Pictured: Clive Leworthy, chairman of Craven Arms Town
Council, welcomes PCB Solicitors to the town. (left to right)
solicitor, Sue Grazier, PCB managing partner, Rachael Hughes, and
legal clerk, Lorraine Duncan
A leading Shropshire law firm has continued its expansion with
the acquisition of a Craven Arms practice.
PCB Solicitors, which has its county headquarters on Shrewsbury
Business Park, has completed a deal for J S Winny & Co, in
Craven Arms, taking the firm's total number of offices to
eight.
The move follows the addition of Broseley and Worcester bases in
recent months.
J S Winny has been established in Craven Arms for more than 100
years though more recently has dealt in only limited areas of legal
work. Now, with the strength and depth of PCB and its specialists
across all legal disciplines, the office will once again provide a
comprehensive service to clients from the town and its surrounding
areas.
Existing staff will be transferring with the business to PCB and
the office will be further boosted with the addition of existing
PCB lawyers, while the former sole principal of J S Winny & Co,
Mrs Valerie Cooper, will stay with the business in a consultancy
role.
Chairman of Craven Arms Town Council, Cllr Clive Leworthy, said:
"On behalf of the Town Council we very much welcome PCB Solicitors
to Craven Arms. In these difficult economic times it is encouraging
to have a successful business coming into the town and it's
important that residents have convenient access to the range of
legal services that PCB offers."
The Craven Arms office has already been linked into PCB's IT
network, giving the site full access to the advanced systems used
across the business. The firm's other offices are in Shrewsbury,
Telford, Ludlow, Church Stretton, Broseley, Worcester and
Knighton.
Rachael Hughes, managing partner at PCB Solicitors, said: "Our
acquisition of the former J S Winney & Co. is great news on a
number of fronts. As well as giving us a geographically important
new office in South Shropshire, it means that clients of the
practice can benefit from the many legal disciplines which PCB's
team can now offer them. Existing clients will also enjoy both
continuity of service, plus the expanded offering. I think it's
also very positive for Craven Arms that a growing, modern law firm
with a focus on the quality of its customer service has such faith
in the vitality of the town and is willing to invest in that."