A BRIERLEY Hill law firm has joined forces with a business start-up project to offer a series of workshops to budding entrepreneurs.

Higgs & Sons has led a number of workshops offering an introduction to key legal themes in business as part of the SPEED Plus project.

The project aims to help create new businesses within the West Midlands.

It is led by the University of Wolverhampton in partnership with Birmingham City University, Coventry University, Keele University and Staffordshire University and is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Jamie Partington, a member of the corporate team at the law firm, based at the Waterfront Business Park, said: “We have delivered three legal workshops for SPEED Plus so far this year, offering advice to hundreds of delegates.

“We are really happy to be part of an ongoing partnership that is helping to shape and nurture the entrepreneurs of the future, providing crucial legal advice at the outset, which may otherwise be overlooked.”

Project manager Phil Law, added: “Setting up your own business is a legal minefield, and the workshops delivered by Higgs & Sons help make our young business people aware of what is required of them.

“From the benefits of incorporation to terms of business and shareholders agreements, through to essential employment law advice and intellectual property issues, the information provided is invaluable.”