Increasingly the UK’s legal profession is becoming commercially savvy as competitive pressures increase. This has encouraged many firms to re-examine and improve the way that they do business. It is no secret that many companies are responding to the current economic climate by looking for ways to reduce costs and develop cost-saving and market-enhancing alliances.

Many forward-looking companies are also taking the opportunity to review medium- and longer-term strategies for delivering future efficiencies and planning for more sustainable, profitable growth.