Ward Hadaway suffers as PEP diminishes by 53 per cent
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Ward Hadaway has announced a 53 per cent decrease in average profit per equity partner (PEP) during the last financial year.
The North East firm’s PEP dropped from £408,000 during the 2007-08 financial year to £190,000 last year. Revenue at the firm saw a relatively small decrease, dropping by 6.5 per cent, from £28.4m down to £26.56m over the same period.
A source close to the firm said: “In revenue terms it hasn’t been a dreadful year for the firm. [But] it’s clearly been a difficult time for every firm.”
Last year Ward Hadaway hired six partners to launch a new Leeds office. But it was hit by the credit crisis and had to launch a redundancy consultation in September (TheLawyer. com, 25 September 2008).
The firm cut a total of 21 employees, the majority being non-fee-earning staff in the firm’s Newcastle office.
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David | 5-Jul-2009 8:35 am
I see they have now also now cut their staff down to 4 days a week.
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