchell.
28-Nov-2013
Lupton Fawcett Lee & Priestley is to merge with Denison Till to create a combined law firm with 280 staff in Sheffield, Leeds and York.
28-Nov-2013
Asons is planning to relocate its Bolton-based law firm to a new £7m headquarters on Clarence Street by 2015, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
27-Nov-2013
Charles Russell is setting up a 21,000 sq ft law office at One London Square in Guildford.
27-Nov-2013
Hawsons has merged with Holmes Widlake to create a combined accountancy group with offices in Sheffield, Doncaster and Northampton.
26-Nov-2013
AFH Financial Group has acquired the business and assets of Robert Magee & Associates, the Herefordshire-based financial adviser, for up to £0.5m.
26-Nov-2013
Simply Business is looking to create 100 new jobs at its commercial insurance operation in Northampton over the next two years.
25-Nov-2013
AFH Financial Group has acquired AG Financial Planning of Bridgend for up to £0.4m.
25-Nov-2013
Edward Hands & Lewis is to create 29 new jobs at its four law offices in Leicester, Loughborough, Market Harborough and Melbourne over the next few months.
25-Nov-2013
Collingwood Insurance Services is recruiting up to 100 additional staff at its call centre in North Shields.
21-Nov-2013
EY, the accountancy group, is planning to set up a new 200,000 sq ft office at 25 Churchill Place in London's Canary Wharf.
21-Nov-2013
Nair & Co is planning to double the 80-strong workforce at its tax and legal advice office in Bristol over the next three years.
21-Nov-2013
The Johnson Partnership has bought GV Hale out of administration, saving 17 jobs at the Doncaster-based law firm.
21-Nov-2013
Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in a £660m deal with Lloyds Banking Group.
19-Nov-2013
Thomas Cook Group has sold its CFX corporate foreign exchange business to Moneycorp for £4.5m.
19-Nov-2013
Lawrence Graham is in merger talks with Wragge & Co to create a combined law firm with 189 partners.
19-Nov-2013
Last Cawthra Feather is to relocate its Bradford-based law firm to an 11,000 sq ft office at One St James Business Park by the end of the year.
18-Nov-2013
Charles Stanley has acquired London-based Evercore Pan Asset Capital Management for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2013
Irwin Mitchell has acquired MPH Solicitors, the personal injury law firm with 24 staff in Manchester and Newmarket, for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2013
Royal London Group has agreed to sell its RL360 offshore investment business to a management team backed by Vitruvian Partners for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2013
Slater & Gordon, the law firm, is reported to be seeking a suitable 100,000 sq ft headquarters in Manchester.
18-Nov-2013
Myton Law is to relocate its Hull-based shipping law firm to a 4,800 sq ft office at Riverside House on Nelson Street.
14-Nov-2013
Wilkins Kennedy has merged with CW Fellowes, the chartered accountancy with 70 staff at offices in Southampton and Portsmouth.
13-Nov-2013
Hastings Direct is looking to recruit a further 150 staff at its Bexhill-based insurance call centre.
11-Nov-2013
Bestinvest, the investment adviser, has been acquired by private equity firm Permira for undisclosed terms.
11-Nov-2013
NCI is looking to expand the 90-strong workforce at its Harrogate-based insurance and vehicle recovery business with 50 new jobs by 2015.
11-Nov-2013
Barclays is to open an initial four bank branches in Asda stores early next year.
11-Nov-2013
HCB Solicitors has acquired Widdows Mason, the Lancashire-based law firm with six offices and 65 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Nov-2013
Riverview Law is to open a legal services office in Saltaire next year, with the creation of 20 jobs.
06-Nov-2013
Glaisyers Solicitors is to relocate the 26 staff of Manchester-based Fruhman Davies Livingstones to its main office at One St James' Square next year.
06-Nov-2013
Blackadders is to merge with Aberdeen-based Adam Cochran to create a combined law firm with 21 partners and 170 staff.
06-Nov-2013
AFH Financial Group has acquired Origin Financial, the West Midlands-based financial adviser, for up to £1.1m.
05-Nov-2013
Schroders is planning to relocate five London offices to a 12-storey development at One London Wall Place in 2017.
04-Nov-2013
Blackstone is to expand the London headquarters of its private equity business by taking an additional 15,000 sq ft at 40 Berkeley Square.
04-Nov-2013
Browell Smith & Co is looking to expand its Tyneside-based chain of five law offices with several new locations over the next few years.
04-Nov-2013
Baird is to set up a 15,000 sq ft financial services office at Finsbury Circus House in London next spring.
04-Nov-2013
Leathes Prior Solicitors is to acquire Cole & Co, the Norwich-based law firm with 15 staff.
04-Nov-2013
Booz & Company, the global management consulting firm with an office in London, is to be acquired by PwC for undisclosed terms.
31-Oct-2013
SimplyBiz Group has acquired 360 Legal Group, the Bristol-based legal consultancy and business support firm.
30-Oct-2013
Baird Capital has bought a majority stake in Alpha Financial Markets Consulting, the management consultancy with about 100 consultants, in a £28m deal.
29-Oct-2013
KPMG is to set up a 28,000 sq ft national innovation centre at the Broad Gate building in Leeds in January, with the creation of 200 jobs.
28-Oct-2013
Slater & Gordon is to acquire John Pickering & Partners, the law firm with 27 staff in Sheffield, Halifax, Liverpool and Manchester.
28-Oct-2013
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is creating 60 new jobs at its site in Chester, having set up a European Global Command Centre.
24-Oct-2013
Metro Bank is considering plans to raise £100m in a flotation to fund the expansion of its network of 20 branches, with four new sites due to open by the end of the year.
24-Oct-2013
Boodle Hatfield, the law firm, is to set up a 24,000 sq ft office at 240 Blackfriars Road in London.
24-Oct-2013
Sills & Betteridge is to merge with MacLaren Britton, the Nottingham-based law firm with 23 staff.
24-Oct-2013
Annuity Direct, the Isle of Wight-based financial services firm with 30 staff, is to be acquired by Fidelity Worldwide Investment for undisclosed terms.
23-Oct-2013
Deloitte is to set up a centre of excellence for its tax compliance service in Cardiff, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next three years.
22-Oct-2013
Integro has acquired Doodson Broking, the Stockport-based insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
22-Oct-2013
RSA is creating 350 jobs at insurance call centres in Sunderland, Liverpool and Halifax, with the transfer of work from India.
21-Oct-2013
Insure Your Health is looking to expand the 90-strong workforce at its Sheffield-based medical insurance business.
21-Oct-2013
Wonga has acquired BillPay, the German payments processing firm with 90 staff, for undisclosed terms.
21-Oct-2013
Exchange Chambers is to relocate its Manchester-based barristers chambers from Ralli Court to a 10,000 sq ft office at 201 Deansgate in January.
17-Oct-2013
Dudley Building Society is relocating its headquarters and up to 55 staff to a new 6,000 sq ft office at The Waterfront in Brierley Hill this month.
16-Oct-2013
Neil Hudgell Solicitors is seeking a suitable location to open its first law office in London.
16-Oct-2013
Equity Insurance Group has sold its brokering operation to NMG Holdings of Singapore, saving 200 jobs at its call centre in Colchester.
15-Oct-2013
Sewell Mullings Logie Solicitors is to merge with Sanders Brickwood to create a combined Cirencester-based law firm with more than 40 staff.
15-Oct-2013
SPB is to relocate its affinity insurance business from the Isle of Wight to Enterprise House in Portsmouth by November.
15-Oct-2013
Brodies is to relocate its Glasgow-based law firm to a 25,000 sq ft office at 110 Queen Street in 2015.
14-Oct-2013
Barclays is planning to relocate its office in Newcastle upon Tyne from Grey Street to a 35,000 sq ft unit at East Quay Five.
14-Oct-2013
Deutsche Bank is planning to set up a new office at Five Brindleyplace in Birmingham next summer, as part of an expansion programme that could create up to 1,000 jobs.
14-Oct-2013
Wilkinson Woodward has acquired Bearders Solicitors, the law firm with offices in Halifax and Brighouse, taking its workforce to 86.
14-Oct-2013
Vale of White Horse Council is to relocate about 80 staff from Abingdon to Crowmarsh.
14-Oct-2013
Jelf Group has acquired Laterlife, the retirement planning consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
14-Oct-2013
Harris Cartier, the law firm with offices in London and the Thames Valley, has been sold out of administration to Gordon Dadds and Neil Hudgell.
14-Oct-2013
Abbey Protection, the London-based insurance services firm with 250 staff, is to be acquired by Markel Capital for £116m.
09-Oct-2013
Mitchell Charlesworth has acquired Jennor & Co, the Widnes-based accountancy.
09-Oct-2013
Randall & Payne is to centralise its Gloucestershire-based accountancy operations at a new head office at Chargrove House Business Centre by the end of the year.
08-Oct-2013
Kindertons, the Crewe-based insurance claims firm with 450 staff, has been acquired by Sovereign Capital for undisclosed terms.
08-Oct-2013
Chesnara is to acquire Direct Line Life Insurance Company from Direct Line Insurance Group for £39m.
08-Oct-2013
Armstrong Watson has merged with Hanby & Co, the Northallerton-based accountancy, taking its office network to 15.
07-Oct-2013
BW Legal is planning to double the 50-strong workforce at its Leeds-based debt recovery business.
03-Oct-2013
Christie & Co is opening a new business brokerage and advisory office at Brunel House in Cardiff.
03-Oct-2013
HCB Solicitors has acquired Billson & Sharp, the Leicester-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2013
Chase Templeton is to relocate its Blackburn-based health insurance business to a 5,250 sq ft office at Arkwright Court in November.
03-Oct-2013
PwC is to relocate its Newcastle-based accountancy operation to a 24,000 sq ft office at Central Square South next March.
02-Oct-2013
Enoch Evans is to merge with Addison O'Hare to create a combined Walsall-based law firm with more than 40 lawyers and 70 staff.
02-Oct-2013
Hart Shaw has merged with Atkin Macredie & Co, the Sheffield-based chartered accountancy.
02-Oct-2013
YFM Equity Partners of Leeds has undergone a management buy-out from GLE Group for undisclosed terms.
02-Oct-2013
Begbies Traynor has bought the trade and assets of Cooper Williamson, the Manchester-based corporate insolvency firm, for an initial £0.9m.
02-Oct-2013
Call Connection is to create up to 100 jobs at a new £1m insurance call centre in Newcastle upon Tyne over the next year.
01-Oct-2013
WSP Solicitors has acquired Gloucester-based Whitemans Solicitors, taking its office network to four.
01-Oct-2013
AFH Financial has acquired the business and assets of CH Financial, the Hemel Hempstead-based financial adviser, for an initial £0.4m.
01-Oct-2013
Royal Bank of Scotland is to sell 314 bank branches to a private equity group led by US-based Corsair Capital, in a £600m deal that will see the sites rebranded as Williams & Glyn's from 2015.
30-Sep-2013
Penningtons and Manches are in merger discussions to create a combined London-based law firm with about 250 lawyers.
26-Sep-2013
Linder Myers Solicitors has acquired Dickson Haslam, the law firm with 20 staff in Preston and Lytham, for undisclosed terms.
26-Sep-2013
HSBC is to expand its global workforce with the recruitment of 3,000 compliance officers.
26-Sep-2013
Greenland Houchen Pomeroy is to merge with Hood Vores & Allwood and Overbury Steward & Eaton to create a combined Norfolk-based law firm called Spire Solicitors.
26-Sep-2013
Stanley Gibbons is to acquire Noble Investments, the London-based trader of coins, medals and jewellery, for £45m.
26-Sep-2013
HM Revenue & Customs is looking to recruit at least 120 graduates to its Tax Professional Development Programme.
25-Sep-2013
The Contact Hub is to create 25 new jobs at its Dearne-based debt management and loans business.
25-Sep-2013
Aegon UK is to create more than 100 new jobs at its Edinburgh-based insurance business over the next few months.
25-Sep-2013
EY is looking to expand its 11,000-strong workforce with up to 3,700 additional staff in the UK by June 2014, due to rising demand for its business advice services.
24-Sep-2013
Domestic & General is looking to recruit a further 190 staff at its warranties call centre in Nottingham.
24-Sep-2013
Borland Group has acquired the Kirkcaldy office of Carlyle Insurance Group, with the transfer of nine staff.
24-Sep-2013
Disclosure & Barring Service is planning to relocate its corporate services division and up to 25 jobs from Darlington to Liverpool.
24-Sep-2013
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford has acquired Newman Martin & Buchan, the London-based insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
24-Sep-2013
Homeserve is to create 30 new jobs at its insurance customer service call centre in Walsall.
23-Sep-2013
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is to acquire Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage business for £156m, creating a combined group with 700 staff in 17 countries.
23-Sep-2013
Quindell Portfolio is to create up to 100 new jobs at its Fareham-based claims management business over the next year.
19-Sep-2013
Earthport is to acquire Baydonhill, the London-based currency broker, for £6.4m.
19-Sep-2013
Crowe Clark Whitehill is to relocate its London-based accountancy to 52 Jermyn Street this month.
18-Sep-2013
Ascot Lloyd has acquired Ensors Financial Planning, the Suffolk-based financial services consultancy.
17-Sep-2013
Capita is to acquire Optima Legal Services and its Cost Advocates subsidiary for undisclosed terms, including offices in Bradford, Newcastle and London.
17-Sep-2013
Seneca Banking Consultants is creating 50 jobs at its Bolton-based mis-selling claims business, in order to create a national network.
16-Sep-2013
Veale Wasbrough Vizards is to relocate its Bristol-based law firm and 250 staff to a 40,000 sq ft office at Narrow Quay House in 2015.
16-Sep-2013
Willis is looking to create 100 new jobs a year at its insurance operation in Ipswich, and £10m is being invested in the refurbishment of its offices.
10-Sep-2013
Standard Life is to create 46 new customer service jobs at its Edinburgh-based pensions business by early next year.
10-Sep-2013
Sabre Insurance, the Surrey-based motor insurance firm, is expected to be acquired by private equity firm BC Partners.
10-Sep-2013
AI Claims Solutions is to create 100 new jobs at its motor insurance claims call centre in Blackpool over the next six months.
09-Sep-2013
Automatic Data Processing is to relocate its Stockport-based tax and payroll outsourcing business to a 21,500 sq ft office at Southgate Business Park in Cheadle this month.
09-Sep-2013
Shakespeares has merged with Newsome Vaughan, the Coventry-based law firm with 65 staff.
09-Sep-2013
Phones 4u is to sell Lifestyle Services Group, its Crewe-based insurance division with about 1,000 staff, to Assurant for £107m.
09-Sep-2013
Towry has acquired Bluefin Personal Consulting, the financial planning firm with 89 staff, for undisclosed terms.
09-Sep-2013
Arthur J Gallagher of the US is to acquire Giles Group, the London-based insurance firm with 1,100 staff in 43 offices, for £233m.
05-Sep-2013
Pyrford International is setting up a 13,000 sq ft fund management office at 95 Wigmore Street in London.
04-Sep-2013
Winn Group is looking to expand its Newcastle-based accident management service across the country, having secured an undisclosed investment from Souter Investments and JZ International.
04-Sep-2013
Temasek, the Singapore-based investment company, is to set up an 8,400 sq ft office at 23 King Street in London's West End.
02-Sep-2013
Barclays is reported to be in negotiations to acquire an 80,000 sq ft office at 4 Piccadilly Place in Manchester, with the relocation of staff from an existing call centre and corporate office.
02-Sep-2013
AdviserPlus is planning to expand the 86-strong workforce at its Bradford-based administrative outsourcing business to 150 over the next year.
02-Sep-2013
Hampson Hughes is to relocate its Liverpool-based law firm and 270 staff to a 34,500 sq ft office at Albert Dock.
02-Sep-2013
FNZ is to expand the 300-strong workforce at its Edinburgh-based wealth management IT business with 30 new jobs.
02-Sep-2013
Kennedys is to merge with Simpson & Marwick, the Edinburgh-based law firm with about 300 staff.
02-Sep-2013
Randall & Quilter has acquired Woodcroft Insurance Company, the Guernsey-based insurer.
29-Aug-2013
Riverview Law is to create up to 100 new jobs at its Wirral-based legal services business over the next year.
28-Aug-2013
Baker Tilly has bought accountancy firm RSM Tenon in a pre-pack administration deal, securing the future of 2,500 jobs.
27-Aug-2013
Bellpenny has acquired KM Financial Advisers of East Dunbartonshire.
27-Aug-2013
SGI Legal of Liverpool has acquired the personal injury work of Challinors out of administration for undisclosed terms.
22-Aug-2013
Slater & Gordon has acquired Fentons Solicitors, the personal injury law firm with 280 staff in Manchester and London.
22-Aug-2013
Sainsbury's Bank is to set up a new 80,000 sq ft office at 3 Lochside Avenue in West Edinburgh, with the relocation of 350 staff from existing sites in late 2014.
20-Aug-2013
Skrill, the online payments firm previously known as Moneybookers, has been acquired by CVC Capital Partners for about £510m.
20-Aug-2013
Santander is planning to open a further 40 bank branches by 2015, and will also refurbish 150 of its existing 1,200 sites.
19-Aug-2013
Which? Mortgage Advisers is looking to expand its Bristol-based team of 35 mortgage advisers to 80 over the next year.
19-Aug-2013
Domestic & General, the provider of extended warranties on electrical appliances with 2,500 staff in Wimbledon, Nottingham, Brighton and Bedworth, has been acquired by private equity firm CVC for £750m.
14-Aug-2013
SJ Berwin has merged with Hong Kong-based King & Wood Mallesons to create a combined global law firm with about 2,700 lawyers.
14-Aug-2013
Markel International, the insurance company, is to take a further 24,000 sq ft of office space at the Walkie Talkie development in the City of London by the end of 2014.
14-Aug-2013
Manchester Metropolitan University is linking up with law firms across Manchester to operate a new apprenticeship scheme that will create 100 jobs for school leavers.
13-Aug-2013
Howden Insurance Brokers has acquired Workplace Pension Solutions for undisclosed terms, in order to expand into the employee benefits market.
13-Aug-2013
JLT Employee Benefits is to relocate its Edinburgh office and up to 200 staff to Lochside Avenue in October.
12-Aug-2013
Beaumont Legal is looking to expand the 100-strong workforce at its Wakefield-based legal conveyancing firm with 35 new jobs over the next few months.
12-Aug-2013
M&G Investments is said to have shortlisted three potential locations in London for a new 300,000 sq ft headquarters.
12-Aug-2013
Schulte Roth & Zabel, the US law firm, is considering plans to set up an office of about 11,000 sq ft at 1 Eagle Place in the West End of London.
12-Aug-2013
CBI is seeking a suitable 25,000 sq ft office for the relocation of its London headquarters.
12-Aug-2013
Lewis Group, the Leeds-based debt collection firm, has been acquired by Hoist Kredit of Sweden for undisclosed terms.
12-Aug-2013
Domestic & General is to create 70 new jobs at its warranty services call centre in Nottingham by next month, and hundreds more could be created by the end of the year.
08-Aug-2013
Cardpoint, the Northwich-based ATM provider trading as Cashzone, has been acquired by US-based Cardtronics for £100m.
08-Aug-2013
KPMG is to relocate 1,100 London-based staff to a new 200,000 sq ft office at 30 North Colonnade in Canary Wharf in 2015.
07-Aug-2013
Lancashire Holdings is to acquire Cathedral Capital, the London-based Lloyd's insurer, from Alchemy Partners for £266m.
07-Aug-2013
Weightmans is to create 12 marketing jobs at its law offices in Liverpool and London.
06-Aug-2013
HMT Insurance Brokers of Surrey has been acquired by Lark (Group) for undisclosed terms.
06-Aug-2013
Towergate is to relocate 55 staff from insurance offices in Hinckley and Nottingham to a new office in Leicester this summer.
06-Aug-2013
Yorkshire Building Society is planning to create 100 new jobs in Bradford and Leeds by the end of the year.
05-Aug-2013
Freeth Cartwright is seeking a suitable location to open a new law office in Leeds this year.
05-Aug-2013
TLT is looking to create at least 20 jobs at its new law office in Spinningfields, Manchester, over the next 18 months.
25-Jul-2013
CMS Cameron McKenna is to relocate its London-based law firm to a 140,000 sq ft office in Cannon Place in 2015.
24-Jul-2013
SSP is planning to expand the 186-strong workforce at the new Halifax-based headquarters of its insurance technology business with 19 new jobs.
23-Jul-2013
Neil Hudgell Solicitors is to relocate its Hull-based law firm and 55 staff to a new office on Beverley Road.
23-Jul-2013
Treasury Solicitors Department is looking to recruit 40 additional lawyers at its Whitehall legal services operation in London.
23-Jul-2013
Bellpenny has acquired Entire Wealth Management, the Surrey-based independent financial adviser with funds under management of £100m.
23-Jul-2013
Renovo is to acquire Ultimate Finance Group, the Bristol-based financial services firm, for £19m.
23-Jul-2013
Quilter Cheviot is to set up a 27,000 sq ft investment management office at One Kingsway in London's Covent Garden.
23-Jul-2013
Charles Derby Group is looking to expand its team of 400 financial advisers to 1,000 by 2015, having appointed Peterborough-based The One Group to help with the recruitment process.
22-Jul-2013
Simply Business, the online insurance broker, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners.
22-Jul-2013
Davenport Lyons is to relocate its London-based law firm to a 31,000 sq ft office at 6 Agar Street in September.
18-Jul-2013
Direct Line is to set up a new law firm called DLG Legal Services, using legal advice and claims management services from 100 lawyers at Parabis Law.
17-Jul-2013
Citizens Advice is to relocate its London office to a 22,000 sq ft unit at 200 Aldersgate next February.
17-Jul-2013
The County Group has acquired JSW Insurance Services of Newcastle-under-Lyme for undisclosed terms, taking its total headcount to 150.
17-Jul-2013
Geldards has acquired the business and assets of TPP Law, the London-based public services law firm.
17-Jul-2013
Practice Plan, the dental insurance firm, is to set up a 19,000 sq ft office at McLaren House in Oswestry.
16-Jul-2013
Harvey Ingram Shakespeares is to relocate its Leicester-based law firm and almost 150 jobs to a 12,500 sq ft office in Colton Square in September.
16-Jul-2013
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has let a further 22,000 sq ft of office space at the One Reading Central building in Reading to PwC and BPP Professional Education.
15-Jul-2013
Department of Finance & Personnel in Northern Ireland is to take 90,000 sq ft of office space for the Land & Property Services agency at Lanyon Plaza in Belfast.
15-Jul-2013
Grant Thornton has acquired the financial services advisory division of Navigant for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 45 staff.
11-Jul-2013
Agrical, the Tadcaster-based provider of loss adjusting and claims management services with 50 staff, has been acquired by McLarens.
10-Jul-2013
Deloitte is creating 60 "entry level" jobs at its accountancy offices in Manchester and Liverpool.
09-Jul-2013
Stafford House Investments has acquired AC Mole & Sons, the Taunton-based financial advisory firm.
09-Jul-2013
Beacon Capital Partners has let 32,000 sq ft of office space at London's City Point to US law firms Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Winston & Strawn.
09-Jul-2013
The College of Law is to relocate up to 46 staff from York to a new £1.2m site in Leeds in 2014.
09-Jul-2013
London School of Business & Finance is to take 60,000 sq ft of space at 22 Billiter Street in London.
08-Jul-2013
Bullion by Post is to relocate its Birmingham-based gold and silver dealing business to a larger site in Hill Street, with the creation of up to ten jobs.
08-Jul-2013
HowardKennedyFSI is seeking a suitable 50,000 sq ft location for the relocation of its three London-based law offices.
08-Jul-2013
Jelf has acquired The Insurance Partnership for £12m, including offices in Hull, Leeds, Wolverhampton and York.
04-Jul-2013
Gilbert Stephens has merged with Symes Robinson & Lee to create a combined Exeter-based law firm with six offices.
04-Jul-2013
Lupton Fawcett Lee & Priestley is in merger talks with York-based law firm Denison Till.
04-Jul-2013
MHA MacIntyre Hudson has merged with the Canterbury and Maidstone offices of Larkings, creating a combined accountancy group with 40 staff and 13 offices.
04-Jul-2013
Direct Group is to expand its Doncaster-based insurance operation with the creation of 200 jobs over the next 18 months.
03-Jul-2013
Towergate Partnership is to acquire Ellis Bates Insurance Brokers of Harrogate for undisclosed terms.
03-Jul-2013
Ware & Kay has merged with Sykes Lee & Brydson to create a combined York-based law firm with 66 staff.
02-Jul-2013
Dechert is reported to be seeking a suitable location of up to 80,000 sq ft for the relocation of its London-based law firm.
02-Jul-2013
Barclays is planning to relocate its Bristol offices into a new 18,750 sq ft unit at Bridgewater House.
01-Jul-2013
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is looking to consolidate two London offices onto one site at King Charles Street, at a cost of up to £60m.
01-Jul-2013
Vanguard is considering plans to relocate the London headquarters of its fund management business to a 50,000 sq ft office at the Walbrook building.
01-Jul-2013
Trayport is to set up a 25,000 sq ft energy trading systems office at Broadgate West in the City of London.
01-Jul-2013
Giles Insurance is to invest £6m in the expansion of its Llantrisant-based insurance broking operation, with the creation of 117 jobs over the next three years.
27-Jun-2013
Pure Search has acquired Correlate Search UK, the London-based financial markets executive search firm.
27-Jun-2013
Legal & General is to acquire Lucida, the London-based manager of pension annuity funds, for £151m.
27-Jun-2013
Capgemini is to relocate 160 staff to a new 25,000 sq ft financial services office at Broad Gate in Leeds.
26-Jun-2013
Nationwide is considering plans to relocate its Northampton head office and up to 2,100 staff from Moulton Park to the town's Enterprise Zone.
25-Jun-2013
AFH Financial has acquired Shape Financial, the Somerset-based IFA with 16 advisers, for an initial £0.1m.
25-Jun-2013
Liverpool Victoria is creating 30 new jobs at its LV insurance call centre in Huddersfield.
25-Jun-2013
Seacurus, the specialist marine insurance broker, has been acquired by Barbican Group for undisclosed terms.
25-Jun-2013
Cooper Parry is considering plans to consolidate its accountancy offices in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham onto one new site near Castle Donington.
24-Jun-2013
Key Retirement Solutions has sold a majority stake in its Preston-based equity release loans business to Phoenix Equity Partners in a £35m deal.
20-Jun-2013
Sintons has acquired Lowthian Gray, the Newcastle-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
20-Jun-2013
Bennett Verby is to expand the 90-strong workforce at its Stockport-based accountancy with nine new jobs.
20-Jun-2013
WBW Solicitors is to relocate its Exeter-based law firm and 22 staff to a new office in Southernhay in July.
20-Jun-2013
Empire HR has acquired Precise Payroll, the Aberdeen-based human resources firm.
19-Jun-2013
WorldPay is to relocate its London-based financial technology operations to a new 98,000 sq ft headquarters at the Walbrook Building in the City by 2014.
17-Jun-2013
Ashurst is to open a new law office in Glasgow later this year, including space for 120 business support staff and creating 30 new jobs for legal analysts.
13-Jun-2013
MFG Solicitors is to acquire Scotts Holt & Sellars, the Bromsgrove-based law firm with ten staff.
13-Jun-2013
DWF, the law firm, is reported to be planning to set up a 25,000 sq ft office at One Snowhill in Birmingham.
13-Jun-2013
Aegon UK has sold its Positive Solutions financial adviser network to Intrinsic Financial Services for undisclosed terms.
13-Jun-2013
DLA Piper, the law firm, is seeking a suitable location in the City of London for a new office of up to 200,000 sq ft.
12-Jun-2013
Broadhead Peel Rhodes has merged with Heaton Lumb Lisle to create a combined West Yorkshire-based accountancy firm called BPR Heaton with 40 staff.
10-Jun-2013
Optionis has acquired Michael Brookes & Co, the Middleton-based accountancy, for undisclosed terms.
05-Jun-2013
Field Fisher Waterhouse is reported to be planning to relocate its London-based law firm to an 80,000 sq ft office at Riverbank House in the City.
04-Jun-2013
CPC Group has acquired Logical Finance, the provider of point-of-sale credit facilities to retailers, in order to expand its Omni Capital brand.
04-Jun-2013
Harold Stock & Co has acquired Jones Gough, the Stockport-based personal injury law firm, for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2013
Marrons, the Leicester-based law firm with 32 staff, is planning to merge with Shakespeares in September.
04-Jun-2013
Gates & Partners, the aviation law firm, has merged with Kennedys, creating a new division called Kennedys Aviation with 60 staff.
04-Jun-2013
BGL Group is to acquire Minster Law, the personal injury law firm with 800 staff in York and Wakefield.
03-Jun-2013
GT Law is looking to expand its nationwide network of 77 law offices to 150.
03-Jun-2013
West Bromwich Building Society is planning to expand its 764-strong workforce to 800 over the next year, in order to increase mortgage sales.
03-Jun-2013
Yorkshire Building Society is to relocate 800 staff to a new 76,000 sq ft office at Broad Gate in Leeds by the end of the year, and £11m will be invested at its head office site in Bradford.
30-May-2013
Danbro, the Blackpool-based accountancy firm with 130 staff, is planning to develop a new 60,000 sq ft headquarters at the former Land Registry site on East Beach.
30-May-2013
Emery Johnson is to merge with Astills to create a combined Leicester-based law firm with more than 40 staff.
30-May-2013
GHP Solicitors is to merge with HVA and Overburys to create a combined Norfolk-based law firm called Spire Solicitors with 140 staff.
30-May-2013
Paragon is planning to expand its Solihull-based home credit business by setting up its own banking operation in 2014.
29-May-2013
Keoghs, the law firm, is looking to build a new 110,000 sq ft office for up to 1,200 staff in Bolton.
28-May-2013
Barclays Bank is planning to sell Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management to 3i Group, including a London-based investment team and assets under management of £780m.
28-May-2013
Optionis is looking to expand the 150-strong workforce at its Warrington-based professional services business with 20 apprentices.
22-May-2013
Bird & Bird is to relocate its London-based law firm to a 142,000 sq ft office development at 12 New Fetter Lane in late 2015.
21-May-2013
Positive Cashflow Finance, the finance company with 27 staff in Manchester, Birmingham and Basingstoke, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-May-2013
Crowdcube has raised £1.5m from investors to expand its Exeter-based crowdfunding business, with the creation of eight new jobs.
20-May-2013
Palatine Private Equity is to relocate its Manchester office to a 2,500 sq ft unit at The Zenith building in Spring Gardens in June.
20-May-2013
Lowell Group has acquired Interlaken Group, the Surrey-based debt collection firm with 300 staff, for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2013
Peninsula Business Services is looking to recruit 30 employment law specialists in Manchester over the next few months.
16-May-2013
Hastings Direct has announced plans to create a further 85 jobs at its insurance office in Bexhill.
15-May-2013
Lloyds Banking Group is to create up to 160 new jobs at its fraud operations in Belfast over the next year.
15-May-2013
The Wilkes Partnership is to merge with Williamson & Soden to create a combined Birmingham-based law firm with 145 staff.
15-May-2013
Donnelly Finance & Leasing is to create 15 new jobs at seven offices in Northern Ireland, in order to supply more fleet cars.
15-May-2013
Jelf Group is to acquire The Insurance Partnership, the general insurance broker with 150 staff in Hull, York, Leeds and Wolverhampton, for an initial £12m.
14-May-2013
Admiral is looking to recruit 108 additional staff at its insurance call centre in Swansea, as well as 88 in Cardiff and 40 in Newport.
13-May-2013
Antony Hodari has bought Tandem Law out of administration for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 45 staff in Preston and Manchester.
13-May-2013
Winterhill Largo has acquired Chase Solutions, the Chorley-based utility services company with 20 staff and 600 agents.
13-May-2013
King & Spalding is looking to double the 35-strong fee-earning team at its law office in London by the end of next year.
13-May-2013
Aaron & Partners has acquired Bennett's Legal, the Shrewsbury-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
13-May-2013
Walker Smith Way has merged with MWR Solicitors, the Preston-based law firm with 29 staff.
13-May-2013
Key Retirement Solutions is looking to create 20 new jobs at its office in Preston.
13-May-2013
BNY Mellon is looking to create up to 70 new jobs a year at its two financial services offices in Manchester.
09-May-2013
Iconica Business Services is to expand the 75-strong workforce at its Bradford-based insurance services office with ten new jobs.
09-May-2013
Slater Heelis has acquired Tarran & Co, the Manchester-based personal injury law firm, for undisclosed terms.
09-May-2013
Deloitte is to expand its technology studio in Belfast, with the creation of 177 jobs, having secured a £1.2m grant from Invest NI.
08-May-2013
Slater & Gordon of Australia is expanding into the UK with the acquisition of Leeds-based law firm Simpson Millar, Liverpool-based Goodmans Law and the personal injury division of Cambridge-based Taylor Vinters.
08-May-2013
Charles Stanley & Co is to open an investment management office in Leicester this summer, employing up to 19 former staff of Brewin Dolphin.
01-May-2013
Duff & Phelps is reported to be planning to relocate its London-based investment banking operations to a 20,000 sq ft office at the Shard.
01-May-2013
Merchant Warehouse of the US is to set up a payment technologies customer support centre in Belfast, with the creation of 70 jobs.
30-Apr-2013
Hugh J Boswell, the Norwich-based insurance broker with 49 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
29-Apr-2013
Mills & Reeve is to merge with George Davies to create a combined Manchester law office with 16 partners and 57 staff.
25-Apr-2013
UK Independent Medical is looking to expand the workforce at its Houghton-le-Spring-based personal injury claims business with up to 90 new jobs this year.
23-Apr-2013
Clear Insurance has acquired Steveni Kessler, the London-based insurance broker.
23-Apr-2013
Mattioli Woods has acquired the pensions administration business of Ashcourt Rowan for up to £1.3m.
23-Apr-2013
Aberdein Considine is to open two law offices in Edinburgh over the next few months, with the creation of 15 jobs.
23-Apr-2013
Bridgepoint, the private equity firm, is to set up a 30,000 sq ft office at a new development at 95 Wigmore Street in London.
22-Apr-2013
KPMG has acquired Makinson Cowell, the London-based capital markets advisory firm with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Apr-2013
Thompson & Bryan, the loss assessor, has been bought out of administration by the owner of Commercial Claims Solutions.
16-Apr-2013
Autonet is planning to set up an insurance training centre in Stoke-on-Trent, as part of an expansion programme that will create 130 jobs.
15-Apr-2013
Newtons Solicitors has acquired Hodgsons & Mortimer, the law firm with 15 staff at offices in Darlington and Richmond.
11-Apr-2013
KPMG is to open a new tax processing centre on St Vincent Street in Glasgow this summer, with the creation of 150 jobs.
10-Apr-2013
Maven Capital Partners has acquired Glasgow-based Fundamental Tracker Investment Management from City of London Group for a nominal sum.
09-Apr-2013
Euromoney Institutional Investor is to acquire Quantitative Techniques, the benchmark agency that maintains equity and bond indices, from HSBC.
08-Apr-2013
Monahans has expanded its Wiltshire-based chain of four accountancy offices with the acquisition of Glastonbury-based Holland & Co.
08-Apr-2013
Silverfleet Capital has acquired IPES, the supplier of private equity fund services with 130 staff in Guernsey, Jersey, London and Luxembourg, from RJD Partners for £50m.
08-Apr-2013
Pershing has announced the creation of a new 28,000 sq ft investment management office at the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool.
04-Apr-2013
Cooper Wilkin Chapman is to merge with Hull-based Carrick Read Solicitors to create a combined law firm with 41 partners and 305 staff.
04-Apr-2013
Redmayne-Bentley is to buy Fyshe Horton Finney, the stockbroking firm with a number of regional offices, out of administration.
03-Apr-2013
Quindell Portfolio has acquired Compass Costs Consultants, the Merseyside-based legal costs consultancy, for £14m.
03-Apr-2013
City Financial has acquired OPM Fund Management, the London-based investment management firm, for undisclosed terms.
03-Apr-2013
Haymarket Financial is to relocate its London-based financial services business to an 11,000 sq ft office currently being developed at 1 Eagle Place in the West End.
02-Apr-2013
PricewaterhouseCoopers is to set up 32,000 sq ft office at the Atria One building in Edinburgh.
02-Apr-2013
Antony Hodari has acquired Ashton Fox, the Preston-based law firm with 24 staff, out of administration.
02-Apr-2013
Lloyd's Register Group is to relocate its HR, accounts and IT departments from London to Arlington Square in Bracknell.
02-Apr-2013
Identity & Passport Service is to create 48 new jobs at its Victoria Street office in Belfast next year.
02-Apr-2013
Zurich Insurance is setting up an 8,000 sq ft office at Six Park Street in Cardiff.
02-Apr-2013
Shulmans is to relocate its Leeds-based commercial law firm and up to 120 staff to the 10 Wellington Place office development by summer 2014.
28-Mar-2013
Vivus, the payday loans firm owned by 4finance of Latvia, is planning to expand its 30-strong workforce in Stockton to 100 by next year.
27-Mar-2013
Schroders is to acquire Cazenove Capital, the London-based fund management company, for £424m.
26-Mar-2013
Validus-IVC, the Norwich-based motor insurance firm with 143 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyds Development Capital.
26-Mar-2013
Legal & General is to acquire the remaining 75% stake in Cofunds Holdings, the financial services investment platform, for £131m.
26-Mar-2013
Volkswagen Financial Services is planning to build a new £25m 100,000 sq ft headquarters in Milton Keynes by 2014.
25-Mar-2013
Mazars has acquired Sarah Buttler Associates, the Hertfordshire-based immigration services firm.
25-Mar-2013
Sigma Financial Group has acquired CCS, the Bromsgrove-based debt recovery firm with 81 staff, for undisclosed terms.
25-Mar-2013
Merchant House Financial Services has been sold out of administration to Aspire Financial Management, saving 13 jobs at its Northampton-based financial advice business.
25-Mar-2013
Marsh is to relocate its Birmingham-based insurance broking office to an 11,500 sq ft unit at Colmore Plaza.
21-Mar-2013
Co-operative Group is to sell its life insurance and asset management business to Royal London for £219m, with the transfer of 170 staff.
20-Mar-2013
Royal Bank of Scotland is planning a £700m restructuring of its retail banking business by 2016, including the refurbishment of its 2,066 branches.
19-Mar-2013
Asons Solicitors is looking to recruit up to 150 new staff in Bolton, in order to expand its new areas such as employment law, commercial property and company law.
19-Mar-2013
Peninsula Business Services is looking to create 40 new jobs at its Manchester-based employment law consultancy this year.
19-Mar-2013
Harrington Brooks has expanded its debt management business with the acquisition of customer books from Carrington Dean of Glasgow and Nostrum Group of Harrogate.
13-Mar-2013
Barclays is planning to expand its apprentice recruitment programme from 1,000 to 2,000 by 2015.
12-Mar-2013
Pegasus Motor Insurance is creating 17 jobs at its new office in Bradford, have secured funding to develop a telematic system to monitor driver behaviour.
12-Mar-2013
Weightmans has expanded its law offices in Manchester and Glasgow with the transfer of 14 staff from the administrators of Semple Fraser.
12-Mar-2013
Santander is to recruit 40 apprentices at its banking call centre in Bradford this year, and 275 apprentices will be recruited nationwide.
12-Mar-2013
CMS Cameron McKenna is considering plans to set up a 150,000 sq ft law office at the Cannon Place scheme in the City of London.
11-Mar-2013
Optionis Group, the Warrington-based provider of business services, is planning to recruit 15 apprentices this year.
07-Mar-2013
Harper Macleod is looking to recruit up to 20 new lawyers in Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh over the next few months.
07-Mar-2013
HCE Group has acquired CN Gaunt & Son, the Bradford-based provider of business recovery services with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Mar-2013
TDR Capital is to acquire MGM Advantage, the mutual society, with the transfer of £800m of annuity business to a new life company.
04-Mar-2013
Hage Aaronson is to set up a 7,200 sq ft law office at 280 High Holborn in London by June.
04-Mar-2013
Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to revive the Williams & Glyn's banking brand by renaming up to 316 branches and floating them on the stock market as a separate company.
04-Mar-2013
Harrison Goddard Foote has acquired Grant Spencer, the London-based trademark and design protection firm.
04-Mar-2013
Capita has acquired iQor Holdings, the Preston-based provider of outsourced debt collection services with 450 staff, for £42m.
04-Mar-2013
Watermans Solicitors is looking to double the office space at its personal injury legal business in Scotland and expand the 25 staff.
28-Feb-2013
Standard Life Wealth is to acquire the private client division of Newton Management for up to £83m, with the transfer of 79 staff in London, Leeds and Edinburgh.
28-Feb-2013
Abbey Protection has acquired a controlling stake in Lewis Hymanson Small, the Manchester-based law firm with six partners and 29 staff.
28-Feb-2013
Marsden Rawsthorn, the Preston-based law firm with 80 staff, has been sold out of administration to a management team.
27-Feb-2013
Provident Financial has unveiled plans to expand its Bradford headquarters onto an adjacent site, in order to accommodate the growing workforce at its Vanquis Bank operation.
27-Feb-2013
Liberty Mutual, the US insurance group, is to take 117,000 sq ft of office space at the Walkie Talkie building in the City of London.
26-Feb-2013
Skipton Building Society has sold its Sterling International Brokers business to BGC Brokers for undisclosed terms.
26-Feb-2013
Yorkshire Building Society is to invest £160m in new products and customer services over the next five years, including back-office systems and training.
25-Feb-2013
Abstract Securities is to set up a 40,000 sq ft office at the Renaissance scheme in Croydon later this year.
25-Feb-2013
Baldwins has acquired Gravestock & Owen, the Willenhall-based accountancy firm, for undisclosed terms.
25-Feb-2013
Barber Harrison & Platt has merged with Barron & Barron to create a combined business advisory group with 216 staff in Chesterfield, Harrogate, Leeds, Sheffield and York.
20-Feb-2013
Barclays is to recruit 50 apprentices at its technology centre near Knutsford this year.
20-Feb-2013
WH Ireland has bought the former Seymour Pierce private wealth management business from the administrators of Tenebris Realisations.
19-Feb-2013
Aberdeen Asset Management has acquired an initial 50.1% stake in SVG Advisers for £17m, and the remaining stake will cost at least £20m.
18-Feb-2013
Congregational & General is planning to expand the 75-strong workforce at its Bradford-based insurance business with ten new jobs this year.
18-Feb-2013
HL Legal Solicitors has bought the business and assets of Incasso from the administrators of Cobbetts, saving 52 jobs at its Leeds-based debt recovery business.
18-Feb-2013
Prudential is considering plans to relocate up to 1,000 Reading-based staff to new offices by 2015, having appointed Hicks Baker to find a site of about 80,000 sq ft.
14-Feb-2013
Bollington Group, the Macclesfield-based broker, has undergone a management buy-out through Talbot Deane Investments.
13-Feb-2013
Francis Clark is looking to expand the 70-strong workforce at its Plymouth-based chartered accountancy with up to 20 new jobs.
12-Feb-2013
Deloitte is looking to expand its corporate finance advisory office in Aberdeen, with the creation of up to 90 jobs.
11-Feb-2013
DWF is to acquire Cobbetts out of administration, saving 419 jobs at law offices in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London.
11-Feb-2013
Walker Morris has acquired a 27-strong banking litigation team in Leeds from Cobbetts.
11-Feb-2013
Wosskow Brown Solicitors is to open two new personal injury claims offices in Sheffield and Harrow by March.
11-Feb-2013
ACH Shoosmiths is to relocate its Edinburgh law office and 57 staff to 11,000 sq ft of space at Saltire Court in April.
11-Feb-2013
Edison Investment Research is setting up a 9,400 sq ft office at 280 High Holborn in London.
11-Feb-2013
Seymour Pierce, the London-based stockbroker, has been acquired by Cantor Fitzgerald of the US for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-2013
Complaint Handling Services is creating 40 jobs at its PPI claims call centre near Lincoln.
07-Feb-2013
Duff & Phelps is to sell the former Davenham loan book out of administration to a management team backed by Warrington-based Dow Schofield Watts for undisclosed terms.
06-Feb-2013
Jelf Group has acquired Howell Shone, the Staffordshire-based insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
05-Feb-2013
Green Investment Bank is expected to choose the Atria One building in Edinburgh for its new 12,000 sq ft headquarters.
04-Feb-2013
Nottingham Building Society has acquired Harrison Murray, in order to create a combined estate agency group with 32 branches across the East Midlands.
04-Feb-2013
CPA Global is to relocate its London-based legal process outsourcing office to a 12,600 sq ft unit at 123 Victoria Street.
04-Feb-2013
Mattioli Woods is to create 100 new jobs at its Leicester-based pensions and wealth management business over the next 18 months.
31-Jan-2013
Steve Walker Associates is creating 30 sales and administration apprenticeships at its Leicester-based management consultancy and training business.
31-Jan-2013
Principality Building Society is looking to expand in North Wales and create up to 70 jobs this year.
31-Jan-2013
Grant Thornton is seeking a suitable location for a new 70,000 sq ft office for its accountancy business in central London.
30-Jan-2013
Band Hatton is to merge with Button Legal and Varley Hibbs to create a combined Coventry-based law firm with 70 staff.
30-Jan-2013
Global Expense, the London-based expense management firm, has been sold by Hamilton Portfolio to US-based Concur for £14m.
30-Jan-2013
AdviserPlus is planning to create 50 new jobs at its administrative outsourcing business in Shipley and Wirral this year.
29-Jan-2013
Hill Dickinson has acquired the defendant insurance business of DLA Piper, with the transfer of 30 staff in Manchester and Sheffield.
29-Jan-2013
Kergan Stewart is looking to recruit up to 15 lawyers in Glasgow over the next two years.
29-Jan-2013
Allen & Overy is to expand its legal services centre in Belfast, with the creation of 67 jobs.
28-Jan-2013
Arthur J Gallagher, the insurance broker, is to take 60,000 sq ft of office space at the Walbrook Building in the City of London.
28-Jan-2013
FNZ is expanding its financial services technology office at Tanfield in Edinburgh by 8,500 sq ft, taking the total to 25,800 sq ft.
28-Jan-2013
Land Securities has announced that insurance group RSA is to take four floors of the Walkie-Talkie skyscraper on Fenchurch Street in London.
24-Jan-2013
Lawrence Scoffield has demerged its general insurance business, which will now trade as Lawrence Fraser Brokers from offices in Leeds and London.
23-Jan-2013
Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub is looking to recruit 20 additional staff to provide business support services across the region.
23-Jan-2013
Axiom is to expand its law office in Belfast this year, with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
21-Jan-2013
Liverpool Victoria is to expand its LV insurance call centre in Huddersfield with 120 new jobs over the next 15 months.
21-Jan-2013
Virgin Money is to create at least 150 jobs at a new credit card operation at the former Northern Rock headquarters on Tyneside next year.
21-Jan-2013
DWF is to merge with Fishburns, the law firm with 210 staff in London, Bristol and Dublin.
21-Jan-2013
HM Revenue & Customs is to expand its Affluent Compliance Team with 100 additional tax inspectors.
17-Jan-2013
Randall & Quilter Investment has acquired Hickson Insurance, the Isle of Man-based captive underwriter, for £0.5m.
16-Jan-2013
Secure Trust Bank has acquired Debt Managers, the Rotherham-based debt collection firm with 76 staff, for an initial £0.4m.
16-Jan-2013
WorldPay is to set up a 22,000 sq ft office for its payments processing business at Spinningfields in Manchester, with the creation of 200 jobs.
15-Jan-2013
Hastings Direct is to create 200 new jobs at its insurance business in East Sussex.
14-Jan-2013
Financial Ombudsman Service is to create a further 1,000 jobs in London this year, in order to handle complaints about payment protection insurance.
14-Jan-2013
Goldman Sachs has unveiled plans to build a 1.2m sq ft nine-storey office at Holborn Viaduct in London.
14-Jan-2013
The Consulting Consortium is looking to create up to 30 jobs at its new financial services consultancy office in Leeds this year.
14-Jan-2013
Harrison Clark is to merge with Rickerbys to create a combined law firm with 350 staff at offices across the West Midlands.
14-Jan-2013
Partnership Assurance is said to be in negotiations to take 38,000 sq ft of office space at Heron Tower in the City of London.
14-Jan-2013
G4S Integrated Services is to relocate its staff administration division and up to 120 jobs from Broadway to a new office at Banbury Business Park.
14-Jan-2013
Cofunds is to set up a new 70,000 sq ft office for its investment platform business and 600 staff at Mayland House in Braintree.
10-Jan-2013
Oliver James Associates is to relocate its Manchester-based financial recruitment business to an 8,000 sq ft office at Vantage Point in February.
10-Jan-2013
Seneca Partners is looking to open a new corporate finance and debt advisory office in Manchester city centre.
10-Jan-2013
Barclays Bank is said to be looking into the possibility of consolidating its Manchester-based operations into a new 250,000 sq ft headquarters.
09-Jan-2013
Robertshaw Myers has merged with Carlisle-based Armstrong Watson to create a combined accountancy group with 400 staff in 14 offices.
09-Jan-2013
Wrigleys Solicitors is expanding its Leeds office into an additional 9,800 sq ft at Cookridge Chambers.
02-Jan-2013