The Co-operative Group has become the first major consumer brand to be granted alternative business structure (ABS) status which will allow them to offer a range of legal services to the public that were previously only available through private solicitors. Over the next three years they plan to hire 3,000 lawyers in a rapid expansion programme that will challenge the profitability of traditional high street solicitors
Click here to read the Guardian’s coverage of the Co-operative’s plans featuring commentary from Tina Williams, Partnership law specialist and partner at Fox Williams.
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