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MOORE EFFICIENCY

(MAKING US MORE EFFICIENT AND

PROFITABLE)

The Premises & Facilities and Compliance teams are working
hard to help our City office move to their new premises at 60
Cheapside, which is an important milestone in MB’s history.

The month of May is obviously an important one for the Finance 3. Best financial performance for the Year
team. The Year end results will soon be available. The sought after best performance winners were, unsurprisingly
for those with their eyes on the results, Clinical Negligence
In the meantime in March I set out a challenge to the firm for teams Probate and Employment also did very well and deserve
to improve financial performance towards the year end, together congratulations.
with recognition for those that had showed a consistently strong This was based on a mix of performance indicators including
performance during the year. There were three categories that we Gross Margin, Cash and WIP Profitability.
were looking at and I am delighted to announce the winners, as
judged by the Finance Team, as follows: The rewards of team outings will be specific to what the teams
want to do and subject to the available pot. Please discuss and
1. Most improved Lock Up from January to Year End agree the outings with Chris.
This focussed on the conversion of cash from our WIP and Debt
position between January and the end of April.

The winners are Commercial Property (London) with a
strong performance worthy of merit by Real Estate Litigation and
Indigo

2. Best financial hygiene for Year End
This focussed on a mixture of measures, including chargeable
time recorded, recovery rate, lockup, and billing performance
against realistic targets.

The winners were Family, with strong performances from
Lymington Residential

Finally, on behalf of all of the legal teams, I would also like to through no fault of her own, by working long hours to help us
acknowledge and offer huge thanks to the Business Support teams all.
who have worked so hard this year to support us; in Finance, HR,
BD & Marketing, Premises & Facilities and Compliance. I’m pleased to announce that Jackie Holmes from Dempster will be
joining Sue in the Compliance team shortly, which will provide Sue
We are fortunate to have such professional and dedicated support with the experienced support she needs in this function.
from these teams, which are an essential component of our
business. Issue 2 of Moore Communication will follow at the beginning of
August.
Special mention must go to Sue Hatton for her dedication and
loyalty, coping on her own without support for much of last year