Mills & Reeve
A large bonus was in store for staff at law firm Mills & Reeve, last year, after turnover rose to a record £131.2 million. It allocated a bonus pool of £2.4 million, which meant anyone working full time for the whole financial year received £2,231.
Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis has resulted in the firm improving the help and advice it offers to staff. It has introduced financial awareness sessions and set up an employee hardship fund. Staff can apply for a non-repayable grant of up to £1,000. Mills & Reeve has also partnered with an independent mortgage broker to give free advice to employees.
The company, which has offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich and Oxford, strives to improve its services continually. Its strong culture of collaboration combines with the technology and resources to make change happen. As a result, it was named the 33rd most innovative law firm in Europe in the Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers Europe list, thanks to its diversity and inclusion policies and high levels of client satisfaction.
As members of the Legal Sustainability Alliance, the firm has also consistently reduced its carbon emissions by working with employees and suppliers to implement improvements and initiatives, such as creating a travel smart programme to reduce non-essential business travel and using waste streaming to ensure no waste goes to landfill.